COOL-ER
The COOL-ER is a discontinued
e-books in English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Dutch, Russian, Korean, Ukrainian, Mandarin and Japanese.[1] The device is commonly compared with the Amazon Kindle. Reviewers cite the lower price, MP3 support, and lighter weight as advantages; but complain of the COOL-ER's lack of wireless connectivity and button insensitivity.[2][3] On 8 June 2010, Interead went into liquidation after failing to secure funding.[4][5]
Specifications
Dimensions
- Height (mm): 183
- Width (mm): 117.74
- Depth (mm): 10.89
- Volume (litres): 0.23
- Weight (g): 178
Screen
- Size: 6"
- DPI: 170 pixels per inch
- Levels of Greyscale: 8
- Type: E Ink Vizplex
- Manufacturer: PVI (E Ink)
Hardware
- Storage: 1 GB
- Memory: 128 MB
- Processor: Samsung S3C2440 ARM 400 MHz
- Battery: Li-Polymer battery (1000 mAh)
- Battery Life: 8000 page turns
- Memory Expansion: SD(up to 4GB)
- Wireless: No
Compatibility
- PC: Yes
- Mac: Yes
- Supported formats:
References
- ^ "COOL-ER FAQs – Official website". Interead. Retrieved 25 August 2009.
- ^ Ganapati, Priya (14 May 2009). "Hands On: New Cool-er E-Book Reader Turns Up the Heat". Wired. Retrieved 25 August 2009.
- ^ "Cool-er eBook Reader Review". Gizmodo. Retrieved 25 August 2009.
- ^ Jones, Philip (7 December 2010). "Company behind Cool-er reader goes into liquidation". The Bookseller. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
- ^ Bowers, Simon (13 July 2010). "Court hits the off button on Cool-er e-reader company". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
- ^ "COOL-ER Technical Specification". Interead. Retrieved 25 August 2009.
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