Spring Design e-reader offers Web browsing -- e-readers -- InformationWeek

Spring Design on Monday introduced a dual-screen e-book reader that tries to beat market-leading devices from Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) and Sony (NYSE: SNE) by including full Web browsing on a color screen, in addition to the typical black-and-white electronic paper display.

Called the Alex, the device makes the use of an e-reader more versatile by linking the Web to content on the six-inch E-Ink display, Spring Design said. For example, a publisher could include a hyperlink that would take the reader to a Web page that would be displayed on the device's 3.5-inch LCD display...