By Edward Nawotka
In our continuing series on dead, dying, and vaporware e-readers, we add the news that the makers COOL-ER e-reader is said to have gone into liquidation (according to TeleRead ,via a contributor).
The COOL-ER garnered a great deal of attention at BEA 2009, particularly for it’s candy hued covers. On launch it was a reasonably priced $250, but with prices dropping like proverbial lead balloons, it appears that the company couldn’t compete.
At least one distributor — Brazil’s Gato Sabido, still has some in stock and is offering them for R$750 (US $430).
Mike Shatzkin
1 year ago
I believe the BEA that featured Cool-er Reader was 2009, not 2010. Were they too far ahead of the wave? Dangerous for a start-up without the deepest of pockets.
Randy Kuckuck
1 year ago
This continues to reinforce that content is what matters. The Cool-est reader in the world won’t be successful without easy access to content. The iPod proved this in music and Kindle proved it with books.
Edward Nawotka
1 year ago
Indeed, it was 2009 not 2010. Corrected, thanks Mike