[Sales target]

Fujitsu Frontech Limited announced the development of a ubiquitous browser, “FLEPia” that adopts color electronic paper first in the world and launches domestic sales of the samples.

Windows®CE is registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
SD is a trademark of SD Card Association.
Other company names and product names described in this sheet are trademarks or registered trademarks of each company.
“FLEPia” is applying for the register as a trademark of Fujitsu Frontech.

[6]High security

首款彩色電子書日本登場

The information is protected by 128bit of AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) and a security password with 16 characters.

（*This specifications may be changed by the shipment.）

FLEPia充飽電後可運作40小時，Kindle則可運作整整四天翻譯但FLEPia同時內建無線上彀和藍芽功能，4GB SD記憶卡可貯存約5000本書。

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/ebooks/fujitsu-a4-and-a5-flepia-they-say-console-reader-we-say-ebook-253921.php

The first and right portable information terminal in the world featuring color electronic paper with a large display 12 mm thick

Fujitsu Frontech Starts Limited Sales of Portable Information Terminal “FLEPia”

“FLEPia” has the large touch panel of 12 inch or 8 inch and it is easy to operate with a scroll button and six function buttons.

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The following is a translation of the press release that was announced by Fujitsu Frontech Limited and Fujitsu Laboratories Limited on 20th April 2007. This translation is made by Fujitsu Frontech Limited.

It's easy to operate—put a 4GB memory card in the SD slot翻譯社 and the content downloads as quick as you like thanks to its high-speed wireless LAN connection. There are six function buttons and a scroll key and翻譯社 once charged, the battery goes for 50 hours. As well as the silver and翻譯社 *cough*翻譯社 pink pearl—which looks suspiciously like Zune pink to us—the FLEPia comes in white pearl. There's a couple of shots of the handy bendy filmy paper after the jump, plus how much the things cost.

[4]Full outside interface

[5]Equipped Windows CE5.0

Fujitsu A4 and A5 FLEPia: They Say Console Reader翻譯社 we Say eBook

By Addy Dugdale翻譯社 10:10 AM on Fri Apr 20 2007, 14翻譯社161 views

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There are two types of size, A4-size (12 inch) which can display largely and portable A5-size (8 inch). The resolution of both types is the XGA standard of 768 x 1024. A color display is adopted and 8 colors or 4翻譯社096 colors can be configured.

但FLEPia採用Windows CE 5.0功課系統，具有8吋彩色螢幕，解析度為1024x768，可顯示26萬種顏色翻譯Kindle只有6吋的诟谇螢幕翻譯

FLEPia的厚度為1.25公分，比Kindle稍厚，358公克的重量也比Kindle重。

【財經新聞組綜合19日電】日本電子大廠富士通18日宣布，世界首款彩色電子書FLEPia正式在日本上市翻譯

2009-03-20

（* “FLEPia” is shipped every lot of 10 units to corporations for the full customer service.）

The purpose of the limited sales of “FLEPia” is for the field trial of some companies who are considering business by making use of color electronic paper. Therefore it is equipped with USB mini-B connecter and a stereo speaker which is available for various applications.

FLEPia 18日在線上市肆正式販售，價錢為9.975萬日圓（約1000美元），富士通估計來歲底前售出5萬台。Kindle的價格為359美元。

[Price and schedule of shipment]

Product	Size	Sales lot	Price of the sample unit	Date of shipment
FLEPia	A5	10 units	1,575,000 yen per 10 units （tax included）	End of Oct. 2007
FLEPia	A4	10 units	2翻譯社625,000 yen per 10 units （tax included）	End of Oct. 2007

Fujitsu Frontech Limited
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High speed wireless LAN of 11/54Mbps conformed to IEEE802.11b/g翻譯社 a USB mini-B connecter conformed to a USB 2.0 (480Mbps) and a SD card slot are equipped as outside interface. They can be selected according to the way to download information. Because there is also a stereo speaker on both sides翻譯社 reading out of books or audio explanation of an advertisement are available.

Because electronic paper is adopted for a display, a still image can be displayed continuously without power supply. Power supply is necessary only for redrawing of a image. Therefore “FLEPia” can run longer than the other liquid crystal display panels. With a fully charged battery翻譯社 “FLEPia” can run for 50 hours (when 3翻譯社000 pages are displayed every 1 minute on 8 colors display.)

[3]Long operating time

“FLEPia” equips the Japanese version of Windows®CE5.0 by Microsoft Corporation. Web browser and e-mail are available. Because “FLEPia” can also display data of variety of applications by Microsoft Corporation such as Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel翻譯社 referring of a document or an attachment of e-mail is available. A software keyboard and a touch-pen enable to input short sentence for e-mail.

