e-Reading! More affordable e-Readers are on the way

We covered this e-Reader from Netronix before, and we finally see it in person. Netronix is actually an ODM company, so you can expect to see this e-Reader under other brand names. The 6″ EB100 is priced at $300 USD, and the 5″ version will land somewhere between $200 – $250 USD. Both sizes will support various text formats such as TXT, PDF, RTF and CHM, as well as JPG, GIF and BMP. It also plays MP3 files.

EB-100 houses 128 to 512MB of memory (depending on the ODM), which can be expanded with an SD card (SDHC is not supported). It runs on Linux, but a CE version is on the way (which will eventually support WiFi and touch screen). The battery will last about 8000 pages, or 1 to 2 hr with MP3 playback.

http://chinese.engadget.com/2008/06/04/computex-2008-netronix-30-usd-ebook-reader/