Asus DR-570 eReader details surface

Finally an eReader with a color screen

By: Shane McGlaun | Mobile Devices, Tablets & Phones News | Posted: Jan 18, 2010 5:19 pm

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You don't have to look far or hard to find a gob of eReaders on the market today. Among the most popular are the Kindle from Amazon, the Nook from Barnes and Noble and some models from Sony. Another new eReader is set to hit market soon from Asus.

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The device has a color OLED screen measuring 5.7-inches if pictures are to be believed. The screen has a resolution of 768 x 1024 and sports a 0.3 second refresh rate. Other features include 4GB of flash storage and 412MB of RAM.

The battery has 1530mAh of power and claims to last as long as 122 hours per charge. The reader also sports a SD/SDHC card slot for extra storage and weighs only 200g. The device supports ePub, PDF, TXT, MP3, MP4, and AVI files and can play Flash video. Pricing is unknown and the reader is said to launch sometime this year.

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