New E-Book Reader in Town – Cybook Gen3 to Square Off with Sony

I find the dedicated e-book reader concept a little dubious, given the plethora of other devices that can do the same sort of thing. Their primary advantage, of course, is the use of "e-paper" technology (in this case, E Ink’s Vizplex version) that provides a high resolution and doesn’t require power to maintain the image. Thus, the Cybook Gen3 e-book reader, to be released sometime in September, is rated at 8,000 page turns rather than by time (we all read at different speeds, of course). Cybook will be working with Mobipocket, giving it instant access to 50,000 titles, which is a plus, but of course that’s just a drop in the bucket compared to the Library of Congress. Being sold in packs, it’ll start out at $350.