company industry consumer electronics online distribution founded 2007 headquarters lugano switzerland products e book readers multimedia readers and android based tablet computers revenue 151 million 2010 1 number of employees 230 july 2013 website www.pocketbook int.com pocketbook is a multinational company which produces e book readers based on e ink technology an electronic paper technology as well as multimedia readers and android based tablet computers under the pocketbook brand . the company was founded in 2007 in kyiv ukraine . its headquarters is located at lugano in switzerland . pocketbook is the fourth largest global manufacturer of e readers . 2 contents 1 development and manufacture 2 sales geography 3 history 4 recent awards 5 pocketbook s projects 6 see also 7 references 8 external links development and manufacture edit the devices are assembled at the foxconn wisky yitoa and other factories . sales geography edit the company s products are sold in 30 countries worldwide in central eastern and western europe in russia and baltic and commonwealth of independent states countries as well as in australia israel new zealand and others . as of december 2013 update pocketbook claimed it had sold over two million e reader and tablet devices . 3 history edit date event september 2008 the company starts shipping its first e reader the pocketbook 301 . 4 the model became the top selling device in russia the total volume of sold devices exceeded 100 000 according to 2009 2010 results . january 2009 release of pocketbook s second e reader the pocketbook 360 5 that is the world s first e book reading device created based on the comments from the ebook.org community a popular forum in russian dedicated to e books . march 2009 pocketbook 302 cookie the world s first e reader supporting bluetooth wireless data transfer protocol . november 2010 pocketbook iq 701 6 a multimedia e book reader running the android operating system . in 2011 pocketbook iq 701 became the second top selling device in russia after the ipad . december 2010 market launch of pocketbook pro 602 7 and pocketbook pro 902 . february 2011 pocketbook launches the world s first e book readers with a smartphone set of wireless interfaces bluetooth wi fi and 3g pocketbook pro 603 8 and 903 . 9 may 2011 market launch of pocketbook 360 plus 10 an updated version of the pocketbook 360 model with wi fi support and more powerful architecture . three versions of the pocketbook 360 were ultimately produced 360 360 and 360 new . september 2011 production of pocketbook devices starts at the specially designated production line at a foxconn factory . october 2011 market launch of pocketbook a10 11 a tablet computer running android 2.3.5 exhibited for the first time at ifa 2011 in berlin germany . december 2011 market launch of pocketbook basic an e book reader which became one of the top ten best selling and most recommended ereaders in the french retail chain pixmania following the results of 2011 . february 2012 market launch of pocketbook a 7 a multimedia e book reader that runs android 2.3.7 . march 2012 market launch of pocketbook touch 12 an e reader with a multi sensor 6 inch e ink pearl display . september 2012 at the international ifa exhibition in berlin pocketbook introduces two new devices pocketbook basic new an improved version of pocketbook basic 611 pocketbook surfpad a tablet computer running android 4.0.4 . which became one of the first devices with the pre installed yandex.store app store . april 2013 the company presented a new premium product line pocketbook colour lux the world s first color e ink e reader with built in light 13 pocketbook touch lux an e reader with pearl hd display and frontlight 14 pocketbook surfpad 2 a multimedia device running android 4.0.4 july 2013 release of pocketbook mini a 5 inch slim and compact e ink e reader 15 october 2013 the presentation of new devices at ifa 2013 international exhibition in berlin pocketbook coverreader 16 the first flip cover with e ink screen for smartphones pocketbook basic touch e ink reader with a film touch technology based screen and also two android tablets pocketbook surfpad 3 7 85 and pocketbook surfpad 3 10 . november 2013 the company presents pocketbook touch lux limited edition december 2013 presentation of the new construction oriented device pocketbook cad reader 17 with epd e ink fina screens at autodesk university international exhibition in los angeles usa . the cad reader has remained