The Icarus Illumina E654BK e-reader has Android and Google Play as the key selling points. This device was announced about a month ago and is now available to purchase on Amazon for $119.
This new e-reader is fairly solid because the screen is completely flush with the bezel, so it should appeal to users who do not like IR. The Icarus Illumina E654BK features a six inch capacitive touchscreen display with a resolution of 1024 x 768 and unfortunately it doesn’t have a 300 PPI screen. Underneath the hood is a 1GHz dual-core processor, 512 MB of RAM, 8 GB of internal memory and a microSD card slot.
This e-Reader is powered by Android 4.2.2 and has Google Play built into it. This will allow you to download all of your favorite apps directly to your unit.
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.