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Plastic Logic Previews E-book Reader To Compete With Amazon Kindle

Posted at 7:19AM Monday 15 Sep 2008

Startup company Plastic Logic on Monday demonstrated an e-book reader that it hopes will give business users the same document-reading convenience that the Amazon Kindle gave to consumers.

The as-yet-unnamed device is due to be announced early next year, but attendees at the DEMOFall 08 conference got a sneak peak. The device is the size and thickness of a pad of 8.5"x11" paper, and is designed for reading corporate reports, marketing literature, public relations files, and all variety of other business documents, as well as books and magazines. Professionals read more business content than recreational content, and the Plastic Logic reader is designed to accommodate that, said Plastic Logic CEO Richard Archuleta.

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