Samsung partnering with Google unveils e-Reader

Samsung – South Korean electronic giant unveiled its first electronic book reader in to the market. Samsung being providing its first devices of such kind has got into the partnership with google books.

The Wireless E-readers “E6″ – a six-inch (15.2 centimeter) screen and the “E101″ – with a 10-inch (25.4 centimeter) display was unveiled in the annual consumer electronics show (CES) in Las Vegas.

The black-and-white e-readers have the ability to allow users to write directly on the screen, making annotations with an electromagnetic resonance stylus pen.

“It’s not just a reading device,” said Doug Albregts, vice president of Samsung’s information technology division. “It’s more like paper with a handwriting feature in that it allows you to write directly on the display.”

sansung e reader 238x300 Samsung partnering with Google unveils e ReaderUsers of the Samsung devices can “write and share wirelessly and truly collaborate,” Albregts said.

Google global director of communications Gabriel Stricker made a video appearance at the Samsung event to announce that the Web giant, which is compiling a vast online library of books, would be a partner with Samsung.

“We want people to find these books anywhere, anytime,” Stricker said, calling Samsung a “great match for us at Google.”

“We’re so excited to make our million-plus public domain books available,” he said.

Samsung said the E6 will cost $399 while the E101 will cost $699 and will be available in early 2010.

The new Samsung devices will go up against Amazon’s popular Kindle and a host of other new devices already on the market, including the Sony Reader, the “Nook” from Barnes & Noble and the Cool-er from Britain’s Interead.


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