First Romanian tablet PCs and e-readers due to arrive on the market

The first e-book reader to be launched by a Romanian company costs 150 euros and will be available for sale in two weeks’ time. In mid-December the Brașov-based Allview will also tap into this market with a 200-euro tablet.

Romanian companies Televoice and Visual Fan, which have each reached turnovers of millions of euros in the last few years, by selling GPS systems and other IT&C gadgets under their own brands, will enter one of the latest segments of competition in the IT sector: tablets PC and e-readers next month.
Televoice, a company held by businessman Liviu Nistoran, will launch Evobook – an e-reader, which will cost 150 euros, next month and a tablet based on Google’s Android operating system, in the first quarter of next year.
Evobook, the first reader of e-books that uses the e-ink technology to be launched by a Romanian company, will sell 500 to 1,000 units next month, estimates Liviu Nistoran, president and owner of Televoice, who relies on price, Romanian language support and content to hit this target.
Visual Fan will launch a tablet PC running on Google Android 2.1 operating system, with a 7-inch screen (similar to Samsung Galaxy Tab), and WiFi. The gadget called “Tableta PC Allview AllDro” will be available in several store chains as of mid-next month at a price of around 800 RON (200 euros), Lucian Peticilă, general maanger of the company, told ZF.