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Based on Android, the new eBook reader named Alex will have a 6-inch monochrome electronic paper display and a secondary 3.5-inch colour touchscreen display. Expected to say hello to the masses by the end of 2009, the device supports WiFi, 3G, and SD card for storage expansion.

“This is the start of a whole new experience of reading content on e-books, potentially igniting a whole new industry in multimedia e-book publishing for secondary authors to create supplementary content that is hyper linked to the text. We are bringing life to books with audio, video, and annotations,” said Priscilla Lu, chief executive officer of Spring Design.

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