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March 1st, 2010, 15:05
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E-readers (http://www.engadget.com/tag/e-reader) are getting better without a doubt. But cheaper? Not so much. The upcoming Spring Design Alex (http://www.engadget.com/tag/springdesign,alex) will sell for $359 -- way out of reach for those who cruise the used book store scene. Freescale's (http://www.engadget.com/tag/freescale) i.MX508 processor might finally make these things more of a smart buy, an 800MHz ARM-based chip that includes, among other things, USB host functionality and dedicated circuitry for controlling E-Ink (http://www.engadget.com/tag/e-ink) panels. It's effectively a system on a chip for the next-generation of would-be Kindle killers and it'll sell for just $10 at volume, resulting in more advanced readers that could, according to Freescale, retail for $150. That's the kind of price point that might just make Grandma stop digging through piles of dog-eared Stephen King books and get with the times.Freescale's new i.MX508 processor could mean cheaper, faster e-readers (http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/freescales-new-i-mx508-processor-could-mean-cheaper-faster-e-r/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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E-readers (http://www.engadget.com/tag/e-reader) are getting better without a doubt. But cheaper? Not so much. The upcoming Spring Design Alex (http://www.engadget.com/tag/springdesign,alex) will sell for $359 -- way out of reach for those who cruise the used book store scene. Freescale's (http://www.engadget.com/tag/freescale) i.MX508 processor might finally make these things more of a smart buy, an 800MHz ARM-based chip that includes, among other things, USB host functionality and dedicated circuitry for controlling E-Ink (http://www.engadget.com/tag/e-ink) panels. It's effectively a system on a chip for the next-generation of would-be Kindle killers and it'll sell for just $10 at volume, resulting in more advanced readers that could, according to Freescale, retail for $150. That's the kind of price point that might just make Grandma stop digging through piles of dog-eared Stephen King books and get with the times.Freescale's new i.MX508 processor could mean cheaper, faster e-readers (http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/freescales-new-i-mx508-processor-could-mean-cheaper-faster-e-r/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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