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Originally Posted by DixieGal
Has this thing ever been seen yet?
Any idea when or if it is coming to market?
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Not as branded for Astak. And the 6" version is not going to be quite the same as the Netronix EB-100 (I've posted images of that one.). Instead, it will be the same as the EB-2xx series. But the case on the EB-2xx will be the same as the EB-100, and I believe the internal hardware will be the same - except for the touchscreen and the optional bluetooth and wifi support. Obviously with WinCE 5.0 being the OS of choice, the firmware will be quite different from that of the EB-100. So if you want the "appearance" of the new Astak 6", just look at the EB-100.
However, given the particular choice of "formats" listed, I'd say there's a good chance the Astaks will still offer the same Eread app that the old STAReBOOK used. I'd like to believe that these will use the Mobipocket or Ereader format, but until I can get one in my hands, I'm not going to state such an assumption.
And I must say that if they *are* using STAReBOOK's Eread app, get ready for some
gnarly sessions converting your ebooks into plain text files so they can be converted by STK-Maker into .stk format.
Derek