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January 18th, 2010, 12:40
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ASUS is suddenly all chatty with its plans to enter the e-reader market in 2010. Just yesterday we got word of a 6-inch color (claimed to be OLED by InGear) e-reader from ASUS by the name of DR-570 (http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/Apple to launch 22-inch touch-enabled all-in-one PC in 2010, says paper) headed to retail by end of the year. Now we've got details of a second ASUS e-reader, dubbed the DR-950 that should arrive sooner. This time we're looking at a 9-inch Sipix panel with 1,024 x 768 pixel resolution pushing 16-levels of gray just like the Jinke reader (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/jinke-announces-6-and-9-inch-sipix-panel-e-readers/) unveiled at CES. The touchscreen DR-950 measures features text-to-speech (based on Svox engine (http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/08/autolinq-initiative-taps-android-for-new-connected-car-initiativ/) supporting 26 languages), a web browser that works in portrait or landscape modes, a virtual keyboard and handwriting input, a RSS reader, and dictionary (with expandable database) with real-time translation. Spec-wise, the 222 x 161 x 9-mm / 370-gram reader packs WiFi and HSPA (WiMax is optional) data radios, 3.5-mm headphone jack and stereo speakers, with 4GB of internal memory and SD Card expansion. Supported formats include PDF, TXT, Audible, MP3, and unprotected ePub. Not bad ASUS, not bad.ASUS DR-950 9-inch touchscreen e-reader brings text-to-speech and internet browser (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/asus-dr-950-9-inch-touchscreen-e-reader-brings-text-to-speech-an/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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ASUS is suddenly all chatty with its plans to enter the e-reader market in 2010. Just yesterday we got word of a 6-inch color (claimed to be OLED by InGear) e-reader from ASUS by the name of DR-570 (http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/Apple to launch 22-inch touch-enabled all-in-one PC in 2010, says paper) headed to retail by end of the year. Now we've got details of a second ASUS e-reader, dubbed the DR-950 that should arrive sooner. This time we're looking at a 9-inch Sipix panel with 1,024 x 768 pixel resolution pushing 16-levels of gray just like the Jinke reader (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/jinke-announces-6-and-9-inch-sipix-panel-e-readers/) unveiled at CES. The touchscreen DR-950 measures features text-to-speech (based on Svox engine (http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/08/autolinq-initiative-taps-android-for-new-connected-car-initiativ/) supporting 26 languages), a web browser that works in portrait or landscape modes, a virtual keyboard and handwriting input, a RSS reader, and dictionary (with expandable database) with real-time translation. Spec-wise, the 222 x 161 x 9-mm / 370-gram reader packs WiFi and HSPA (WiMax is optional) data radios, 3.5-mm headphone jack and stereo speakers, with 4GB of internal memory and SD Card expansion. Supported formats include PDF, TXT, Audible, MP3, and unprotected ePub. Not bad ASUS, not bad.ASUS DR-950 9-inch touchscreen e-reader brings text-to-speech and internet browser (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/asus-dr-950-9-inch-touchscreen-e-reader-brings-text-to-speech-an/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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