Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Russians breed hybrid of phone and Kindle - WirtschaftsBlatt.at

Moscow. A Russian company wants to penetrate with an unusual device in the smartphone market. Launched on Wednesday Yotaphone has on the back a second monitor with power-saving e-ink technology. This display will remain on continuously and for example provide the user of digital books and news, explained the head of the manufacturer Yota Devices, Vladislav Martynov, in Moscow.

The phone runs on the Google Android operating system in version 4.2 and will be sold in Germany in December for 499 euros. Also on board the wireless standard of the youngest generation, “Long Term Evolution” is (LTE), which allows you to surf faster.

Stronger than the Kindle

a report by the industry medium Techstage According to the battery provide up to 50 hours of reading time. By comparison, the Kindle Paperwhite with illuminated display keeps you in half an hour reading time every day up to eight weeks – a total of only 28 hours. But the display is smaller than in conventional e-readers – and thus pleasant to read less

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Yota has designed a special programmer kit (SDK), you can tinker with the developers Apps for the second monitor.

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