Hugendubel and bring the world cheap LCD Reader

Hugendubel and bring the world cheap LCD Reader

The two media retailer Hugendubel and world view, both the financial holding company DBH, have taken on Thursday, a new electronic reading device with LCD display to the range. The device is characterized primarily by its low price: 60 € to the company for the TrekStor eBook Reader 3.0, 40 € less than the recently introduced "low-budget Kindle" costs. However, reading must be received by friends compared some compromises.

Thus, the backlit LCD display (7-inch diagonal) of the eBook Player 3.0 less easy on the eyes, as in the upcoming higher-priced devices for use in "electronic paper", the resolution is 800 × 480 px from very skinny. Through the screen technology is the battery life significantly lower than for Kindle, Sony Reader & Co. The companies say "up to eight hours of reading pleasure."


TrekStor eBook Reader 3.0
 The world view of the internal space eBook Reader 3.0 is 2GB and is expandable via SD card, in addition to e-books in all formats (epub and pdf with Adobe copy-protection) the device reads video and music files. Headphones are included. Digital literature is exclusively via the USB cable into the device memory, a wireless module is missing. On weltbild.de and hugendubel.de 120 000 e-books are available for download, but only a part of it in German. Unlike in the Kindle Store, there are no free e-books and any offers free publishing authors.

World leader Carel Halff announced to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, from mid-October will the eBook Reader 3.0 is also advertised on television, there were a total of a seven-digit advertising budget for the device. In addition, there will be before Christmas, a world-Tablet. Halff expected for later this year company own a share of 3 to 5 percent in electronic literature. DBH is the best-selling book trading companies in Germany.