Hooray for another e-book reader is coming out - the Asus Eee Reader! For the full story, read it at the London Times
Listed below are some if its features, with my comments of course. :)
1. It's more affordable than the Sony E-Reader and Amazon Kindle! It will cost ~£100 (~US$ 145 / ~PHP 7,000). This could become the cheapest e-reader in the market. Can this spark a price war for e-readers?
2. It has two screens and folds like a book. This makes the reading experience more natural, as if reading from a printed book. Love it!
3. Full-color screen, unlike the monochromatic screen of its competitors. Does this mean it will have a screen similar to a laptop? I wonder, is it possible to switch to a "reading mode" (monochromatic) screen?
4. Size of the screen has not yet been revealed. But based on the picture, it looks pretty big, as large as a 10" screen netbook. As a reading device, this is quite large to carry around, but I think Asus envisions this device to be multi-functional.
5. One of the screens can function as a virtual keyboard, hence the device could be used as a laptop that enables one to surf the Internet, etc.
The Eee Reader does not mention of a stylus included, and I hope there is because I think a stylus is essential for all e-readers. Let's just wait and see for the official announcement from Asus, this initial announcement is exciting book geeks like me. :)
2. It has two screens and folds like a book. This makes the reading experience more natural, as if reading from a printed book. Love it!
3. Full-color screen, unlike the monochromatic screen of its competitors. Does this mean it will have a screen similar to a laptop? I wonder, is it possible to switch to a "reading mode" (monochromatic) screen?
4. Size of the screen has not yet been revealed. But based on the picture, it looks pretty big, as large as a 10" screen netbook. As a reading device, this is quite large to carry around, but I think Asus envisions this device to be multi-functional.
5. One of the screens can function as a virtual keyboard, hence the device could be used as a laptop that enables one to surf the Internet, etc.
The Eee Reader does not mention of a stylus included, and I hope there is because I think a stylus is essential for all e-readers. Let's just wait and see for the official announcement from Asus, this initial announcement is exciting book geeks like me. :)
5 comments:
if the price point is to be achieved, i think there should be a stylus involved, for it will probably have a resistive touchscreen (instead of a capacitive one). since this requires pressure, scrolling using ur fingers will be tiresome. I'm impressed at how Asus are both reshaping markets and competing in existing ones. i hope the eee reader will be a reality and a success!
yeah Asus is rocking the boat!!!
oooh, interesting!!! I was talking to my computer guy before and he said that Asus is actually a generic brand that just became big in the market because they are so affordable and durable!
Yes that is interesting! Thanks for sharing this Char. :) I just browsed through the wiki article of Asus, and I find it interesting that the founders of Asus were engineers working for Acer before.
hey! wow! im really excited for this! since im writing this three months after u wrote this entry, i wonder if its come out already? and re the screens, which one ba un parang sa itouch na touch screen? resistive or capacitive? mas ok if the screen is like the itouch para no need for the stylus na and turning pages will feel like ur really turning pages off a real book diba? nako, hopefully, its as cheap as ts reputed to be..geez, i have another gadget to plan on blowing money on again..but exciting still indeed!
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