BeBook 2 e-Reader Sports 3G, Wi-Fi & Touchscreen

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The BeBook 2 e-Reader, which could impact significantly on sales of Amazon’s Kindle, has been unveiled at CeBIT sporting rather more refined, smooth aesthetics than the original BeBook as well as a host of enhancements including integrated Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity (including wireless RSS support) as well as touchscreen functionality and ePub support.

Full details are yet to be made public at this stage, but its reported that the BeBook 2, which sports the same 6″ sized display as the original BeBook (though it is a touchscreen) apart from allowing end users to source material freely (you won’t be locked to a specific content provider, for example, and it will support DRM free files), comes with 512MB of built-in memory which can be supplemented thanks to an SD card slot, a web browser as well as support not only for RSS feeds but also a host of formats – with the following specific formats being touted: pdf, mobi, lit, epub, doc, html, txt, prc, fb2 and jpg files. Also of note it’s also being reported that the BeBook 2′s wireless connectivity will be via an add-on SD card as opposed to being wholly integrated That said, we should stress that these details are not officially confirmed as at the time of writing.

There still no word on pricing but, as alluded to previously, its already abundantly clear that the BeBook 2 will draw many away from the Kindle so we suspect that Amazon will be following events as they unfold with particular interest.

The moment we get more information we’ll bring it to you asap.