Icarus announced an 8 inch e-reader a few weeks ago and they have just started processing pre-orders on Indiegogo for $169 per unit.
The Illumina XL features an 8 inch capacitive touchscreen display with a resolution of 1024 x 768. Icarus decided to employ E-Ink Pearl technology because the higher resolution e-Ink Carta screens aren’t compatible with 8 inch devices.
Underneath the hood is a 1 GHZ processor and 512 MB of RAM. There is 8 GB of internal storage to house your e-book collection, but if this is not enough for your needs there is an SD card that is expandable up to 32 GB.
This e-reader is running Android 4.2 and comes bundled with the Good e-Reader App Store, the first App Store designed for e-ink devices. There are thousands of apps that you can use in Europe and North America such as Scribd, Skoobe, Kindle, Kobo, Mobifo, Bliyoo and many more.
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.
