Hands-on with Fujitsu FLEPia color e-book reader
By Joseph L. Flatley 
posted January 7th 2010 1:52PM
posted January 7th 2010 1:52PM
Fujitsu's FLEPia color e-reader has been available in Japan since May, but this is the first time we've got our hands on the 260K color-sportin' beauty. Rocking Windows CE, this resistive touchscreen beauty sports WiFi, Bluetooth, and an 8-inch display, and is capable of about 40 hours of continuous use, according to the manufacturer. Still no plans to ship Stateside, as far as we know, but you can pick one up next time you're in Tokyo Town for ¥99,750 (roughly $1000).
I hope it's been improved upon, but this thing has been around the block for years now, and it very much has looked like a first generation product.
Demo video versus iRex:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJdaPLigEHg
Absolutely terrible refresh rates, maybe even unusable, and the UI looks wonky. Doesn't seem acceptable in a 1k device.
I hope color e-readers catch on here in the US quickly!
The price is high.
$1k..... what r they smoking.... srsly
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no contrast at all - how can you read using this thing?