PocketBook is a multinational company which produces
e-book readers based on
E Ink technology (an electronic paper technology) under the ''PocketBook'' brand. The company was founded in 2007 in Kyiv, Ukraine, and its headquarters were shifted to Lugano, Switzerland in 2012. These devices enable users to browse, buy, download, and read
e-books, newspapers, magazines and other
digital media
Digital media is any communication media that operate in conjunction with various encoded machine-readable data formats. Digital media can be created, viewed, distributed, modified, listened to, and preserved on a digital electronics device. ' ...
via wireless networking to the PocketBook Store.
Development and manufacture
The devices are assembled by factories such as Foxconn, Wisky and Yitoa and shipped out to more than 40 countries.
Device list
Models from same family sometimes use same model numbers such as :
* Touch HD PB631...
* Touch HD 2 PB631-2...
Sales geography
The company's products are sold in 35 countries worldwide – in Central, Eastern, and Western
Europe, in
Baltic and
Commonwealth of Independent States countries, as well as in Australia, Israel, New Zealand, and others. , PocketBook claimed it had sold over two million e-reader and tablet devices.
PocketBook has sold 2 million units
January 21, 2014
History
See also
* Comparison of e-book readers
An e-reader, also known as an e-book reader, is a portable electronic device that is designed primarily for the purpose of reading e-books and periodicals. E-readers have a similar form factor to a tablet and usually refers to devices that use ...
* Comparison of tablet computers
This is a list of tablet computers, grouped by intended audience and form factor.
Media tablets
Multimedia tablets are compared in the following tables.
Larger than screen
Following two tables compare larger than screen multimedia tablets re ...
* Tablet computer
References
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Electronics companies of Switzerland
Dedicated ebook devices
Tablet computers
Android (operating system) devices
Linux-based devices
Electronic paper technology
Information technology companies of Switzerland
Computer companies established in 2007
Electronics companies established in 2007
Ukrainian companies established in 2007
Foxconn