(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/04/toshiba-e-reader-04-04-13-02.jpg) (http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/04/toshiba-mono-bookplace-e-reader/)While Toshiba's already got a bevy (http://www.engadget.com/tag/toshiba,e-reader/) of e-readers on tap for its Japanese online e-book store, it just added a budget-oriented monochrome offering: the BookPlace Mono. It's a slightly smaller but otherwise identical looking version of its BookPlace DB50 (http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/27/toshiba-announces-color-bookplace-db50-e-reader-in-japan/) reader, carrying a 6-inch E Ink (http://www.engadget.com/tag/e+ink/) screen with 758 x 1,024 pixels, along with an 800MHz CPU, 512MB of RAM, WiFi, 4GB internal memory, a Micro SD slot and a USB port. According to Japanese e-book site ITMedia, 9,800 yen ($100) gets you the reader plus a set of books, with the price climbing to 13,500 yen ($150) after that. Changes to Toshiba's BookPlace e-book store mean buyers there will have to traipse over to one of a network of bookstores to grab it, though -- either by sneaker or mouse, we presume.
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Via: Newlaunches.com (http://www.newlaunches.com/archives/toshiba-launches-bookplace-mono-e-book-reader-in-japan.php)
Source: ITMedia (translated) (http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?from=&to=en&a=http://ebook.itmedia.co.jp/ebook/articles/1304/04/news038.html), Toshiba (translated) (http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?from=&to=en&a=http://www.toshiba.co.jp/about/press/2013_04/pr_j0401.htm)
Via: Engadget