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We found something that looks like a Kindle, but it’s not. From Nikei Electronics, an article by Takuya Otani:

I found an electronic book (e-book) reader similar to the Kindle 2, which Amazon.com Inc released in February 2009, at Digital Publishing Fair 2009, an exhibition taking place from July 9 to 12, 2009, at Tokyo Big Sight.

The e-book reader was exhibited at the booth of Founder International Inc, which is the Japanese unit of Peking University Founder Group Corp, a major IT firm in China, and drawing attention from visitors.

“Peking University Founder Group independently developed this terminal, and it has nothing to do with the Kindle,” Founder International said.

At the first glance, the terminal looked very much like the Kindle 2. But, after carefully examining it, I found some differences, for example, in the shapes of the buttons on the right and left sides of the terminal, the width of the upper frame and, of course, the logo.

And, of course, the logo…

Where is The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart on this one, or Stephen Colbert?

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