e-Book Readers

Chinese portable media player manufacturer Gemei has entered the eReader market by releasing the GM2000. The gadget uses a colorful LCD display instead of the black and white e-ink display. The Gemei GM2000 supports pen writting, which allows you to take notes on eReader with handwriting. The gadget is also able to play videos just like a PMP. Too bad, there is no info on pricing so far. [IMP3]

Barnes & Noble is working on getting their new NOOKstudy dual screen eReader into schools. It will allow to keep all of your ebooks, digital class materials, textbooks and notes all sorted neatly in oneplace. It of course will be highly integrated with Barnes & Noble’s ebook store which currently boasts over 1 million titles. The dual screen can be used for a more “book-like” reading experience or it can also display pages from two books at once. [SlashGear]

It has been a little while since the last time that we took a look at the iRiver Story and the device has definitely undergone some big changes since then. First and foremost the biggest notable change would the inclusion of WiFi, something that was seriously missing the last time we saw it. Secondly, the name of the device has been changed to the iRiver WiFi Story EB03. The bad news here though is that the device will be retailing at £250 which is about twice the price of the Kindle. [SlashGear]