Cybook Gen3
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Cybook Gen3 is a 6 inch (15.2 cm) e-Reader
, specially designed for reading e-Books and e-News, or listening to MP3 music or audio-books. It is produced by the French company Bookeen.
The Cybook Gen3 is an ultra-light reading device based on E Ink
screen technology. Its screen possesses a paper-like high contrast appearance and is readable under direct sunlight. The device offers a battery lifetime of 8,000 page flips. The Cybook Gen3 reads many file formats and offers access to a wide range of digital documents. To a host computer the Cybook Gen3 functions as a typical USB mass storage device, which allows for easily copying books from most computers without the need for special drivers. For this reason it is supported on all major operating systems, including Linux.
The device uses TrueType
fonts (.ttf), and can also be used as an image viewer to display JPEG
, GIF
and PNG files, as well as to play MP3
files. The Cybook Gen3 technically supports PDF files, however it doesn't reflow text and early firmware did not allow zooming in on documents. Current firmware revisions support ten levels of zoom and allow scrolling around the page, making the device suitable for reading many PDF files. However, very large PDF files take a long time to display once the file is selected. Some PDF files also cause the firmware to crash, which requires a hard reset by pressing the small button on the back side. A Secure Digital card
slot allows for expanded storage, it support SDHC card, at least to a 8 gigabyte SD card on Rev2, Rev3 and GoldEdition devices (due to the use of s3c2440 CPU instead of a hardware USB SD reader).
The Cybook Gen3 runs Linux
as its underlying operating system. While the firmware source code is mostly open-source, the Mobipocket Reader
application which allows the display of DRM-protected content is closed-source.
E-book device
An e-book reader is a portable electronic device that is designed primarily for the purpose of reading digital books and periodicals.An e-book reader is similar in form to a tablet computer. A tablet computer typically has a faster screen capable of higher refresh rates which makes them more...
, specially designed for reading e-Books and e-News, or listening to MP3 music or audio-books. It is produced by the French company Bookeen.
Description
The Cybook Gen3 is an ultra-light reading device based on E Ink
E Ink
E Ink is a specific proprietary type of electronic paper manufactured by E Ink Corporation, founded in 1997 based on research started at the MIT Media Lab...
screen technology. Its screen possesses a paper-like high contrast appearance and is readable under direct sunlight. The device offers a battery lifetime of 8,000 page flips. The Cybook Gen3 reads many file formats and offers access to a wide range of digital documents. To a host computer the Cybook Gen3 functions as a typical USB mass storage device, which allows for easily copying books from most computers without the need for special drivers. For this reason it is supported on all major operating systems, including Linux.
The device uses TrueType
TrueType
TrueType is an outline font standard originally developed by Apple Computer in the late 1980s as a competitor to Adobe's Type 1 fonts used in PostScript...
fonts (.ttf), and can also be used as an image viewer to display JPEG
JPEG
In computing, JPEG . The degree of compression can be adjusted, allowing a selectable tradeoff between storage size and image quality. JPEG typically achieves 10:1 compression with little perceptible loss in image quality....
, GIF
GIF
The Graphics Interchange Format is a bitmap image format that was introduced by CompuServe in 1987 and has since come into widespread usage on the World Wide Web due to its wide support and portability....
and PNG files, as well as to play MP3
MP3
MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...
files. The Cybook Gen3 technically supports PDF files, however it doesn't reflow text and early firmware did not allow zooming in on documents. Current firmware revisions support ten levels of zoom and allow scrolling around the page, making the device suitable for reading many PDF files. However, very large PDF files take a long time to display once the file is selected. Some PDF files also cause the firmware to crash, which requires a hard reset by pressing the small button on the back side. A Secure Digital card
Secure Digital card
Secure Digital is a non-volatile memory card format developed by the SD Card Association for use in portable devices. The SD technology is used by more than 400 brands across dozens of product categories and more than 8,000 models, and is considered the de-facto industry standard.Secure Digital...
slot allows for expanded storage, it support SDHC card, at least to a 8 gigabyte SD card on Rev2, Rev3 and GoldEdition devices (due to the use of s3c2440 CPU instead of a hardware USB SD reader).
The Cybook Gen3 runs Linux
Linux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...
as its underlying operating system. While the firmware source code is mostly open-source, the Mobipocket Reader
application which allows the display of DRM-protected content is closed-source.
See also
- List of e-book readers - other similar devices
- Cybook OpusCybook OpusCybook Opus is a 5 inch e-Reader, specially designed for reading e-Books and e-News. It is produced by the French company Bookeen.-Description:The Cybook Opus is an ultra-light reading device based on E Ink screen technology....
- The newer product in the Bookeen line of product