Yet Another Electronic Reader is Introduced to the United States of America
Samsung, one of the market leaders in consumer electronics, has revealed the newest addition to its product line, the Samsung E6 eReader. And, this time, the E6 Reader will be available to USA consumers.
The Samsung E6 Electronic Reader is being released with a few features it holds over its competition including a touch screen, a stylus, 2GB of internal memory, an external microSD slot, and both Bluetooth and wireless capability.
One area the new Samsung E6 Reader may catch a snag is in its price; $299. It is somewhat higher than the Nook at $259.00, the Amazonkindle also at $259.00 (I hear rumors that Amazon will be dropping its price soon) and the Sony Reader’s which start at $199.00.
Will the hot E-Reader market bear one more product? Time will tell.
Samsung has entered another contender in the rapidly growing electronic reader market
Samsung has had plans for a while to get into the e-reader market. Originally named, the Papyrus, Samsung has renamed its electronic reader the SNE-50K (I preferred Papyrus). The SNE-50K will initially be sold only in South Korea and Samsung has made no announcements about a possible North American release.
The SNE-50K is a small e-reader, featuring a 5 inch screen and weighing in at only 6.5 ounces. It has 512 MB of memory and is compatible with TXT files and PDF files.
The SNE-50K will also support handwriting recognition software, so users can write and store notes, calendars and schedules. These features are similar to those which night be found on a PDA.
Samsung has partnered with a South Korean online book seller, Kyobo Bookstore Company. Kyobo currently lists about 2500 South Korean e-book titles. The Samsung SNE-50K will sell on Kyobo's website as well as a few of its brick-and-mortar locations.
This week, Samsung announced the release in June of its new electronic reader, the Samsung Papyrus, making the seventh or eighth company to try and elbow into the hot and emerging electronic reader industry.
Samsung plans to offer their e-reader at $299.00 in an attempt to compete with Amazon's Kindle ($359.00) and the Sony PRS-700 ($349.95).
Samsung, one of the market leaders in consumer electronics, has revealed the newest addition to its product line, the Samsung E6 eReader. And, this time, the E6 Reader will be available to USA consumers.