Comments on: E-book readin’ possibility? MSI Wind mini-notebook to sell for US$399+ with 10-inch screen with 1024×600 resolution http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/05/14/msi-wind-mini-notebook-to-sell-for-us399-with-10-inch-screen-with-1024x600-resolution/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:51:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Michael http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/05/14/msi-wind-mini-notebook-to-sell-for-us399-with-10-inch-screen-with-1024x600-resolution/#comment-798936 Michael Wed, 14 May 2008 14:45:21 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/05/14/msi-wind-mini-notebook-to-sell-for-us399-with-10-inch-screen-with-1024x600-resolution/#comment-798936 New Readers to debut with $150 to $350 price point =============================== - Touch screen and wifi options ... and there is the new Astak line. A 5 inch model said to be around $150. A 6 inch Cybook style case with WinCE for around $200 (also has touchscreen and wifi options), and a 9.7 inch model for $299 to $350. These units have higher memory than other readers-- the 6 inch has twice the memory of the new Cybook at 1GB. The smaller ebook runs on Linux, and the larger units run on WinCE. The biggest problem is that there are a lot of Mobipocket fans out there, and these don't support Mobipocket at this time. http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:%20/2008/05/11/three-new-astak-mentors-beat-one-new-bebook/ and http://www.astak.com/6Ebook_Reader.html New Readers to debut with $150 to $350 price point
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- Touch screen and wifi options

… and there is the new Astak line. A 5 inch model said to be around $150. A 6 inch Cybook style case with WinCE for around $200 (also has touchscreen and wifi options), and a 9.7 inch model for $299 to $350.

These units have higher memory than other readers– the 6 inch has twice the memory of the new Cybook at 1GB. The smaller ebook runs on Linux, and the larger units run on WinCE.

The biggest problem is that there are a lot of Mobipocket fans out there, and these don’t support Mobipocket at this time.

http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:%20/2008/05/11/three-new-astak-mentors-beat-one-new-bebook/
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http://www.astak.com/6Ebook_Reader.html

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