Copia prepping $99 color eReader

Posted on Friday, July 30 2010 @ 17:52 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

Copia is planning to release a 5-inch color eReader this Fall for only $99, the only drawback is that the device uses a LCD display instead of electronic paper, which means the readability of the screen and the battery life won't be as good as on traditional eReaders like Amazon's Kindle.

Except for the price, scant details emerged on Copia's 5-inch $99 e-reader and in a Wall Street Journal article, Tony Antolino, senior vice president of DMC Worldwide, said Copia had to do a revision of its hardware after the iPad arrived. "The iPad disrupted pricing strategy for everyone in the e-reader market," he said, "and after the price wars with Barnes and Noble and Amazon, everyone's trying to differentiate themselves from a price-point perspective."

Source: CNET

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