Plenty of people were expecting Asus to show off some kind of ebook reader during CES, but unfortunately those people went away disappointed — but as of now there may still be a little hope.
The details, which are coming courtesy of Times Online InGear are suggesting that the Asus ebook reader will be coming as model number DR-570. Feature wise the reader will have a 6-inch color OLED display and have a battery life of up to 122 hours in “real world conditions.” As far as that goes, we can only hope that mention of real world conditions is accurate.
Other details of the DR-570 ebook reader include some of what it can do, well what it can do aside from read ebooks. The rumor has it that the DR-570 will be able to play Flash video.
Finally, other features include the seemingly now standard 3G and Wi-Fi.
Sadly nothing was mentioned in terms of pricing, but assuming these specs were accurate and the price was reasonable we may have a nice alternative reader on our hands.
Read [Times Online] Via [Engadget]
For years we are listening that e-readers are coming. But still they are too expensive with small base of users.
We have a huge reading population in India. Indeed larger than some countries entire population. Priced right, I see a large demand for ereaders. Sub 5k pricing will do wonders. Wonder why the products are just talked about and not in the market already!