French Telecoms giant Orange has announced a pilot for a 3G-enabled mobile newspaper kiosk which is not unlike Amazon's own e-reader device, the Kindle.
Presented as a device incorporating Wifi/3G coupled connectivity with a dedicated distribution platform, The Read&Go is only a two month trial scheme for now but Orange's clout would allow it to spread it across Europe rapidly should the trial be successful.
Five major French newspapers have been signed for the project for the time being : Le Monde, Le Parisien, Les Echos, L’Equipe and Télérama.
150 testers have been recruited to give the Read&Go a try and the electronic newspapers will be refreshed every hour in a constant loop from 6am to midnight.
The device has a 1GB onboard storage capacity and it is unknown whether there are any memory card reader onboard.
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