iReader, BOOX and Other Tech News

iQOO Launches Z9 Series Handsets

On April 24, iQOO launched the Z9 series of cell phones. The Z9 series is divided into three models: Z9x, Z9, and Z9 Turbo. Among them, the Z9x is an entry-level product equipped with the first-generation Snapdragon 6 mobile platform, with an LCD screen, a 6,000mAh battery, and support for TF card expansion storage space. The Z9 is powered by the third-generation Snapdragon 7 mobile platform, with a 1.5K 144Hz screen, LYT-600 main camera, and a built-in 6,000mAh battery, while the Z9 Turbo is the most powerful version of the three, powered by the third-generation Snapdragon 8s mobile platform, with a dedicated graphics chip Turbo and high technology for frame insertion and ray tracing in games, a 6,000mAh battery, and 80W fast charging support. Fast charging. In addition, iQOO has also introduced accessories such as a cooling clip and a watch band.

iReader Announces New eBook Readers

On April 23rd, iReader launched its new 2024 eBook readers, iReader Neo 2 Pro and iReader Smart 5, which feature a 6-inch black and white ink screen with 300PPI and 30 levels of brightness and 30 levels of color temperature, as well as a soft reading light. Among them, iReader Neo 2 Pro is equipped with a 6-inch black and white ink screen, 300PPI, supports 30 levels of brightness and 30 levels of color temperature, and is equipped with a soft reading light and i-Display refresh technology. The iReader Neo 2 Pro features a 4-core CPU, 2GB of RAM and 32GB of storage, and a 1500 mAh battery. iReader Smart 5 adopts a 10.3-inch black-and-white ink screen with a resolution of 1874 × 1404, supporting 256 grayscale and 227 PPI. iReader Smart 5 supports handwritten notes with X-Pen 5se, with a latency of less than 22ms, 4096 pressure sensing, and intelligent handwriting recognition; and it improves the ability to read PDFs, with support for PDF rearrangement and PDF Comic Mode. PDF reading ability is improved, supporting PDF rearrangement function and PDF comic mode. In terms of performance, it is equipped with an octa-core CPU, built-in 4GB RAM and 64GB storage.

BOOX Launches Note X3 Series Readers

On April 23, BOOX launched two e-book readers, Note X3 Pro and Note X3 Youth Edition.

Among them, Note X3 Pro is equipped with a 10.3-inch 300PPI Carta 1200 panel, equipped with Qualcomm 8-core 2.4Ghz chip, 4GB RAM and 64GB storage space, equipped with a 3700 mAh battery; support for local reading to switch the night mode, can be free to split the screen, built-in self-developed reading and writing engine, and also supports OCR text recognition and 4096-level pressure-sensitive Note X3 Youth Edition reader supports capacitive touch, can use Wacom 4096 level pressure-sensitive electromagnetic pen handwriting, support for free split-screen, the system is embedded in the 6 large network disk; using 10.3-inch black and white ink panel with 1872 × 1404 resolution 227 PPI, equipped with a Qualcomm 8-core 2.4Ghz processor, 3GB RAM and 32GB of storage, with a 4100 mAh battery. 4100 mAh battery.

Polestar Phone Release

On April 23rd, Polestar brand released Polestar Phone, which is positioned as an AI flagship phone with new energy vehicle interconnection ecosystem, with white color, NP66 aerospace-grade aluminum in the middle frame, and the AG glass of the back panel polished with soft sand crystal flash process. In terms of system, it is equipped with Polestar Phone OS, which adopts the same font as Polestar Phone, and is categorized according to application functions; it supports AI map search, map generation, knowledge query, etc., and can call out relevant assistants by using the mBack button. The phone supports Polestar Link cell phone assisted vehicle OTA function and reservation car machine upgrade, and is equipped with borderless photo album, address copy flow function, cell phone application full-screen casting, in-vehicle K song, global gestures, intelligent voice control and other functions.

Hardware parameters, equipped with BOE 6.79-inch 2K + resolution 120Hz LTPO refresh rate 21:9 straight screen, support 2160Hz PWM high-frequency dimming; equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor, with a 50-megapixel OV50H main camera (OIS optical stabilization), a 13-megapixel ultra-wide-angle lens, and a 10-megapixel triple telephoto lens. triple telephoto lens; and a built-in 5050mAh battery that supports 80W wired charging + 50W wireless charging. Available in 16GB+512GB configuration only.

Photoshop Introduces New Image AI Models

On April 23, Adobe announced a new version of Photoshop that includes not only some new AI image editing features and improvements, but also the new Firefly Image 3 Foundation model for creating AI-based content from text prompts. Firefly Image 3 will be able to create higher-quality, more varied, and more detailed images than previous versions, and it also better understands text prompts. The new version of Photoshop is now available on desktop platforms with Beta tags, and the full version will be fully released within the year.

Lomography Launches Six Polaroid Cameras

On April 23rd, Lomography launched six Polaroid cameras, of which the Lomo’Instant is positioned as an entry-level camera, using Fuji Instax Mini three-inch paper; The Lomo’Instant Automat Auto Polaroid camera has an automatic aperture, shutter speed and flash, and focuses at 0.6m, 1-2 m and infinity, using Fuji Instax Mini three-inch paper; The Diana Instant Square, part of the historic Diana camera series, is a camera that captures low-fidelity saturation and dark corners on paper, with focusing distances of 1-2 m, 2-4 m and 4 m -Infinity, on Fujifilm Instax Square paper; The Lomo’Instant Automat Glass Auto Polaroid Camera uses Fujifilm Instax Mini paper; the Lomo’Instant Square Polaroid Camera is designed with a sweet folding leather chamber and uses Fujifilm Instax Square paper; and the Lomo’Instant Wide is a wide-angle camera that uses Fujifilm Instax paper. Lomo’Instant Wide is a wide-angle camera that uses Fuji Instax Wide five-inch paper.