Thread: Asus will release their own electronic books

Now, when the market of electronic books interested in a few large producers, the situation it will be a little brighter. For example, Asus has recently described in detail its future model of e-books, DR-570.

It seems, Asus does not care that virtually all other manufacturers use for electronic books monochrome displays. Its structure will be more than just a gadget to view the text. According to the data and photos, Asus DR-570 is equipped with 6 "OLED display, built-in WiFi and 3G, and will be able to work from an impressive 122 hours of battery life. Hopefully the information appears that this device will be able to show Flash video, perhaps it is this feature will make it quite competitive.

Unfortunately, the emergence of electronic books Asus is expected until the end of this year, and prices have not even been discussed or mentioned. Until then, must be content with a small picture with a pretty girl.

In addition to the DR-570 Asus is currently working on a different model of e-books, DR-950. In contrast OLED DR-570 DR-950 model will have a 9 "monochrome touch screen and other features will be closer to other electronic books available on the market. 9" touch-screen e-book DR-950 has a resolution of 1024x768 pixels. The thickness of this device is 9 mm, weight 370g. A look at DR-950 is clear that the company Asus aims to take market share from the Kindle DX, and, apparently, it will make it.

Among other features of future models that are worth noting, is the software with the RSS-channels, the ability to transfer and convert text to speech, 2GB or 4GB of built-in memory card slot for SD, support for Wi-Fi and HSDPA, optional WiMAX, built-in stereo speakers, 3.5mm headphone jack and the availability of USB-ports. DR-950 will support PDF, TXT, Audible, MP3, HTML, and many image formats.

The source claims that, unlike OLED DR-570, model DR-950 appears on the market very soon. However, the date of its declaration along with the estimated prices also is not declared, but the eBook DR-950 should be much cheaper than OLED DR-570.