Dear All:
Another CES has come and gone. I bummed out my knee before the first day and struggled to walk most of the show. CES is a mess before it opens. For a full report on what CES was like I will post a new entry on my blog today (
www.robertbEZ.blogspot.com).
There have been no days off and little sleep for ten days now so please forgive bad writing.
The hit of the show from my perspective was the Pocket PRO. It finally caught the attention of a lot of reviewers and of the attendees. We were mobbed.
Astak showed prototypes of new 7 inch Mobile Internet Devices. These are a lot more than Dedicated eBook Readers as they have Voice Over Internet Protocal, full browsers, and display everything from games to full color anything you want. The projected retail price of the Astak Spectrum is $290.
Astak also showed the first Wi-Fi and Touchscreen device in 6 inch. What sets this unit apart is the Touchscreen is clear... you do not lose resolution like on other Touchscreens. The clarity is simply amazing to see.
We also are contemplating bringing in the first 9 inch (not 9.7). This has a keyboard and Touchscreen plus Wi-Fi. We also are thinking of carrying a similar 6 inch with keyboard.
Most of this will shake out over the next two months. We have a cornicopia of great eBook Readers now available to us; and decisons now need to be made on what to carry and what the price will be and what colors may be a part of each model. If everything goes smoothly, many of these new introductions will be Astak offerings within three months.
I know most of you will wish to have details. I cannot provide them yet. What we showed now has to become reality. We were delighted with the quality and the features of the potential devices we will carry. Now we have to figure out how to make all these great devices become ready for market. There are business decisions to be made now. Packaging has to be readied and specs have to be firmed up.
ALL I can tell you now is 2010 looks like it will be an amazing year for Astak!!