Lexi e-book reader probably won't ever be called sexy (hands-on)

We swung by the Audiovox / RCA booth in search of the new Lexi e-reader but sadly were met with a non-working version that was effectively useless. We've heard about the specs but were lacking in the image department, so it was good to at least see what the thing will look like when it hits the increasingly crowded e-reader space. The design is basic, and from the signage in the booth, so is the UI on the handheld itself. There's not much else to say here, and the PR reps weren't the most helpful, but we managed to snag a bunch of shots anyway so check them out below.

Lexi e-reader hands-on

[Midnitte Posted Jan 9th 2010 5:38PM]

The design seems a bit solid, just need to increase the screen-to-"WHITEMATERIAL" ratio.

[darex Posted Jan 9th 2010 8:20PM]

@Midnitte

Don't be stupid. It's a "book", that you hold. You need to have something to grasp.

I think it's a perfectly good design for its intended purpose. Many of these are too busy anyhow with tiny, oddly-placed buttons. All you really need are page-turning buttons, a menu button and a power button, etc... Keeping it simple is best.

[Arsnof Posted Jan 19th 2010 11:27AM]

@darex I never did get the keyboard on the Kindle.

[Eugene Action Posted Jan 9th 2010 5:41PM]

sexy

not

[Eugene Action Posted Jan 9th 2010 5:46PM]

or Lexi e-book reader probably won't ever be purchased.

[gmanjk Posted Jan 9th 2010 5:48PM]

But this just leaves room for the RCA Lexi 2. Then you can say RCA Lexi 2 Sexy.

[CharlieX Posted Jan 9th 2010 6:18PM]

RCA and Audiovox. Synonymous with Lame.

and just think. you guys had that dog!

[darex Posted Jan 9th 2010 8:24PM]

@CharlieX RCA has made some really good products in the recent past. For example, the RCA RP5512i iPOD Clock-radio is one of the best ones out there, then or now. The display is huge yet pleasant at night, with its amber color and reasonable brightness at night; the sound is powerful, and the sliding drawer was the first of its kind (copied by many now), and it's got a small footprint, and it looks really cool, and the buttons are arranged logically and well. Many an iPOD clock-radio could learn a thing or two from this early entry into the genre (including iHOME!).

It was not well-known, but it deserved to be.

[br4nd0nh347 Posted Jan 9th 2010 7:41PM]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder?

[Eugene Action Posted Jan 10th 2010 5:15AM]

@(Unverified) You like? I can make deal?

[dand Posted Jan 9th 2010 8:37PM]

Yet another e-book reader...yawn. Next!

[bmatic Posted Jan 9th 2010 8:57PM]

What, no Audiovox booth tour 2010!!! Almost pooped from laughing from a few years back. Better than laxitives? Um.. Lexi-tives (chuckle).

[Garst Posted Jan 10th 2010 12:42PM]

Of course RCA isn't going to win the "Sexiest Design" category when they design this off of the original eBook reader.

http://lepton.wils.wisc.edu/litaebooks/ww2001dev/reb.html

Ok, it's not the Original eBook, but it was RCA's first attempt.