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It looks like Yinlips is looking to beat Apple to the market, and possibly confuse iPad shoppers. Its upcoming iPad clone will sport a 6-inch e-ink screen, instead of a boring LCD display. You’ll get a battery that can last up to 20 hours on a full charge and support a variety of formats such as PDF, TXT, CHM, FB2, RTF, TCR, PDB, OEB, HTM, PRC, HTML, EPUB, DJVU, IW44, IW4, DJV and picture files. Considering that it looks quite a bit like the iPad, do you think the arguments of the iPad’s design can be leveled against this eBook reader too? The official pricing of this device don’t seem to be available just yet, so let’s keep an eye on this upcoming eBook reader, shall we?

Amazon's Kindle 2 now has a new Folio booklight case to snuggle within, where the latter comes with a small memo pad (presumably to write down notes in the real world after digesting the thoughts of the virtual world), a pen to, er, pen down those thoughts, and most importantly, a retractable light that is the bedroom reader's best companion, especially when your other half nods off rather easily upon touching his/her head on the pillow. The asking price of $50 for the Folio Booklight Case is not cheap, but do bear in mind Amazon is currently charging $30 a pop for a standard book cover sans the capability to jot notes or read in total darkness.

Folks living across the pond will be able to get their hands on a new e-book reader known as the BeBook. It offers the following specifications: * Supports PDF, mobi, prc, epub, lit, txt, fb2, doc, html, rtf, djvu, wol, ppt, mbp, and chm formats * Supports BMP, JPG, PNG, GIF and TIF image formats * Supports RAR and ZIP compressed files * MP3 playback capability * 3.5mm headphone jack * 500MB internal memory * SD memory card slot * 800 x 600 resolution * RSS feed support The 950mAh lithium-ion battery is able to last for approximately 7,000 page turns, and takes around 3-hours to charge it fully. The BeBook will retail for about $360.