14 DAY TRIAL // Although the battle royale the Internet and multimedia tablets' segment is currently engulfed it has sort of moved the spotlight away from the eBook readers' market, that's not stopping it from growing, with more and more major manufacturers starting to at least consider rolling out such products, the latest we've come across, Motorola, actually being somewhat of a surprise appearance on the market.
So, a Chinese website called Tech.163 has recently posted some photos of a device called the Motorola E-EMI, that, according to the same source, is in fact an Android 2.1-running eBook reader developed by the US telecom giant in collaboration with a local company, the China Putian Eastern Communications Company (the reasons for this deal and the fact that it seems to be restricted to China are slightly beyond us).
Anyway, at a first sight, the device in question seems to have a fairly interesting product, the overall design being a bit classier than most of the eBook readers we've come across lately, with the stylus that accompanies the device having a particularly eye-catching design.
And since we've mentioned the stylus, it should come as no surprise that this thing packs a touch-enabled display, namely a 6-inch electromagnetic screen based on a 16 gray level E-ink display, to be precise.
Other interesting features worth mentioning here include Internet access, voice, music, Wi-Fi, games, translation, and recording.
Plus, the e-reader apparently packs a micro-SD card memory expansion and the battery supports up to 15 hours of stand-by time.
Furthermore, the E-EMI should be fairly easy to carry around, since it measures 198x129x9.5mm and weights somewhere in the vicinity of 260 grams.
Sadly, the pricing for Motorola's Android eBook reader seems to be a tad too high, since we're talking about a sum found somewhere in the vicinity of 390 US dollars, which is far from fantastic, compared to some of the other offerings on the market.
