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Robertb · 12-28-2009, 08:32 PM

Dear All:

I work for Astak and we make eBook Readers such as the Pocket PRO.

I am almost afraid to say it but my wife works for TSA. She says there are no rumors at all of TSA banning eBook Readers on planes.

There is a possibility where they might be treated as a laptop computer (which they are not) and you might have to turn it on at the screening to prove that it is what it looks like... a simple eBook Reader.

But, for now, I think this is much ado about nothing! Us eBook lovers will still be reading away in the air. And... at $199... it may well be on a Pocket PRO with Text-To-Speech!!

12-28-2009, 08:32 PM	#49
Robertb Astak Director, Bus. Devl Posts: 2,560 Karma: 2500000 Join Date: Apr 2008 Device: Astak Pocket PRO	My wife works for TSA Dear All: I work for Astak and we make eBook Readers such as the Pocket PRO. I am almost afraid to say it but my wife works for TSA. She says there are no rumors at all of TSA banning eBook Readers on planes. There is a possibility where they might be treated as a laptop computer (which they are not) and you might have to turn it on at the screening to prove that it is what it looks like... a simple eBook Reader. But, for now, I think this is much ado about nothing! Us eBook lovers will still be reading away in the air. And... at $199... it may well be on a Pocket PRO with Text-To-Speech!!