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Asus has announced a 9" and two 5.7" devices. The 9" will be the first to ship in March or April 2011. 
==update==
This product may have shipped to Russia and some countries in Europe in small quantities. [[SiPix]], the screen vendor, went out of business and the assets were purchased by [[E Ink]] in late 2012. This unit is still on the web site but no longer in active production.

==Features==
Asus has equipped the e-book reader with text-to-speech functionality - there's a 3.5mm headphone socket on board too - web browser, handwriting recognition, dictionary and either 3.5G or 802.11g connectivity.
==Specifications==
* Operating System:	Linux
* Processor: Samsung S3C2416 (400 MHz)
* Display: 9" diagonal [[SiPix]]® Electro-Phoretic Display
** Pixel Resolution: 1024 x 768, 16 grayscale, 142ppi
** Touch Screen: Capacitive
* Network: WLAN	802.11b/g Wi-Fi
** Wireless Data Network: 3G Optional
* Storage: 2 GB (internal)
* Expansion: Micro [[SD card]] for SDHC
* Audio	3.5mm stereo audio jack
** Built-in stereo speakers
* Input / Output: Micro USB connector Port x1 (USB 2.0)
** Micro SD card slot x1
** 3.5mm Earphone Jack x1
* Battery
** Battery life: Read on a single charge for up to 4 days with wireless on, 2 weeks with wireless off
** Charge time: Fully charges in approximately 4 hours via the included power adapter. Also supports charging from your computer via the included USB 2.0 cable
* Dimensions:	222 x 161 x 9.7 mm (8.7" x 6.4" x .35")
* Weight: 440grams without built-in 3G 473grams with built-in 3G
* Accessories:	
** Power adapter
** USB 2.0 cable
** book cover
* Supported Formats: [[PDF]], [[TXT]], [[ePUB]], [[HTML]], [[FB2]], [[ZIP]]/[[CBZ]] ([[JPG]], [[GIF]], [[PNG]], [[BMP]]), [[MP3]] 
* retail: £250
* Dictionary support - translation dictionaries.
* [[TTS]] - 23 languages
* [[Web Browser]]
* [[RSS]] reader ?

==For more information==
* [http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=47XM7SydX7IhkXP3 ASUS Web site]
* [http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1273408&postcount=79 MobileRead forum Review]

==Dealers==
===Germany===
* [http://www.digital-readers.de/EBook-Reader/Onyx-Boox-M90.html Digital-Readers.de - eBook Reader Shop & Vergleich]

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