E-reader with E Ink Vizplex launched: NUUT NP-601

Alexander Turcic · 06-14-2007, 05:10 AM

We received word (thanks Eric!) of a new e-reader device launched in South Korea today. Take the hardware case of the STAReBOOK and equip it with the latest technology E Ink currently has to offer, and what you get is the NUUT eBook Reader. And while it's not the size of its screen that is going to impress your friends (6-inch is de facto standard today), it's most likely to be the doubled refresh speed and the 20 percent boost in brightness compared to previous E Ink readers.

The Vizplex Imaging Film technology was only recently introduced by E Ink.

The specs:

Weight: 178g
Screen: E Ink Vizplex (6-inch / 168dpi / 600x800 pixels)
CPU: ARM-compatible 32bit RISC CPU (250Mhz) operated at 200MHz
Memory: 8MB (Boot ROM) + 32MB (SDRAM) + 512MB (RAM)
Battery: Li-ion (one charge for 7'500 pages)
Expansion Slots: SD Card
Other Interfaces: USB 2.0, headphone

Street price will be around US$300.

If you can figure out which e-books format the NUUT supports, feel free to comment here.

kapoira · 06-14-2007, 06:34 AM

this 20% of brightnesss i suposse it's compared to the sony reader or the STAREBOOK

and about the iliad¿?¿? the same brightness, less , more ?¿?¿?

anybody

Hadrien · 06-14-2007, 07:02 AM

The Bookeen reader will most likely use Vizplex too (that's what PVI will be producing from now on).

Alexander Turcic · 06-14-2007, 08:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hadrien

The Bookeen reader will most likely use Vizplex too (that's what PVI will be producing from now on).

That's great news, Hadrien. Makes me wonder when Sony is going to upgrade the production line of the Reader to build on Vizplex.

TadW · 06-14-2007, 08:14 AM

Well... if PVI still makes the panels for Sony, and if Hadrien is right in that they will only produce with Vizplex technology from now on, then we can suspect future Sony Readers to feature that technology as well.

So, is it time to sell my Reader?

CommanderROR · 06-14-2007, 08:53 AM

great news...another ereader!

New eink technology is also cool...the interesting thing now would be when/how this thing will be sold in US and Europe...

The price seems pretty attractive in comparison...but it's still rather high. Format support should be the interesting part here...if it can offer a broad base of open formats and maybe mobipocket as DRM then it should sell very well.

Hadrien · 06-14-2007, 08:53 AM

I'm not an expert on hardware issues at all (there's more than enough work with software), but from what a few people in the industry told me, the screen itself is basically the same, but the controller is different.

TadW · 06-14-2007, 10:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hadrien

I'm not an expert on hardware issues at all (there's more than enough work with software), but from what a few people in the industry told me, the screen itself is basically the same, but the controller is different.

Vizplex also includes an enhanced imaging film compared to previous E Ink technology.

tofuman · 06-14-2007, 03:18 PM

One of the Korean FAQ pages says :

NUUT supports commercial XML type e-books and TXT and mp3. Due to the small display size, PDF support is not being considered.

another page says :

XML is the de facto standard in Korean e-book market

igorsk · 06-14-2007, 06:20 PM

Apprently LVD has a sample unit. Cyrillic doesn't look very nice.
http://www.the-ebook.org/forum/viewt...?p=85082#85082

CommanderROR · 06-14-2007, 07:08 PM

Looks exactly like the stuff my STAReBOOK likes to do with english/german text...^^

actually...it looks exactly like the original STAReBOOK firmware...look at the little "paper-imitation" corners and everything...I think they just added a couple of fonts to the STAReBOOK...maybe it's just a .stk file being displayed?

jindor · 06-15-2007, 10:28 AM

Another steady step towards the ideal ebook... more so because it is now on sale in South Korea where I happen to live : ) But I would not sell my Librie off and get a NUUT for a replacement yet. Having used Librie for more than two years, now I know what exactly I expect from the ebook.

1) Despite the improvement of the refresh speed (allegedly up to double), I'm not convinced whether it would be as good as I want.

2) Maybe it's just me but some sort of SDK available for add-on development is a must from the experience with Librie. Andrew Jennings' simplereader on Librie plus SDK provided by Sony opened lots of doors to the support of popular formats which I believe are still ongoing. DRM-protected contents and a simple ASCII file viewer won't be enough.

Mikou · 06-17-2007, 10:47 AM

I just read an article linked on the Teleread blog. According to 20minutes.fr, the NUUT reader will be only $280. If that's the case, I can only hope that prices for the readers continue to drop and encourage hesitant buyers.

TadW · 06-17-2007, 12:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mikou

I just read an article linked on the Teleread blog. According to 20minutes.fr, the NUUT reader will be only $280. If that's the case, I can only hope that prices for the readers continue to drop and encourage hesitant buyers.

Thanks for the link.

Quote:

Content availability is a particularly attractive aspect of NUUT. As of today, over 300.000 volumes of e-books can be read on NUUT. That number is many times the largest number of e-book volumes available for any single e-book device previously.

300k volumes of e-books? And where do they get them from?

JSWolf · 06-17-2007, 10:15 PM

Are you sure that 300,000 ebooks is more then the number of ebooks in Mobipocket format? The iLiad does support Mobipocket.

