"The Readius will be introduced in England, Italy and Germany this fall, and in the United States early in 2009… The price is not yet set, but … Readius would be more expensive than the Kindle, which now is selling for $359."

"word is that [Polymer Vision] will have a commercial version of the [Readius] phone / e-book reader available sometime in mid-2008 in Italy via Telecom Italia"

"the Readius will operate almost worldwide, as it works with the HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) 3G (third-generation) service favored by European, Asian and some U.S. operators."

"Users [of Polymer Vision's "Readius"] will be able to set up their email accounts, news sources, podcasts, audio books and blog feeds at home on their computer, and the data is then pushed to the device whenever it is updated."