vaporware ever since . pocketbook basic 2 a 6 inch e ink e reader represented january 2014 pocketbook touch lux 2 e ink e reader with frontlight represented march 2014 the company announced the first serial waterproof and dust protected e ink e reader pocketbook aqua 18 recent awards edit device award nomination country year pocketbook pro 912 basic 611 touch pixmania 1 pixmania top 10 sales france 2012 pocketbook touch computer bild best ereader in europe 19 germany 2012 pocketbook a10 red dot 2012 awards best product design 20 germany 2012 pocketbook touch tablet pc 2 winner of testing of new e book readers with multisensor displays germany 2012 pocketbook touch pocketbook basic pocketbook basic new pc format 3 winner of e book reader rating poland 2012 pocketbook a 10 3g consumer electronics & photo expo 4 product of the year 2012 mobile and digital devices russia 2012 pocketbook pro 612 pc magazine re russia best of the best 2011 e book readers 21 russia 2012 pocketbook touch lux allesebook.de best e ink reader 22 germany 2013 pocketbook touch lux tablet pc 5 best e ink reader germany 2013 pocketbook surfpad 2 the ebook quality guarantee 23 best tablet russia 2013 pocketbook surfpad 2 allesebook.de test winner 24 germany 2013 pocketbook touch lux sft magazins 6 best e ink reader germany 2013 pocketbook mini tablet pc 7 best e ink reader germany 2013 pocketbook surfpad 3 7 85 tablet pc 8 best e ink reader germany 2013 pocketbook touch lux the ebook championship 2013 best e ink reader 25 russia 2013 pocketbook mini the ebook championship 2013 best e ink reader 25 russia 2013 pocketbook touch lux 2 red dot 2014 best product design 26 germany 2014 pocketbook s projects edit bookland an electronic platform from pocketbook with a goal to sell fiction educational and reference literature as well as periodical publications in electronic format . bookland offers more than 1 500 000 titles of electronic content in 17 languages . citation needed kidread a project which helps to manage the time a child spends on a mobile device . this application was created to get children more involved in reading as well as to monitor and test a child s literary knowledge . the kidread project consists of the website kidread.com and android application for multimedia readers and tablet computers . citation needed readrate a search and recommend service whose main goal is to help users to select books . the readrate online platform may help users with information on the most popular books and inform them about book ratings literary preferences feedback and reviews by other users . citation needed see also edit comparison of e book readers comparison of tablet computers tablet computer references edit russia s e book boom is a page turner the daily telegraph february 25 2011 pocketbook and plastic logic team up to develop the next pocketbook coverreader pocketbook has sold 2 million units january 21 2014 pocketbook 301 review review of the pocketbook 360 ereader lean light beautiful and blazing fast pocketbook iq review pocketbook 602 review pocketbook 603 pocketbook 903 review preview pocketbook 360 plus review new pocketbook a10 android 2.3 tablet video pocketbook touch 622 revealed review of the pocketbook color lux ereader pocketbook touch lux e reader first look pocketbook 515 ereader to launch next month will cost 90 review of the pocketbook cover for samsung galaxy phones first look at the pocketbook cad new pocketbook aqua might be a good vacation e reader test ebook reader pocketbook touch pocketbook a10 tablet pc test pocketbook touch lux 2013 hi tech.mail.ru pocketbook surfpad 2 a b the ebook pocketbook touch lux 2 e reader external links edit official pocketbook international website official bookland website official kidread website official readrate website v t e android phablets and tablet computers phablets asus fonepad dell streak htc one max huawei ascend mate ascend mate2 4g ascend mate7 nexus 6p lg g2 g3 g3 stylus g4 g4 stylus gx g flex g flex 2 optimus g pro g pro lite g pro 2 optimus vu ii vu 3 v10 v20 motorola nexus 6 moto x style moto x play oneplus one 2 3 samsung galaxy grand 2 galaxy mega mega 2 galaxy note series original ii 3 neo 4 edge 5 7 galaxy round sony xperia z ultra t2 ultra c5 ultra z5 premium zuk zuk z1 tablets acer acer iconia tab a500 ainol novo7 amazon kindle fire hd hdx archos archos 5 archos generation 6 archos 5 archos generation 7 archos 43 archos 70 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