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Polymer Vision’s Readius gets hands-on at MWC

By: , IntoMobile
Saturday, February 16th, 2008 at 5:09 AM

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We have mentioned the very interesting Polymer Vision Readius before, but at MWC the Readius was out in the wild, and had people playing with it. TechDigest got some time with the device, which you can read about here – below find some key points which I thought were the most salient:

  • QVGA, 5 inch screen, with 16 levels of grey per pixel
  • New e-Books and RSS feeds pushed to your device at regular intervals (via 3G)
  • 30 hours continuous usage (I assume you’d be quite tired after that….)
  • Headset required to make calls – and no keypad – so only to Outlook-sync’d contacts
  • Planned to launch through Operators, price point TBD

Here’s a pic of the device with the screen rolled out:

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[Via: TechDigest]

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Ben Robinson

Ben is a 10+ year veteran of the Mobile industry – starting his career when SMS was a still a relatively new concept for most people (!), he has now consulted on everything from bleeding-edge Mobile content, to the next-gen accessories you might view it on. As a result he has a broad and deep knowledge in numerous areas of Mobile – from network operators to device vendors, to infrastructure and middleware vendors (not to mention content delivery) – and has worked for companies in all of these areas! He is based in the UK, a hotbed of activity for mobile, and recently became a father for the second time – as oppose to in his younger years when he was happy spend time tweaking all manner of mobile devices to 'nth' degree, he now looks for services and hardware that provide the most efficient, compact, and reliable improvements to his already manic life! It’s his opinion that Mobile solutions should be there to help to make your life better – if a particular solution (be it service or device) isn’t doing this, he believes you need to ask the very important question of why you continue to use it... His focus at IntoMobile is mainly on Mobile content, services, and infrastructure, particularly as regards the UK market – and with the occasional look at devices. Additionally, using his extensive experience in the industry, he will provide commentary on the industry at large, with regular (and hopefully thought-provoking) articles.