06-14-2007, 05:10 AM	#1
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,171 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	E-reader with E Ink Vizplex launched: NUUT NP-601 We received word (thanks Eric!) of a new e-reader device launched in South Korea today. Take the hardware case of the STAReBOOK and equip it with the latest technology E Ink currently has to offer, and what you get is the NUUT eBook Reader. And while it's not the size of its screen that is going to impress your friends (6-inch is de facto standard today), it's most likely to be the doubled refresh speed and the 20 percent boost in brightness compared to previous E Ink readers. The Vizplex Imaging Film technology was only recently introduced by E Ink. The specs: Weight: 178g Screen: E Ink Vizplex (6-inch / 168dpi / 600x800 pixels) CPU: ARM-compatible 32bit RISC CPU (250Mhz) operated at 200MHz Memory: 8MB (Boot ROM) + 32MB (SDRAM) + 512MB (RAM) Battery: Li-ion (one charge for 7'500 pages) Expansion Slots: SD Card Other Interfaces: USB 2.0, headphone Street price will be around US$300. If you can figure out which e-books format the NUUT supports, feel free to comment here. Attached Thumbnails

06-15-2007, 10:28 AM	#12
jindor Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Seoul, Korea Device: Librie/SIMPad SL4	Great News Another steady step towards the ideal ebook... more so because it is now on sale in South Korea where I happen to live : ) But I would not sell my Librie off and get a NUUT for a replacement yet. Having used Librie for more than two years, now I know what exactly I expect from the ebook. 1) Despite the improvement of the refresh speed (allegedly up to double), I'm not convinced whether it would be as good as I want. 2) Maybe it's just me but some sort of SDK available for add-on development is a must from the experience with Librie. Andrew Jennings' simplereader on Librie plus SDK provided by Sony opened lots of doors to the support of popular formats which I believe are still ongoing. DRM-protected contents and a simple ASCII file viewer won't be enough.

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06-14-2007, 06:34 AM	#2
kapoira Connoisseur Posts: 81 Karma: 292 Join Date: Nov 2006 Device: i62HD + T68	this 20% of brightnesss i suposse it's compared to the sony reader or the STAREBOOK and about the iliad¿?¿? the same brightness, less , more ?¿?¿? anybody

06-14-2007, 07:02 AM	#3
Hadrien Feedbooks.com Co-Founder Posts: 2,263 Karma: 145123 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Paris, France Device: Sony PRS-t-1/350/300/500/505/600/700, Nexus S, iPad	The Bookeen reader will most likely use Vizplex too (that's what PVI will be producing from now on).

06-14-2007, 08:14 AM	#5
TadW Uebermensch Posts: 2,583 Karma: 1094606 Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Italy Device: Kindle	Well... if PVI still makes the panels for Sony, and if Hadrien is right in that they will only produce with Vizplex technology from now on, then we can suspect future Sony Readers to feature that technology as well. So, is it time to sell my Reader?

06-14-2007, 08:53 AM	#6
CommanderROR eink fanatic Posts: 2,022 Karma: 4924 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Germany Device: STAReBOOK, iRex Iliad, Sony 505, Kindle 2	great news...another ereader! New eink technology is also cool...the interesting thing now would be when/how this thing will be sold in US and Europe... The price seems pretty attractive in comparison...but it's still rather high. Format support should be the interesting part here...if it can offer a broad base of open formats and maybe mobipocket as DRM then it should sell very well.

06-14-2007, 03:18 PM	#9
tofuman Enthusiast Posts: 34 Karma: 12 Join Date: Jun 2005 Device: iLiad/ipaq3970	One of the Korean FAQ pages says : NUUT supports commercial XML type e-books and TXT and mp3. Due to the small display size, PDF support is not being considered. another page says : XML is the de facto standard in Korean e-book market

06-14-2007, 06:20 PM	#10
igorsk Wizard Posts: 3,442 Karma: 300001 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Belgium Device: PRS-500/505/700, Kindle, Cybook Gen3, Words Gear	Apprently LVD has a sample unit. Cyrillic doesn't look very nice. http://www.the-ebook.org/forum/viewt...?p=85082#85082

06-14-2007, 07:08 PM	#11
CommanderROR eink fanatic Posts: 2,022 Karma: 4924 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Germany Device: STAReBOOK, iRex Iliad, Sony 505, Kindle 2	Looks exactly like the stuff my STAReBOOK likes to do with english/german text...^^ actually...it looks exactly like the original STAReBOOK firmware...look at the little "paper-imitation" corners and everything...I think they just added a couple of fonts to the STAReBOOK...maybe it's just a .stk file being displayed?

06-17-2007, 10:47 AM	#13
Mikou Zealot Posts: 148 Karma: 5052779 Join Date: May 2007 Location: Long Island, NY Device: Kobo Libra, Amazon Fire 10, Kobo Clara, Kobo Aura One	I just read an article linked on the Teleread blog. According to 20minutes.fr, the NUUT reader will be only $280. If that's the case, I can only hope that prices for the readers continue to drop and encourage hesitant buyers.

06-17-2007, 10:15 PM	#15
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 76,421 Karma: 136564696 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Are you sure that 300,000 ebooks is more then the number of ebooks in Mobipocket format? The iLiad does support Mobipocket.

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