The Kindle from Amazon dominates the news in e-reader land, but in the background are more parties involved in the growing market for e-readers. For example, the Dutch company Endless Ideas from Utrecht Friday showed the second version of the BeBook at the CeBIT fair in Hannover. The BeBook is available worldwide from summer the company said.
After Amazon’s Kindle is the BeBook the second device that goes beyond just wifi 3G connectivity.
Telecom
The company currently still talks with various telecom operators in several European countries, says marketing manager Peter Zieleman of Endless Ideas. “Two things we find important. We want people to the border without high roaming charges. And we want full coverage.”
BeBook will not be linked exclusively to one operator as Kindle in the US, which uses Sprint’s network. According Zieleman any SIM card may just be in the BeBook. “We’ll offer complete packages including SIM card, but if people want to necessarily their own SIM card from another operator, then we do not stand in their way.”
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Endless Ideas has consciously chosen to be bound to a specific book retailer, such as the Kindle (Amazon) or Sony Reader with the Sony eBook Store. “We deliberately choose to go, we do not sit in that market. We are good at making e-readers and do not interfere with the book business.”
Endless Ideas, the BeBook via sell own site, and through various retailers. The price is not yet determined. The first version of BeBook since mid-2008 on the market. For users of the old unit there will be a WiFi expansion module. Endless Ideas is not known how many copies of the current BeBook have been sold so far.
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