Earlier in the week, PocketBook’s RSS feed pinged about new firmware for the PocketBook Pro line of ebook readers. The actual news article is dated December 16th and the firmware is dated December 15th, so who knows why they waited so long to announce it officially.

The new firmware, version 2.1.2, is for the PocketBook Pro series and includes the touchscreen models and non-touchscreen models—the Pro 602, 603, 912, and 902. The new firmware adds some significant changes. Mostly good.

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For those of you waiting on the PDF portion of the PocketBook 602 review, I posted it earlier today on the new PocketBook 602 PDF review page. There are several screenshots along with descriptions of the PDF features and functions.

The PocketBook 602 offers a number of options for viewing PDFs, but the bottom line is that it has a 6″ screen that isn’t going to be the best option for documents designed on a larger scale.

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I posted the review for the PocketBook 602 earlier today. It can be found on the PocketBook 602 page, along with a video review.

The review isn’t completely finished just yet; I’ll be adding a section for PDFs shortly. I’m still waiting on a firmware update to finish it because I think they’ll be adding a second program for PDFs called pdfviewer like the earlier PocketBook ereaders.

Please feel free to post any questions or comments about the PocketBook 602 below.

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PocketBook US started shipping orders for the PocketBook IQ Android tablet and PocketBook 602 ebook reader yesterday, while the 9.7-inch PB 902 is still on pre-order and is expected to ship by the end of November.

The 3G wireless/touchscreen models, the PocketBook 603 and 903, still haven’t been priced or made available for the US market for pre-order yet so it’s safe to assume they won’t be arriving until the middle to end of December.

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This is hardly news for those of you who are paying close attention, but two of the new PocketBook eReaders, the PB 602 and PB 902, are up for pre-order, along with the PocketBook IQ Tablet.

I was waiting for the numbers to come in on the 3G touchscreen models, the 603 and 903, before posting about it, but there seems to be a delay so here is the pricing and release dates on the PocketBook 602, 902, and IQ Tablet.

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PocketBook, the third largest ereader company behind Amazon and Sony, plans to unveil their new line of ebook readers and a new tablet at the 2010 IFA consumer electronics trade show in Berlin on September 3rd.

PocketBook’s four new E Ink ebook readers include the PocketBook Pro 602 and Pro 902 and the upgraded versions with 3G and Wacom touchscreens, the PocketBook Pro 603 and Pro 903. All come with WiFi and Bluetooth, have direct access to the Bookland ebook store, and use PocketBook’s versatile open source software. The 600 models feature 6-inch displays and the 900s have 9.7-inch screens, the same size as the Kindle DX.

As for the PocketBook Tablet IQ, it features a 7-inch TFT touchscreen, WiFi and Bluetooth, and runs Android 2.0.

Once September 3rd comes around there will be a lot more information about these new devices (subscribe to keep updated). For now here are the product images that got posted early.

PocketBook Pro 602

PocketBook Pro 603 (3G + Touchscreen)

PocketBook Pro 902

PocketBook Pro 903 (3G + Touchscreen)

PocketBook Tablet IQ

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