Posted on Saturday, September 04 2010 @ 9:40 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
Engadget
tested Acer's upcoming LumiRead eReader device at the IFA 2010 show in Berlin and concludes the device will have a hard time competing against the Kindle, because the latter product is not only better, but also cheaper.
The verdict? After having touched one of those newfangled Kindles, we've got to say that pretty much every other e-reader out there feels like a ridiculously overweight beast, and the LumiRead gets swept up into that classification. The barcode scanner is still there (you can see it in our gallery below) and it's still as awesome of a concept as ever, but Acer has replaced the smooth plastic back with a ridged, patterned one on this newer prototype -- and considering that the launch is scheduled for October, we imagine this is nearly final or final spec. The thumbstick feels decent, but we don't really think it's the best way to navigate... which is a lesson Amazon already learned with the last version of the Kindle, by the bye.
