Sagem Wireless debuts Binder - a white-labelled eReader

Sagem Wireless has announced the launch and commercial availability of Binder – an ultra-light eReader. Delivered to customers as a white-labelled product, the eReader can be ordered today from FNAC, the leading French retailer, as the “FnacBook” and in November through Telecom Italia as part of its digital publishing and eBook project.

Sagem Wireless' Binder comes with a 6-inch Sipix ePaper capacitive touchscreen, accelerometer for automatic screen rotation, 3G, WiFi, GPRS, EDGE, 2GB internal storage, microSD memory card slot and a long battery life equivalent to over 8000 page turns. Supporting all the major text, image and music file formats and Adobe DRM protection, the Binder enables the user to easily switch between their home screen, books, news and other content using the tab-based shortcut buttons. As for the size, the Binder measures just 152mm x 123mm x 10.7mm and weighs 240 grams, making it smaller than an average paperback book – but with memory capable of storing over 12,000 non-illustrated books. Supported file formats include Text formats (TXT, Epub, PDF, HTML), picture formats (JPEG, PNG, BMP) and music formats (MP3) including full playlist support.

FNAC is retailing the FnacBook at €199 complete with WiFi and free 3G from mobile operator SFR.