ASUS brings the 8-inch Eee Tablet costing $599, in October

11th August, 2010 by adina
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The ASUS’ eight-inch Eee Tablet will be released in October, according to sources from the company. The e-book reader is provided with a 64-grayscale TFT-LCD display without a backlight and will cost $599. The release is scheduled a month later and the device will be between $300 and $400 more expensive than it was expected before.

ASUS is planning to sell the tablet with subsidies given by wireless carriers. Negotiations are ongoing, according to the company. There will probably be a built-in mobile broadband connection. The device was expected to rely only on a Wi-Fi connection. Expectations are that the price goes down if purchased from a provider and with a contract.

The screen of the device will have a 1,024×768 resolution, higher than what competitors have. It also has a much higher refresh rate, a tenth of a second, and annotation of documents will be available to users. Capturing slides subject to annotations will be possible thanks to a two-megapixel camera situated on the back.

Chimei Innolux (CMI) has made the screen, which is very precise and sharp at 1,024×768 and 2,450DPI. However, it cannot match competitors’ E Ink displays when it comes to reflective performance and contrast ratio.


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