| 词条 | Rocket eBook |
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| name = Rocket eBook | title = | aka = | logo = | image = | caption = | developer = NuvoMedia | manufacturer = | family = | type = | generation = | releasedate = | lifespan = | price = | discontinued = | unitssold = | unitsshipped = | media = | os = | power = | soc = | cpu = | memory = | storage = | memory card = | display = | graphics = | sound = | input = | controllers = | camera = | touchpad = | connectivity = | currentfw = | platform = | service = | dimensions = | weight = | topgame = | compatibility= | predecessor = | successor = | related = | website = }} The Rocket eBook is an early commercial handheld e-reader that was produced by NuvoMedia in late 1998; it uses a LCD screen and can store up to ten e-books.[1][2] E-books are loaded on the device by connecting it to a computer and the device has two page turn buttons. Rocket-compatible e-books were sold online at Barnes & Noble and Powell's Bookstore.[3] It had a retail price of $499. The Rocket eBook was manufactured by NuvoMedia until 2000, when it was purchased by Gemstar-TV Guide International for $187 million.[4] After purchasing NuvoMedia and merging it with SoftBook, Gemstar released an e-reader called the RCA eBook Reader.[4] NuvoMediaOn April 15, 1997, Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning founded NuvoMedia to make a product that could benefit from improving battery size and settled on designing an electronic book reader; the resulting Rocket eBook e-reader sold 20,000 units in 1999.[5] References1. ^eBooks: 1998 – The first ebook readers. Retrieved 5 February 2015. 2. ^{{Cite web|url=https://goodereader.com/blog/electronic-readers/the-tale-of-rocketbook-the-very-first-e-reader|title=The Tale of Rocketbook – The very first e-reader|last=Kozlowski|first=Michael|website=goodereader.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-14}} 3. ^David Strom. [https://books.google.com/books?id=r6fVZ4hOrzcC&pg=PA76 "E-Books: Still an Unfinished Work"]. Computerworld, Jul 19, 1999. p. 76. 4. ^1 Hossein Bidgoli. [https://books.google.com/books?id=96ZSgSIdbH4C&pg=PA790 The Internet Encyclopedia]. John Wiley and Sons, 2004. p. 790. {{ISBN|978-0-471-22202-6}} 5. ^{{cite web|last1=Baer|first1=Drake|title=The Making Of Tesla: Invention, Betrayal, And The Birth Of The Roadster|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-the-origin-story-2014-10|website=Business Insider|publisher=Business Insider|accessdate=7 June 2016}} External links
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