First Reviews of Sprint’s Skiff e-reader

Posted by Editor on Jan 8, 2010 in Apple, Tablets

Sprint Skiff Reader’s was shown to a few journalists during CES.

DVICE’s Stewart Wolpin compared Skiff to Plastic Logic’s Que:

Maybe that’s a little flippant, but it’s weird how similar the two devices are. Skiff has a slightly larger epaper screen – 11.5 inches vs. Que’s 10.7-inch display. They both have a flexible screen – Skiff’s is stainless steel, Que’s is plastic – squashed inside a rigid bezel. Both are super thin, the Skiff around a quarter inch, Que less than a third of an inch. Skiff’s emphasis is on magazines and newspapers rather than documents, Que’s emphasis is vice versa. Both offer 3G cell network connection to an online store.

Read the rest of his story here.

Meanwhile PCMagazine’s Dan Costa also got a quick look and noted no new photos were allowed because a color display version was also shown. According to Dan:

[Skiff CEO Gil Fuchsberg] showed various newspapers on the device and touted the control publishers will have over their presentation. “It looks and feels like the The New York Times because we’re using their fonts and design,” he said.

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