14 DAY TRIAL // One may have built a sort of standard image for what any tablet device is supposed to look like and be able to do, but Plastic Logic revealed something that doesn't quite qualify as one, nor as an e-reader, not exactly.
E Ink e-paper may be the dominant greyscale display technology, but Plastic Logic has its own, dubbed PlasticPaper.
It is this very technology that the company employed when it created the Plastic Logic 100, a device that it classified as an electronic textbook.
Primarily intended for students and educators, it can completely replace the backpack, since it can store all the necessary reading material, and more, in virtual format.
“The future of education is here today. We are proud to be part of the electronic textbook program and have received positive feedback from many school regions,” said Plastic Logic CEO Indro Mukerjee.
“We look forward to working with Russian educators and selected schools regions in this innovative education program.”
The newcomer was launched during an event at the Moscow Planetarium, during a visit by British Trade Minister Lord Green.
Plastic Logic claims that the PlasticPaper is lightweight and completely shatterproof, thanks to the simple fact that its substrate is not made of glass.
For those that want the actual specifications, the 10.7-inch display (with a resolution of 1,280 x 960 pixels, at 150ppi) has quite a few things to back it.
Capacitive touch input is present, for instance, as is an 800 MHz CPU (central processing unit) and a battery life of about one week (of average reading).
Plastic Logic also threw in a micro-USB port and the Windows CE operating system, plus several applications (Home and Content Organizer, Reading and Annotating, Search, Cross document navigation).
All these, along with 4 GB of built-in storage, are packed inside a frame measuring 216 x 280 x 7.65mm and colored grey (front) and black (back).