Spring Design is the latest company to unveil an ebook reader. It also announced a partnership with Borders that will give its new reader top billing with the U.S. bookseller’s new Kobo-based ebook store. Like the Barnes & Noble nook, it comes with dual displays.
“The combination of Borders’ leadership in the book industry and Spring Design’s innovation and experience in consumer electronics will create a world class service for eBook readers,” said Dr. Priscilla Lu, chief executive officer of Spring Design. “This partnership delivers one of the critical foundations of our business growth going forward,” Lu added.
The Alex is powered by a 624MHz processor and Google Android. It comes with a 6-inch greyscale electronic paper display and a 3.5-inch QVGA touchscreen navigation display, 256MB RAM and 2GB flash memory, 3G (both EV-DO/CDMA and GSM) connectivity, 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi, a microSD card slot, a 2.5mm headphone jack, and a 1530mAh battery.
Spring Design expects that the Alex will sell for USS$359 and will be available as of February 22nd.