Spring Design Alex Android eBook Reader Alex Dual Display, Touchscreen eBook Reader with WiFi & 3G

Spring Design have just unveiled their new eBook Reader, known somewhat
oddly as �Alex � which, aside from being the first eBook Reader to be
based on Google s Android OS, also boasts dual displays " specifically
a 3.5 � touchscreen and a 6 � e-Ink display, as well as offering both
WiFi and 3G connectivity allowing for internet browsing.

Spring Design Announces Dual-Screen Google Android-based E-book Reader,
Hyperlinking Text with Multimedia

Secondary color touchscreen supplements text with web-based or any
linked multimedia content; Enables users to enhance original text with
their own embedded video, audio, photos and notes

FREMONT, CA " OCTOBER 19, 2009 " Spring Design today announced Alex ,
the first e-book based on Google Android featuring full browser
capabilities and patented dual screen interaction technology, the Duet
Navigator . The Alex livens up text with multimedia links, adding a new
dimension to the reading experience and potentially creating a whole new
industry for secondary publications that supplement and enhance original
text. Alex s dual-screen display design brings together the efficiency
of reading on a monochrome EPD (electronic paper display) screen while
dynamic hyperlinked multimedia information and third party input on its
secondary color LCD screen, actually an integrated Android mobile
device, opens a rich world of Internet content to support the text on
the main screen.

Alex is the first Google Android-based e-book device to provide full
Internet browsing over Wi-Fi or mobile networks such as 3G, EVDO/CDMA
and GSM. With its dual-screen, multi-access capability, it provides the
entire Web universe as a handy reference library, prompting users to
delve into its vast information base to complement, clarify or enhance
what they are reading. Alex is the first truly mobile wireless e-book
device that gives users their own personalized library on the go,
whenever and wherever they need it.

Spring Design pioneered its patented dual-screen device with �touch and
extend capability in 2007, and has been working with major book stores,
newspapers and publishers over the past two years to share its vision
and the capabilities of the dual screen device. Alex brings together the
efficiency of an EPD display with the responsiveness and richness of
navigational convenience of the LCD screen. Its removable SD card gives
users extensive storage, allowing them to expand their text with
multimedia �add on � editions.

Ideal for professional, educational and entertainment markets, Alex
dynamically transforms the reader s experience with images, videos and
notes inserted as �Web grabs or with custom text created by the user
or other secondary authors pertaining to the subject being displayed.
Users can create their own images and notes and capture them to augment
the original text or just dynamically grab relevant content with Link
Notes , Alex s innovative multimedia authoring tool to enhance
multimedia publishing.

�This is the start of a whole new experience of reading content on
e-books, potentially igniting a whole new industry in multimedia e-book
publishing for secondary authors to create supplementary content that is
hyper linked to the text. We are bringing life to books with audio,
video, and annotations, � said Dr. Priscilla Lu, CEO of Spring Design.
�This gives readers the ability to fully leverage the resources on the
Web, and the tools available in search engines to augment the reading
experience. �

Alex features a 6 ณ E-Ink EPD display and 3.5 ณ color LCD display,
earphones and speakers. A removable SD card will free up library space
on the device while letting users archive content for future reference.
The enhanced Android OS is optimized to support integration between the
color and monochrome displays while preserving battery life. Users can
capture and cache web content from their online experience on the LCD
screen, and toggle to view it on the EPD screen without taxing the
battery life. Browser features such as bookmarking, history, and
security settings are built in and the device, with full Android
browsing capability, is mobile-enabled with smart phone capabilities.

Spring Design is currently in discussion with, and enlisting major
content partners and plans to release the Alex device for selected
strategic partners by the end of this year.