[2] Simple operation

Fujitsu Frontech will provide the service of searching the terminal翻譯社 locking the operation and deleting the information when losing “FLEPia”.

Fujitsu Laboratories Limited

[Trademark]

[Specifications]

	FLEPia A4 type	FLEPia A5 type
Dimensions (W x D x H), Weight	210(W)×304(D)×12(H)mm翻譯社 480g	158(W)×240(D)×12(H)mm, 320g
Size of a display	184.3 x 245.7 mm (12 inch)	120.2 x 160.2 mm (8 inch)
Color	White pearl, Pink pearl and Silver
Resolution	768 x 1024 (XGA)
Color display	8 colors or 4,096 colors
Speed to redraw	2.3 Sec. (8 colors) , 10 Sec. (4,096 colors)
Operational button	Touch panel翻譯社 Scroll button, 6 function buttons and power switch
Wireless LAN	IEEE802.11b/g (11/54Mbps *1)
SD card *2	SD memory slot x 1（Option 1GB/2GB/4GB SD memory）
USB connecter	USB2.0(480Mbps) mini-B connecter x1
Audio function	Stereo speaker, Headphone connecter x1
Power consumption	Lithium polymer battery翻譯社 AC adapter(Attachment) Running hours with a fully charged battery: 50 hours (when 3,000 pages are displayed every 1 minute on 8 colors display)
Storage capability of contents (When using 4GB SD card)	One year of newspapers (10MB for a day with pictures) Two years of weekly magazines (About 100 magazines翻譯社 35MB for a magazine with 300 pages) 5,000 volumes of new books (600KB for a book with 300 pages)
Security	128Bit AES(Advanced Encryption Standard)
Software	FLEPia application, Microsoft®Windows CE5.0
CPU	XScale RISC CPU
Environmental	Operation : Temperature 5 to 35 degrees Celsius翻譯社 Humidity 20 to 80% RH Storage : Temperature -10 to 60 degrees Celsius, Humidity 20 to 80% RH

The sample number of sales target for fiscal year 2007 is 1翻譯社000 units. (200 units per month) The worldwide general sales will be started in fiscal year 2008. Fujitsu Frontech is targeting sales of about 10 billion yen accumulated by fiscal year 2010.

There are three color variation for the body of “FLEPia”, white pearl, pink pearl and silver.

“FLEPia” will be displayed in “Fujitsu Forum 2007” being held on 17th and 18th May at Tokyo International Forum.

Fujitsu Frontech Limited and Fujitsu Laboratories Limited today announced the joint development and commercial introduction of samples of a ubiquitous browser, “FLEPia” that adopts color electronic paper first in the world. This product has a large display 12 mm thick, weighs 320g (A5-size model). It can run 50 hours continuously with a fully charged battery. A large amount of information (a year of newspapers翻譯社 two years of weekly magazines or 5,000 volumes of books) can be stored in this terminal by using 4GB SD card (option).

“FLEPia” realizes compactness and low power by electronic paper which can display a still image continuously without power supply. There are two types of size翻譯社 A4-size (12 inch) and A5-size (8 inch). A4-size weighs 480g and A5-size weighs 320g. They measure 12mm and can run for 50 hours at most.

20th April 2007
Fujitsu Frontech Limited
Fujitsu Laboratories Limited

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*1: It is the theoretical maximum value of a standard of wireless LAN, not practical speed.

[Feature of ubiquitous browser, “FLEPia”]

[1]Visible display and color variation

The contents stored to SD card (option) thorough a high speed wireless LAN can be referred “Anytime” and “Anywhere”. For example翻譯社 the latest information can be downloaded at speed and available at the wireless LAN spot or a Net cafe.

http://www.frontech.fujitsu.com/en/release/20070420.html

Hang onto your huevitos lads, the sharp intake of breath may just be to much for them. Little FLEPia is a drop in the ocean at $12翻譯社685, while big one will choke ya at $21翻譯社137. – Ad Dugdale

Two years ago翻譯社 Fujitsu announced that it had come up with the world's first film substrate-based bendable color electronic paper featuring image memory function (snappy name翻譯社 fellas). Well翻譯社 now they've made something to put it in: The FLEPia (that's a bit better翻譯社 but I'm still not convinced). it comes in two sizes翻譯社 A4 (480 grams) and A5 (320 grams) and both are just 12mm thick.