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Asus DR-950, April release at £250
http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/a...-a-likely-250/
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01-28-2010, 12:19 PM | #2 |
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Looks nice.
It might win me over. Sony, do you hear? |
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01-28-2010, 12:35 PM | #3 |
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Some more pictures.
I find it far more attractive than the iPad (Subjective, I know). If the screen is as good or better than the Sony 505 (and so far it sure looks like it) then I'm buying one. I don't need all the bells and whistles of the iPad/iTab. All I want is something like my 505, Only faster, larger, and with better contrast. |
01-28-2010, 02:59 PM | #4 |
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At that price, it sound intersting indead.
Seam it read ePub and pdf, if it can take notes too, it's mine |
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01-28-2010, 03:13 PM | #7 |
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From the screenshots, the displays better black is very nice. Yes, the white is also a bit darker, but it doesn't seem to matter in comparison. I also believe SiPix doesn't have the black flash...I'd like to know the page turn speed, if it's even close to reasonable then...
...well, it'd seem that SiPix really *is* that much cheaper, and e-Ink corp can go hang. From the Electricpig article: "The Asus DR-950 will pack a 1024×768 resolution display, and on the software front will offer RSS feeds, translation and text to speech. It’ll also pack 2 or 4GB of internal memory and an SD slot, Wi-Fi and HSDPA or even WiMax, plus a USB port for sideloading, a 3.5m audio port for music. The Asus DR-950 will support PDF, TXT, Audible, MP3, ePub, HTML, JPEG, GIF, PNG and BMP file formats." ...Nice. Last edited by DawnFalcon; 01-28-2010 at 03:39 PM. |
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Looks like epub is not an Adobe implementation so no DRM support otherwise an excellent device
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*care*, given my refusal to buy DRM'ed ebooks.
I do wonder who they're planning on for content partners, given that mind you. |
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01-28-2010, 04:12 PM | #13 |
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£250 doesn't translate to $354. It translates to $250.
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01-28-2010, 04:12 PM | #14 |
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Sipix displays are less DPI(130's or 140's can't find it right this second) and the speed is no faster. The blacks are a bit darker but then so are the whites.
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Going by the pictures available it sure looks better than, for example, the equally set up pictures of the PRS-300 by Sony.
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