From October 06.-10. 2010 PocketBook is presenting its new e-reader product family at Buchmesse Frankfurt. Visit us in hall 4.0 at booth F 1340.

PocketBook International, a specialist for multifunctional E-ink reading technology, will present five new models of e-readers at the Frankfurt book fair 2010. The new product portfolio includes the standard models PocketBook Pro 602 and Pro 902, the premium class models PocketBook Pro 603 and Pro 903 and the entertainment model PocketBook IQ with a TFT color screen. One month prior to the official sales launch in early November, PocketBook will announce the pricing of the new products as well as cooperations in regards to e-books and sales of the e-readers at the Frankfurt book fair.

Meet us at the PocketBook booth and feel free to contact us to arrange press meetings.

"We are known as a reader specialist with powerful Linux Open Source software. Now we take the obvious next step: Our new model range, the Pro series and the IQ, impresses with its cutting edge hardware and smart design. Together with our integrated and large e-book store in various languages we are able to challenge the other established players in the reader field", says Oleg Naumenko, Vice President of PocketBook.

Frankfurt Book Fair 2010: PocketBook International presents its new and complete product range

• German sales prices are fixed for new models
• Most comprehensive offer on the market
• Powerful software and new features
• Huge integrated e-book store

Berlin, October 4^th, 2010. PocketBook International is a specialist for multifunctional readers and one of the top 5 suppliers worldwide. PocketBook presents its comprehensive range of models at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2010: base models PocketBook Pro 602 and 902, premium models PocketBook Pro 603 and 903, all with e-ink display and PocketBook IQ with TFT-colour screen. All new devices have powerful software and a stylish design and feature innovations like text-to-speech in German and integrated dictionaries in 20 languages. During the Frankfurt Book Fair, PocketBook announces the sale prices of the new products in Germany. The devices can be bought from the beginning of November in German bookstores and in online shops like Amazon, T-Online and Libri.

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Product specifications of the PocketBook models: PocketBook 602/603; Pocketbook 902/903 and PocketBook IQ

The new range of improved e-readers PocketBook 602 and 603; Pocketbook

902 and 903 and the PocketBook IQ have been created in close cooperation with the world's leading manufacturer of hardware, communication and consumer electronics, who also manufactures for HP, Apple and other brands.

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E-reader provider sees great market potential in Western Europe

Nürnberg, October 2010. PocketBook International, a young company previously known as PocketBook, is one of the world's Top 5 suppliers of multifunctional electronic readers. E-ink readers can display electronic books (e-books) with thousands of pages. Since its founding in 2007, PocketBook has aimed to develop the ideal electronic reader that satisfies clients' wishes concerning modern, paperless reading. PocketBook has focused to date mainly on E-reader software for readers, which is based on Linux and is Open Source. PocketBook offers alls users the latest improvements and regular updates for free. Users with basic programming knowledge may customize their E-reader functions according to their needs. PocketBook is now moving to the next level: the hardware in the new devices being presented for the first time at the IFA 2010 in Berlin, has been manufactured by a leading technology corporation, which counts Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Sony among its clients. This company manufactures iPhone and iPad for Apple. PocketBook International is now in the top division of E-reader providers.

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About PocketBook International
Since PocketBook’s inception in 2007, the specialist for mobile reading has had one definitive goal: to develop the ideal electronic reading device that fulfils all its users’ desires. PocketBook has focused on the development of software for its readers, which is designed as Open Source based on Linux. E-readers have been continually refined to improve functions and features. In September 2010, the new range of PocketBook models are celebrating their world premiere at the IFA 2010 in Berlin. The hardware of these readers is manufactured exclusively by a leading technology producer in Taiwan. PocketBook International is registered in Hong Kong with branch offices in USA, Germany, France, and Russia, as well as a software development department based in Ukraine. With branches in Germany, France, USA, Russia and Ukraine, PocketBook International is currently active in the following markets: CIS, UE, USA, Middle East and Asia. In 2009, PocketBook International’s 70 employees generated $37.2 million. As of August 2010, PocketBook International has 150 employees. Each month, more than 50,000 PocketBook devices are sold. PocketBook Internatonal's market share in the CIS is 43 percent, and it reaches 5 percent worldwide.

For more info, visit http://www.pocketbook-global.com

 

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