Unlike the Intel Reader, these readers from Dulin’s Books are just readers. The PocketBook 301+ and PocketBook 360 are really rebranded readers with 400 MHz Samsung processors, 512MB flash storage, an expandable microSD slot, and support for six languages.

The Pocketbook 360 has a 5-inch display, plus an accleromerter for changing the orientation of the page. The 301+ has MP3 support with built-in speaker and a 6-inch display, plus “some expanded media playback and game options”. Both readers will be available soon with the 301+ at $275 and the 360 at $240.

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As soon as I saw the words “Intel Reader”, I couldn’t help but think: “not another reader”. However, Intel’s Reader is not just made to store book materials, it will read to you from a book.

All you need to do is use the reader to take a picture of the book, and it will use its text-scanning and text-to-speech engine to read the words on the page. This will be very helpful for the blind and others with reading-debilitating conditions. This reader will also play MP3s, and will turn your photographed books into MP3s as well.

There is a video of it after the jump for more of its groundbreaking features, but this device will cost you. How much? Try about $1,499.

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According to Sungale’s press release, the Cyberus ID700WTA (aka Smart Info Engine) is “the first and only universal portable media device that offers access to real time internet information and applications by automatically linking wirelessly to user’s home routers”. This would not make the Smart Info engine neither an e-reader nor a PMP, but some sort of mix of the two.

It has a 7 inch LCD color screen, and online access to news, weather, stocks, maps, as well as Gmail, YouTube, IP Radio, and Picassa. It is also an e-book reader, photo displayer, card reader, and, of course, much, much more. The Sungale Smart Info Engine is available now at major retailers and Amazon for about $279.

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Considering all the e-readers that are hitting the market these days, I’m sure that there are many iPhone apps fit for this purpose. However, QuickReader is an eBook reader app designed to help eager readers “scan pages faster and remember more information”.

Users can set it from 100 to 2,000 words per minute, and customize it with different colors, spacing, backgrounds, fonts, and so on. QuickReader comes with some books, including the classic Black Beauty. QuickReader lite is available for free, and QuickReader pro is for $4.99.

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As if the news of ECTACO’s JetBook Lite wasn’t enough, we have some more e-reader news. This one is more rumor than fact, however, as MSI plans on making a reader with NVidia Tegra graphics. Will this e-reader madness ever end? Rumor has it that this MSI reader will be out by 2010, so we will know by then.

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It feels like the e-book reader market is flooded with the Nook, Kindle, and everything else. ECTACO has just released their second e-book reader with the jetBook-Lite, the company claims it is the cheapest reader at $149. It uses 4 AA batteries for 23 hours of power. It supports the Barnes and Noble bookstore, SD cards, but does not do wireless downloads.

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This isn’t the first time we reported on Bridgestone’s flexible e-paper, and the company has now developed the world’s first flexible e-book reader. This prototype has 10.7 inch screen, and is 5.8 mm thick. It can display color, by the way, and the company plans to test it out on consumers by spring of next year.

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A new word has just been created by enTourage eDGe to describe their e-reader, netbook, notepad, audio/video recorder and player: the dualbook.

Yes, this “do it all” device has a 9.7 inch screen on one side for the e-reader, and a 10.1 inch netbook screen on the other. It has a touchscreen display, WiFi, Android, six hours of battery life, and 3G of usable memory.

It should be available sometime in February 2010, but you can pre-order it now for $490, plus an extra $40 for colors of Ruby Red, Glacier White, and Ice Blue. Full specs after the jump.

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Those currently residing in Korea looking for an eBook reader that looks exactly like the Kindle 2 but, well, isn’t the Kindle 2 should check out iriver’s Story e-reader.

This 6-inch, QWERTY keyboard touting eBook reader has recently went up for pre-order over in Korea for 358,000 KRW (~$290). Other incentives to buy the e-reader include a 2GB SD card, a case and 2 free eBook downloads.

Unfortunately there is no work on when, if ever, this thing will be made available in the States.

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Amazon, you should get ready for some heavy competition. The Kindle 2 has just begun shipping and while the device is still in stock, those keen on buying one might want to hold on to their money for a little while longer. It looks like the Hearst Corporation, which publishes Cosmopolitan, Esquire and the San Francisco Chronicle, wants to release its own wireless e-reader. So will we have a Kindle look-alike or are we going to get a totally new device?

Well it looks like Hearst wants something different, in an effort to “preserve the business model that has sustained newspapers and magazines.” Heart’s e-reader should be as big as a standard sheet of paper which will offer both publishers and advertisers enough space to do their thing. The device will come in a monochrome version first but a color version should arrive later. We’ll keep you updated as these device might change for ever the way we read our regular magazines and newspapers.

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Dutch company Polymer Vision has recently announced the production of their new product, Readius. The device could be likened to a combination of the iPhone and the Amazon Kindle, except it can do something either of the aforementioned gadgets couldn’t — it boasts a foldable 5-inch screen. When folded, the Readius measures like ordinary mobile phones. The company’s aim is to bring e-reading to mobile phones. Indeed, it uses the same paper-screen technology like the Kindle. You could, of course, make calls with the Readius and it will also use 3G networks. There’s no price on the Readius yet, but a spokesperson for the company said it would cost as much as high-end mobile phones do.

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