The Times of the UK has reported that ASUS will launch a new e-book reader to compete with Amazon Kindle. The new e-book reader will feature an OLED display with Flash playback support, Wi-Fi, and UMTS connectivity. Known as the ASUS DR750, the gadget will provide up to 122 hours of battery life. There is no further info about this gadget.
The Acer Liquid A1 is now available in the UK market. The company’s first Android smartphone is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processor with a 3.5-inch WVGA capacitive touchscreen, Quadband GSM/GPRS/EDGE and Triband (900/1900/2100) HSDPA, WiFi b/g, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR and a 5-megapixel camera.
FYI, Acer has decided to underclock it to 768MHz in order to prolong the 1,350mAh battery life span. The Acer Liquid A1 is currently in stock at retailers Expansys and Clove, priced at £339.99 ($556) and £328.99 ($538), respectively.
MSI has come out with its new ultraportable notebook namely the MSI Wind L2100. Powered by an AMD Neo MV-40 1.6GHz processor, the notebook sports a 12.1-inch 1366 x 768 LED Backlit widescreen display, an ATI Radeon X1250 graphics card, a 2GB RAM, a 250GB hard drive, a 1.3MP webcam, a 4-in-1 card reader, an HDMI port, WiFi, a 6-cell battery and Windows 7 Home Premium OS.
The much anticipated smart phone, Motorola Droid is on sale today in the US. Just to recap the features – it has a 3.7 inch , 16:9 touchscreen display with a resolution of 480×854. It’s also equipped with a 5 megapixel camera that supports 4x zoom, auto focus and dual LED flash.
The Motorola Droid is available from Verizon for $199.99 for 2-year contract and includes a mail-in $100 rebate. There is also a 12-month contract available which will cost you $269.99.
The HTC Droid Eris features a 3.2-inch capacitive touch display, a 5 megapixel camera, a microSD card slot, headphone jack, digital compass, voice dialing, GPS, full browser with Flash Lite, WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity, plus lots of Google services.
Asus’ upcoming thin and light laptop ‘UL20A‘ is finally available for pre-order via Amazon for $589.99. In case you’ve forgotten, the notebook offers a 12.1-inch 1366 x 768 LCD display, a 1.3GHz Intel Core 2 Duo ULV SU7300 processor, a 2GB RAM, a 250GB hard drive, a 0.3MP webcam, WiFi, a 7.5-hour battery and Windows 7 Home Premium OS.