My first reaction: Yes, but October of what year, exactly?
One of the stories from IFA that’s not getting the attention it should is about the long delayed Txtr e-reader. Johannes of lesen.net met with the Txtr people the other day and he’s reporting that the Txtr will soon be going through a beta test and should be officially launched at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Retail will be €299.
It’s been so long since the Txtr was in the news that you could probably use a brushup. It’s based on a 6″ E-ink screen, and it has a microSDHC card slot, accelerometer, Wifi, and 3G (no touchscreen). It also has a unique feedback when you press a button: it vibrates. I had my hands on one at CES 2010. It was a pre-production model, and it was considerably heavier than any other 6″ e-reader I’ve used.
One thing you should keep in mind with the Txtr is that it is heavily dependent on having a Web connection. I didn’t have one in Las Vegas and it felt half crippled. If Txtr over closed their doors this e-reader would be crippled. BTW, so would the iOS, Android apps.
Johann shot a hands on video:
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The txtr reader is dead // Dec 3, 2010 at 8:49 am
[...] employee. The 6″ txtr reader, which was supposed to have launched at the Frankfurt Book Fair this year, has been quietly abandoned by the [...]