Asus EEE Tablet

[valiha]

In my ongoing quest to find a good, non-expensive ereader, I came across this post on the Hot Hardware website. An Asus representative gave them a walk through, and I like what I see. It has a fast screen refresh rate, as well as note-taking ability. The only thing I'm a bit worried about is the glare; I don't know whether this is because of the strong lights of the exhibition hall and should not be present in ordinary light and sunlight.

Two more Asus Tablet videos from YouTube can be found .

Comments

[kayim]

I really would love an e-reader, but they're just well out of my price range right now.

I do, however, have one on my new smartphone. It's not fantastic, but it works and it's not too hard on the eyes. I can usually read for about an hour on it without getting achey....

[valiha]

I know, the same with me. Most of the good ones (note-taking, text-to-speech capabilities) are $300 and above. One would have been incredibly useful with all the electronic texts I have to read. I don't have to tell you what sitting in a chair in front of a computer screen all day does to my body. I could have uploaded the texts, put on my sneakers and went for a walk, listening to the TTS.

I still have about €2000 to sink into my postgrad, so any reader I get would have to be affordable. Currently, the lowest prices are $199 for the Copia ereaders and the Asus, neither of which are not coming before fall. There's one ereader for $175, but that one has a small 5" display, and that's to tiny for me. So, I have no other option but to wait for the prices to drop more to get a larger one (8-9").

(And 'scuse the black strip above, I'm redecoratin' my humble abode and testing some things.)