Friday, October 11, 2013

E-book reader Carrefour: the screen is the Kindle - Tom's Hardware Guide

Into Carrefour began selling his own line of e-book reader and opened a specific platform for digital books. It is a turning point for the retail giant, and it is no coincidence that the launch takes place in France. Furthermore it is possible that in the future the initiative may include other countries, such as Italy.

Into Carrefour has signed an agreement with Bookeen, a French manufacturer of historical e-book reader. The Carrefour is Nolim is nothing more than a customized version of the Bookeen Cybook Odyssey. In truth they are two models, one normal and one plus, characterized by the presence or absence of the frontal.

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Nolim

Into Regarding the size of the classic mountain panel e-ink Pearl (1st version with a resolution of 800×600 pixels) touch 6 inch already seen on the Kindle and Sony Reader. They have a storage space of 4 GB, expandable via MicroSD, Wi-Fi and USB port. Supported formats are: ePub, PDF, Adobe DRM, HTML, TXT, FB2. The operating system is Linux instead.

Into The list price will be 69,90 € and 99,90 € to the top of the range. According to the Head of Culture of Carrefour’s digital offering will complement with the library of supermarkets. Nolim.fr part already with 100,000 titles of which 1,500 are free.

Into The big day for the French landing in the chain is set for October 14.

Into the meantime, almost as if it was a coincidence Amazon has decided to put into promotion, both in France and in Italy, its basic Kindle. From now costs 59 Euros. In any case it will not be a problem for Carrefour, if you want to buy an Amazon product you are forced to buy it online, while at the supermarket, everything is easier.

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