Dell sells EBook reader based on Linux
D. Hugh Redelmeier
hugh-pmF8o41NoarQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Fri Jun 5 19:10:03 UTC 2009
http://accessories.dell.com/sna/products/Gadgets_Internet_Devices/productdetail.aspx?c=ca&l=en&s=dhs&cs=cadhs1&sku=A2845831
This is $260 this week, $40 off normal.
This is called the "Libre Electronic Book Reader Pro" by Aluratek.
EBook readers are usually infested with DRM. I have no idea if this one
is.
Things that I noted:
- OS is Linux (but does not imply that it is hackable)
- only 640 x 480 display (less than my Nokia n800)
- Arm9 processor at 200MHz; 1GB flash; 32MB RAM
- battery supports "up to 22 hours" of continuous use.
- 227g
- Formats Supported : HTML, EBA, EBAML (EBA2.0), TXT, PDF, BMP, JPG, GIF,
Animated GIF, MP3
Note: Expected Release Date: July 24th 2009
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