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New E-Reader Set to Rock Digital Book Market

By Michelle Megna
September 30, 2009

A new e-reader backed by Verizon, Barnes & Noble and Qualcomm is getting ready to take on the leaders Amazon and Sony in the budding e-reader market.

The iRex DR800SG, due out next month, sports several features the popular Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) Kindle doesn't: an 8.1-inch touchscreen, the ability to connect to the Internet overseas and support for open digital book formats. The manufacturer, iRex Technologies, already sells a popular e-reader in European markets.

For stateside wireless Internet access, the iRex device will use Verizon's 3G network, but it will also leverage a Gobi multi-mode 3G embedded module containing Qualcomm's mobile broadband technology that supports global connections. The Kindle's wireless modem only works on the Sprint U.S. network.

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