Cor. Watch the video above, and tell me you’re not impressed. It’s a concept device being trialled by Orange France called ‘Read&Go’. It’s got a touchscreen, supports Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity, has 1GB of storage space, and comes with 30 preloaded e-books.
Orange is working with five French newspapers in its trial – Le Monde, Le Parisien, Les Echos, L’Equipe and Telerama – with the device updating content every hour between 6am and midnight. 150 lucky users have been given a Read&Go for the next two months.
With Amazon yet to launch its Kindle e-book reader on this side of the Atlantic, Read&Go could get in early and steal its potential market share. Orange apparently has plans to embed adverts based on the user’s location too. Quick, Orange UK, trial it here too!
