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January 4th, 2010, 18:05
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Amazon's Kindle DX (http://www.engadget.com/tag/kindledx) may be big, but it's not the biggest any more. The Skiff Reader is here to take that crown -- despite being a mere quarter inch thick. It packs a 1600 x 1200 11.5-inch touchscreen (finger and stylus) that, as you can see from the above screenshot, should do much better justice to magazine and newspaper layouts than we've yet seen from an e-ink-based reader. That's exactly the sort of advance Hearst was promising when it first mentioned the device (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/hearst-corp-creating-kindle-competitor-by-publishers-for-publ/) last month. Storage is SD-based, and there's a 3.5mm headphone jack for tunes and, hopefully, text-to-speech. Content can be delivered via WiFi but, more importantly, 3G is also on offer thanks to Sprint, who will also dedicate some space in its retail stores to sell the thing when it launches sometime this year. Price? That we don't know.
Gallery: Skiff Reader press shots (http://www.engadget.com/photos/skiff-reader-press-shots/)
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Skiff Reader is largest yet, will be hitting a Sprint Store near you (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/skiff-reader-is-largest-reader-yet-will-be-hitting-a-sprint-sto/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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Amazon's Kindle DX (http://www.engadget.com/tag/kindledx) may be big, but it's not the biggest any more. The Skiff Reader is here to take that crown -- despite being a mere quarter inch thick. It packs a 1600 x 1200 11.5-inch touchscreen (finger and stylus) that, as you can see from the above screenshot, should do much better justice to magazine and newspaper layouts than we've yet seen from an e-ink-based reader. That's exactly the sort of advance Hearst was promising when it first mentioned the device (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/hearst-corp-creating-kindle-competitor-by-publishers-for-publ/) last month. Storage is SD-based, and there's a 3.5mm headphone jack for tunes and, hopefully, text-to-speech. Content can be delivered via WiFi but, more importantly, 3G is also on offer thanks to Sprint, who will also dedicate some space in its retail stores to sell the thing when it launches sometime this year. Price? That we don't know.
Gallery: Skiff Reader press shots (http://www.engadget.com/photos/skiff-reader-press-shots/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/skiff-shot05_enlg-reader_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/skiff-reader-press-shots/2577303/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/skiff-shot04_enlg-reader_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/skiff-reader-press-shots/2577305/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/skiff-shot03_enlg-reader_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/skiff-reader-press-shots/2577306/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/skiff-shot02_enlg-reader_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/skiff-reader-press-shots/2577307/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/skiff-shot01_enlg-reader_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/skiff-reader-press-shots/2577309/)
Skiff Reader is largest yet, will be hitting a Sprint Store near you (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/skiff-reader-is-largest-reader-yet-will-be-hitting-a-sprint-sto/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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