BeBook Classic To Get WiFi; Plus First Look at BeBook 2
BeBook Classic
Quick news: Engadget reports that BeBook Classic (pictured) is getting a major upgrade in the form of a $40 SD card accessory that enables WiFi.
I’d love to see a few things:
- Improved interface and support for library books supported with the accompanying firmware update; currently you have to use an unwieldy hack to borrow library books on BeBook
- Open browsing (fat chance of this, I would imagine, but I can dream)
- And an auto-download feature that would wrangle and package RSS feeds
(If that last one comes through, it should have ol’ Bezos cackling a little less maniacally.)
Engadget also has a new picture of the BeBook 2 (MobileRead has another one here). Not much we didn’t know already about it: touchscreen, wireless, ePub. Still waiting for the first video for a touchscreen demo, but we might shouldn’t hold our breath: Engadget says BeBook 2’s programming wasn’t quite sound yet, and Endless Ideas is still keeping it under wraps.
Even bigger than the video will be news of BeBook 2’s price point, which Endless Ideas is also keeping a tight lid on. Ominously.
