Astak’s $199 EZ Reader Pocket PRO wants to give Kindle ‘a run for its money’

Astak’s $199 EZ Reader Pocket PRO wants to provide Kindle ‘a separate for its money’

Last we heard from Astak, it was quietly selling whatever off-the-wall Mentor e-book reverend supported on a drab OEM help that every another no-name reverend manufacturer uses. Now, however, it seems the consort has a taste more life in its travel (though it’s ease copying others, this time the BeBook), as it has proudly declared that the newborn 5-inch EZ Reader Pocket PRO is primed to “give Amazon’s Kindle a separate for its money.” With Adobe’s blessing, the figure is able to support over 20 unstoppered file formats along with DRM-laced PDF files; also of note, a sure-to-be-controversial text-to-speech feature can feature backwards documents aloud. The six-ounce figure will be acquirable in a half dozen hues, and within you’ll encounter a 400MHz processor, 512MB of memory, an SD treatment slot, 8-level grayscale E-ink screen, a interchangeable shelling beatific for 8,000 page turns per calculate and an MP3 player that can control in the background. Sadly, no wireless connectivity is baked in, but the $199 price point is definitely tantalizing. Anyone looking to intend in on a pre-order before it ships later this month?

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