http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/asus-dr-570-color-e-book-reader-gets-detailed/ Engadget Comments for ASUS DR-570 color e-book reader gets detailed http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/asus-dr-570-color-e-book-reader-gets-detailed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/asus-dr-570-color-e-book-reader-gets-detailed/Jan 18th 2010 8:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/asus-dr-570-color-e-book-reader-gets-detailed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/asus-dr-570-color-e-book-reader-gets-detailed/
Given the spec, I doubt it.. OLED is not exactly a budget display, the processor is going to need to be 1 gig + to run flash and other goodies, and the long battery life even in power saving mode of some sort while reading is still going to have to power the display.

They might have put in a battery the size of the whole face in the back, which I suppose is possible.

Either way, looks interesting. ]]>Jan 18th 2010 9:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/asus-dr-570-color-e-book-reader-gets-detailed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/asus-dr-570-color-e-book-reader-gets-detailed/Jan 18th 2010 11:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/asus-dr-570-color-e-book-reader-gets-detailed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/asus-dr-570-color-e-book-reader-gets-detailed/
What has Apple got to do with anything. Other computer manufacturers have been making tablet computers in various forms for years. Just about everyone beat Apple to it.]]>Jan 18th 2010 3:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/asus-dr-570-color-e-book-reader-gets-detailed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/asus-dr-570-color-e-book-reader-gets-detailed/
Rick
Webmaster http://ebookreadernow.com]]>Jan 25th 2010 5:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/asus-dr-570-color-e-book-reader-gets-detailed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/asus-dr-570-color-e-book-reader-gets-detailed/Jan 18th 2010 8:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/asus-dr-570-color-e-book-reader-gets-detailed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/asus-dr-570-color-e-book-reader-gets-detailed/
That mite be with the screen back light off]]>Jan 18th 2010 8:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/asus-dr-570-color-e-book-reader-gets-detailed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/asus-dr-570-color-e-book-reader-gets-detailed/
OLED's do not have backlights, so if it does have an OLED screen, your logic is flawed.]]>Jan 18th 2010 8:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/asus-dr-570-color-e-book-reader-gets-detailed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/asus-dr-570-color-e-book-reader-gets-detailed/
I ment like can only see the screen at day time and not night time at all

Plus Asus claim my Eeepc 901 lasts upto 8hrs its never lasted me more than 5hrs 30mins with basic use, the 8hrs must be with the back light off

So dont expect the battery life Asus states]]>Jan 18th 2010 9:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/asus-dr-570-color-e-book-reader-gets-detailed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/asus-dr-570-color-e-book-reader-gets-detailed/
You need to read up on what OLED is... The screen is self illuminated and not back lit. There is no "seeing it only during the day" because the screen does not change color or opaqueness. It simply glows.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OLED

]]>Jan 18th 2010 9:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/asus-dr-570-color-e-book-reader-gets-detailed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/asus-dr-570-color-e-book-reader-gets-detailed/Hence, unless this thing is 3 cm thick and 5kg heavy to due a massive battery or the battery life figure is for a screen that only displays a single grey pixel on an otherwise black screen, 122h are simply impossible.

The one thing I could think of that *might* give that kind of battery life, color & fast switching time is a Mirasol screen...]]>Jan 18th 2010 9:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/asus-dr-570-color-e-book-reader-gets-detailed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/asus-dr-570-color-e-book-reader-gets-detailed/Jan 18th 2010 10:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/asus-dr-570-color-e-book-reader-gets-detailed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/asus-dr-570-color-e-book-reader-gets-detailed/
Didn't you see the glowing pickle?

http://techtv.mit.edu/genres/19-engineering/videos/3175-vladimir-bulovic-on-oled-displays

That's OLED. :D]]>Jan 18th 2010 6:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/asus-dr-570-color-e-book-reader-gets-detailed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/asus-dr-570-color-e-book-reader-gets-detailed/Jan 19th 2010 1:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/asus-dr-570-color-e-book-reader-gets-detailed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/asus-dr-570-color-e-book-reader-gets-detailed/
OK, now I hope it has a front facing camera and GPS. I won't mind paying $800 for it if it's got GPS and front facing camera.
]]>Jan 18th 2010 9:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/asus-dr-570-color-e-book-reader-gets-detailed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/asus-dr-570-color-e-book-reader-gets-detailed/
Oh yeah and bluetooth.]]>Jan 18th 2010 9:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/asus-dr-570-color-e-book-reader-gets-detailed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/asus-dr-570-color-e-book-reader-gets-detailed/
In other words: STFU.]]>Jan 18th 2010 9:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/asus-dr-570-color-e-book-reader-gets-detailed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/asus-dr-570-color-e-book-reader-gets-detailed/Jan 18th 2010 9:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/asus-dr-570-color-e-book-reader-gets-detailed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/asus-dr-570-color-e-book-reader-gets-detailed/Jan 18th 2010 9:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/asus-dr-570-color-e-book-reader-gets-detailed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/asus-dr-570-color-e-book-reader-gets-detailed/
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webmaster http://ebookreadernow.com]]>Jan 25th 2010 5:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/asus-dr-570-color-e-book-reader-gets-detailed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/asus-dr-570-color-e-book-reader-gets-detailed/Jan 18th 2010 10:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/asus-dr-570-color-e-book-reader-gets-detailed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/asus-dr-570-color-e-book-reader-gets-detailed/Jan 18th 2010 11:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/asus-dr-570-color-e-book-reader-gets-detailed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/asus-dr-570-color-e-book-reader-gets-detailed/
I have an OLED display on one of my devices, and I can say that, while it's certainly clear and crisp and quite nice to look at, it still has all the negatives of LCD when it comes to eye strain when compared to my Kindle.

But then, let's be serious here: The people who buy this aren't the people who want to read long print-only novels. They're the manga readers, the magazine readers, and the people who want porn on the go in a bigger screen.

Nobody's going to rely on an OLED screen to read War & Peace.]]>Jan 18th 2010 1:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/asus-dr-570-color-e-book-reader-gets-detailed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/asus-dr-570-color-e-book-reader-gets-detailed/
So even if you wanted to read novels on this thing, your selection will be limited. ]]>Jan 18th 2010 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/asus-dr-570-color-e-book-reader-gets-detailed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/asus-dr-570-color-e-book-reader-gets-detailed/Jan 18th 2010 11:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/asus-dr-570-color-e-book-reader-gets-detailed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/asus-dr-570-color-e-book-reader-gets-detailed/
Yeah. You pretty much nailed it.

However, being an ASUS device, I'm certain it will be a very NICE stripped down tablet PC. My laptop is an ASUS, and I'm very pleased with them.


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Think about it, who wants to carry around an e-book reader, a laptop and a DMP when the svelte Apple tablet should be more than capable of replacing all three of these items.]]>Jan 23rd 2010 2:40PM