Cooperation between the U.S. and Ukraine sometimes pays off in the most unexpected areas of the economy. Ukrainian-American company PocketBook entered the top three global sales of electronic books (readers), along with Amazon and Sony. Not so long ago under the brand PocketBook out the new reader: PocketBook 301 +. A relatively low price (11 990 rub.) User gets very thin (8.5 mm) on the date of this class of device with multimedia capabilities.
Electronic ink (eINK), which form the basis of screens of electronic books were invented back in the 90's. But today gadgets for reading became really popular. On the sensations of the author of these lines, now in the public transport on the order of magnitude more people who read books with readers than 5 years ago. This is not surprising: reader on eINK much easier to conventional paper books. It allows a relatively small volume to carry entire libraries. Well, as well as used for the reading PDAs, communicators and smartphones too straining eyes (due to the small size of the screen and blinking images), and quickly discharged.
Reader PocketBook 301 + is equipped with a 6-inch (15 cm diagonal) screen Vizplex with resolution 600x800 pixels. One charge of the battery can provide 8000 flipped (ie a change on the screen, and not by displaying it drains the battery in e-books), so it is safe to say: the book does not continue for one week at no extra charge. Device software is built on the Linux operating system and is characterized by stability, and the number of supported formats will satisfy the most demanding reader. With PocketBook 301 + you can read books in formats: FB2, FB2.ZIP, PDF, DjVu, TXT, HTML, RTF, PRC, EPUB, TCR, CHM, and even DOC (is the maximum to date set). Note full support FB2 format with embedded objects (images, tags, links). Also on the memory card, e-books can upload audio files in MP3, to enjoy music while reading or listening to electronic books. The scheme works with the device is very simple: just plug PocketBook 301 + to your computer through the USB-miniUSB cable and the computer will identify the book as a removable drive.
For sale is an electronic book in four colors: black, gray, pink and light green. And the cost, as already mentioned, lower than the less functional counterparts from Sony or Amazon and is 10 990 rubles.
