Samsung Electronics America, Inc., unveiled its first e-book devices, with six-inch and ten-inch screen size offerings, at CES today. Samsung says it is raising the e-reader bar with these two new devices by upping the quality of writing capabilities for e-books, the E6 and E101. Samsung’s E6 and E101 allows users to write directly onto the display with a built-in electromagnetic resonance stylus pen so they can annotate their reading selections, calendars and to-do lists.
Because the Samsung e-book's displays reflect light naturally and are not backlit, their power consumption is lower than that of rivals, the company said. Four hours of charging will keep the battery working for up to two weeks of use, depending on daily use.
Samsung says its e-books are also equipped with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.0, allowing users to download content such as books and newspapers from a server wirelessly, as well as to share certain content with other devices. The Samsung E6 and E101 will be priced at $399 and $699, respectively. They will be available in early 2010.
