“WeFound” a Kindle ripoff

Seen on the Digital Publishing Fair at Tokyo, the ‘WeFound’ reader drew people’s attention by its outstanding cloning appearance as the Amazon Kindle. This unit is manufactured by the Founder Group China, a major technology company well-known in the digital publishing fields. Nevertheless, the company states that it was a product of independent research. “Peking University Founder Group independently developed this terminal, and it has nothing to do with the Kindle,” Founder International said. The display is measured about 6 inch, similar to the dimension of a Kindle 2 screen. E-ink technology is also adopted.

The reader will be available in China by the end of 2009 at the price of $200. It supports wireless download with a SIM card.