Acer's LumiRead 600 hits the FCC with slow bursts of 2.4GHz radiation

Acer's 6-inch LumiRead e-reader just hit the FCC, but there's not a lot to learn -- the company smartly withheld the user's manual and detailed images, so all we have are the triplicate forms of stalwart government employees trying to irradiate themselves. Those thankfully painless tests reveal that the Kindle-alike will have standard 802.11b/g WiFi alongside its monochrome E Ink screen, and the whole 532MHz Freescale iMX357 kit will be powered by a 3.7V, 1460mAh battery. Exciting stuff, we know. In other news, the FCC's "ancillary equipment" list features genuine Apple iPod earbuds, and a Dell Vostro 1510 -- because that's how they roll.

[spaz4322 Posted Jul 12th 2010 12:17AM]

I understand that competition is better and all but it seems like the Ebook market is saturated with too much of the same thing. what differentiates this one from the big dogs (nook, kindle)?

[CRA1G Posted Jul 12th 2010 1:17AM]

@spaz4322 It haz the more Gee Bees?

[ReubenO Posted Jul 12th 2010 12:18AM]

Soon or later I'll have to get in on this whole reading thing, I'm just not an early adopter.

[Special Agent Steve Posted Jul 12th 2010 1:08AM]

@ReubenO
But you're reading engadget! :O

[ReubenO Posted Jul 12th 2010 1:56AM]

@Special Agent Steve
I get my mum to read articles and tell me what they were about. she also reads comments for me. I don't even know what a computer or the internet look like, I'm what you call a remote internet user.

[Very Powerfull Codfish Posted Jul 12th 2010 2:07AM]

engadget.com/exclude/e reader

It really makes it more interesting!