Asus Lays Claim to First 9-Inch Touchscreen eBook Reader
Asus Lays Claim to First 9-Inch Touchscreen eBook Reader
Posted 12/02/2010 at 6:07am
| by Paul Lilly
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Have you been holding out for a 9-inch eBook reader with a full-size touchscreen? If so, maybe the new Asus Eee Reader DR900 is exactly what you had in mind.
Asus says it's the first of its kind, pointing out not only that it does touch, but offers 2.25 times the reading area when compared to 6-inch eBook devices.
The D900 is less than 10mm thick, weighs 440g, and comes with 2GB of internal storage, enough to hold up to 5,000 eBooks. And you can always add more via the SD card slot. As for battery life, Asus promises up to two weeks on a single charge, which depending on your reading speed is time enough to read 20 books back-to-back.
There's a virtual keyboard included with the capacitive touchscreen, which can be used to annotate reading material, make handwritten notes, and draw sketches, Asus says.
Unfortunately, Asus didn't disclose a price point or release date, so who knows if they'll pump this out in time for the holidays.
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JohnP
December 02, 2010 at 2:00pm
My new SONY 6" e-reader is a great size for reading novels and such. The next big leap is to be able to read magazines and textbooks at their ORIGINAL size. That requires a 13 Inch device. Anything smaller, and a PDF becomes too small to read properly, Yeah, you could do half page I suppose, but what a pain for trying to actually read something.
It also did not say if it was the new pearl display. Once I bought one, would not go back to old display.
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