Asus DR900
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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.
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[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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 ?
