Pandigital, Inc., was a digital photo-frame manufacturer founded in 1998 that around 2010 began to expand its product line to include
e-reader
An e-reader, also called an e-book reader or e-book device, is a mobile electronic device that is designed primarily for the purpose of reading digital e-books and periodicals.
Any device that can display text on a screen may act as an e-read ...
,
tablets and
e-books
An ebook (short for electronic book), also known as an e-book or eBook, is a book publication made available in digital form, consisting of text, images, or both, readable on the flat-panel display of computers or other electronic devices. Alt ...
. Its tablet products included the Planet, Novel, Star, Nova, and SuperNova, and an offline
Wikipedia
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reader called
WikiReader
WikiReader was a project to deliver an offline, text-only version of Wikipedia on a mobile device. The project was sponsored by Openmoko and made by Pandigital, and its source code has been released.
The project debuted an offline portable read ...
.
As of November 2012, Pandigital declared bankruptcy and went out of business. It liquidated its stock on various daily deals websites.
Pandigital out of business
By Edgar Alvarez posted Nov 21st, 2012, Engadget.com
Tablet models
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