Aiptek plays around with new Story Book inColor e-book reader

Story Book inColor

With the ongoing holiday season we’ve seen a number of interesting devices being released. Now here’s one gadget that should excite tech-savvy kids in particular. Aiptek releases its new e-book reader dubbed Story Book inColor. Fashioned specifically to appeal children, the product page claims the device to be the world’s first colored Story e-book.

Simplifying the task of learning, the device ensures children learn to love reading. Bundled with 20 in-built illustrated audio stories, the Story Book has vast book storing capacity of 512MB internal memory that should allow children to save up to 45 books. Users can also save books to SD/SDHC, MMC. MS Pro and USB drive up to 16GB.

Its 4-way buttons supposedly stimulate the book searching scenario for children. Interestingly, the book also boasts of distinct feature designed to protect children’s eyes after 20 minutes of reading. The reader will pop up an icon reminding the same.

Besides functioning as a story telling device, the reader also works efficiently as an 8” digital photo frame. Users can save up to 30MP images along with auto slideshow having MP3 music in the background. The device additionally also sports an auto-rotate function along with an auto-photo effect to enhance the sharing experience.

Powered by a built-in 2600mAh battery that offers up to 2 hours of photo slideshow playback, the device is also incorporated with a speaker. Children can also take advantage of Apitek’s online bookstore for the Story Book inColor.

The book carries a price tag of $199 (approx. Rs. 9,287).