PocketBook A10 - multimedia bukrider on Android

Company PocketBook, leader of Russian market of devices for reading electronic books, at IFA 2011 (Berlin, 2-7 September) unveiled a new multimedia bukrider PocketBook A10. The model has a 10-inch TFT screen with 1024 x 768 pixels and support for multitouch, is running Android 2.3.4, supplemented with proprietary software for reading electronic books. In fact, he is a kind of tablet, which have in common with the cult iPad manufacturer: marketed under the brand of machine is going to PocketBook factories Foxconn. Hardware platform PocketBook A10 serves a combination of Texas Instruments OMAP3621 processor at 1 GHz (ARM Cortex-A8), 512 MB ​​of RAM and a built-in storage capacity of 4 GB. The device is equipped with a slot for flash card and an SD adapter, wireless Wi-Fi. In addition, the model established front camera with 2 megapixels and gyroscopic sensor (orientation sensor images). PocketBook A10 is based on the operating system Android 2.3.4 with the mail client and browser, supplemented with proprietary software for reading electronic books, as well as a client for store access electronic literature BookLand.Net (it contains about 300 000 books in 59 languages). In PocketBook A10 has a function of Text-To-Speech, which is capable of reproducing text documents, voice, turning them into audio books. The model also has a client catalog of games and applications Android Market; PocketBook A10 - one of the first media reader on the Russian market, officially certified by Google to access this service. Reader PocketBook A10 enclosed in a housing made ​​of glossy plastic, a milky-white on the back panel is a black plastic insert type of soft-touch (the effect of "rubberized coating"). The housing is reinforced with stiffening rib of magnesium-aluminum alloy. Control set includes four standard Android-button ("Home", "Menu", "Back" and "Search"), as well as two keys to scroll through the pages of books. Cost PocketBook A10 -12 thousand rubles. Sales of the model will begin in late October. In addition, in November will be released on reader PocketBook A7 - A10 close analogue with a 7-inch screen. By late 2011, plans to increase its share of PocketBook Android-readers in total sales to 30%.