Bookeen has been in the e-reader game in Europe for three years with various offerings such as the Orizon and Opus. The company has been issuing new videos during the last year demonstrating many new technologies. One of the best ones was the seamless web browsing and playing high frame-rate video using e-ink. Today the company announced on its blog that they will be releasing the Cybook Odyssey in Europe in the next few weeks.
The Cybook Odyssey features a six inch e-ink pearl display that is fully touchscreen. It will be running on a 800 MHZ Cortex A8 processor, adding to the enhanced speed of the device.
Bookeen is hyping new technology that it developed to contribute to a better reader experience. It is called HSIS and not much is known other then the company using nonsensical marketing hype.
The rumour right now is that the device may use the same IR technology found in the Kobo Touch and Sony PRS-T1. People are also mentioning the price may be close to 200 Euros in terms of cost.
Michael Kozlowski is the editor-in-chief at Good e-Reader and has written about audiobooks and e-readers for the past fifteen years. Newspapers and websites such as the CBC, CNET, Engadget, Huffington Post and the New York Times have picked up his articles. He Lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
