EB710 e-reader rocks an LCD, intriguing user interface

Looks like this one's been sitting around in the shadows for awhile now, and in fact, we can't even find the bona fide manufacturer of this here device. Boasting a 7-inch LCD (since when were those deemed fit for reading on?), built-in rechargeable battery, multimedia player, image viewer, optional FM radio, USB 2.0 connector and a user interface that almost looks a wee bit like Android at a glance. Regrettably, there's no pricing or availability details to be found (nor any indication of an inbuilt wireless module), but we're guessing the mystery owners here wouldn't try moving this one for too much.

[joelaf Posted May 16th 2010 3:03PM]

@joelaf

Most of their stuff winds up rebranded, on Ownta or Chinagrabber.

[Wowzers Posted May 16th 2010 3:05PM]

I don't even know of my books are 7 inches.

[Tes Posted May 16th 2010 3:06PM]

They've completely ripped off the HTC clock!

[joelaf Posted May 16th 2010 3:11PM]

specs

7.0 inch TFT display (16:9 Resolution:800*480)
Built-in Li Poalmer(2100mAH)
Touch key and Circumgyrate five-favor key
Music: MP3/WMA/APE/FLAC/AAC
Image: JPEG/BMP/PNG/GIF
Movie: RM/RMVB/AVI/FLV/3GP/H.263/H.264
Text: ASCII/UNICODE TXT/DOC/PDB/HTML/PDF/FB2 etc.formats.
ID3 Tag: ID3 V1 Tab, ID3 V2 2.0, ID3 V2 3.0, ID3 V2 4.0
Record: high quality,general quality
FM Radio(optional)
Support Calender
Support G-sensor
Support TTS
USB HOST(USB2.0)

[Extinction Posted May 16th 2010 3:20PM]

"Boasting a 7-inch LCD (since when were those deemed fit for reading on?),"

Since forever

[misecia Posted May 16th 2010 4:13PM]

Typical China rubbish with dodgy hardware and stolen UI. Sense and Tenuis icons, some of which i created :-|

[demi9 Posted May 16th 2010 4:25PM]

I cannot wait for the first dual screen device to be announced. Either in the courier book style, with a touchscreen LCD on one side and E-ink on the other, or perhaps a dual sided symmetrical design, with a lightweight reversible cover snapped on to the back of the device to cover the unused screen. This would present the best of both worlds; E-mail, videos, and social networking on the LCD, and books on the E-Ink.

[ddschneider1972 Posted May 16th 2010 5:14PM]

@demi9 the entourage edge is a dual book e-ink\lcd...been out a few months www.entourageedge.com

[scoot Posted May 16th 2010 5:35PM]

Seriously, a huge majority of us probably look at computer screens every day for 8 hours a day, then we probably come home and look at a computer screen for a few more hours after that. why do people suddenly think reading an LCD for a few hours at a time is going to make us all go blind?

[account5 Posted May 16th 2010 5:49PM]

@scoot

marketing. e-ink is garbage.

[tomer Posted May 16th 2010 8:08PM]

@scoot Going blind isn't the issue. When I'm reading a book I don't want to have to worry about taking breaks every now and then and looking away from the screen because of the glare. It might not affect everyone as much but I would much rather an eink display for that reason.

[iamajim Posted May 16th 2010 7:14PM]

too bad the courier got dumped; now we have to contend with this kind of stuff in it's place.

[ounkeo Posted May 16th 2010 8:23PM]

The hardware is convoluted (design-wise). There's no unity.

The UI is android + Sense + Symbian S60. It's not unattractive but these guys didn't even bother to redesign it. They just took those elements and put them on the same screen.

[mukatuna Posted May 17th 2010 1:32AM]

So Engadget thinks this device is not suitable for reading because it has an LCD screen. Has it not occured to Engadget that most people read this website/blog on LCD screens.

One thinks that Engadget is having a case of double-standards here.