Endless Ideas launching next-gen WiFi BeBook at CeBIT

Endless Ideas' original BeBook wasn't exactly the same smash hit as, say, Amazon's Kindle, but the company's hoping to refocus some of the spotlight back on itself next week in Germany. According to a succulent teaser page on the company's website, it has proudly announced that the next-gen e-reader will be on display at CeBIT, bringing with it WiFi and 3G capabilities, touchscreen navigation and wireless RSS support. Sadly, we're not giving any pictorial clues, but we are told to expect "a complete redesign." Consider our interest piqued.

[Via Pocket-lint]

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 28th 2009 6:03AM]

Just like a Touch Screen phone parade.

[okeribok Posted Feb 28th 2009 7:18AM]

But will it run BeOS?

[Galley Posted Feb 28th 2009 8:24AM]

No BeOS-goodness, no sale!

[faoronin Posted Feb 28th 2009 7:59AM]

Go to the press release page and there is a download link for press photo's (and additional tech details)

[Shinigami Posted Feb 28th 2009 8:33AM]

I'll try to guess:
wifi+touchscreen+weird design+RSS+"revolution" = huge price, zero sales. Revolutionary stupidity? No, evolutionary lose of sight of ebook reader makers.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 28th 2009 12:26PM]

These companies aren't thinking correctly. They're talking about a revolution for a MEDIA device. A revolution for an eBook reader is making it cheaper and simpler.

[cb88 Posted Feb 28th 2009 8:44PM]

on a side note ... work on the WiFi stack for Haiku (BeOS clone/successor) just started and I bet it will make a awesome netbook OS .... and there is talk of an ARM port maybe it will run on the next get Cortex-A9 chips

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 2nd 2009 2:42AM]

I'm sorry if I seen stupid here, but I think I've missed the previous revolution taking place in Reading.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 6:46PM]

Do not buy from this company their customer service is terrible.. buy a kindle 2, it has better features and it is worth the extra money,. Plus Amazon isn't going anywhere anytime soon.. who knows how long these people have (especially after seeing how they treat potential customers..