An Asus exec has let slip some intriguing tech titbits in a recent interview, including the news that Asus has its own eBook ready to ship and join the increasingly crowded market dominated by Amazon and Sony. But could he have been talking about the dual screen device we saw back at CeBIT?
In an interview with the New York Times, Asus vice chairman Jonathan Tsang said that the company was sitting on an Asus eBook device, as well as a games machine “better than the Wii”, but has yet to release either while it fleshes out content deals.
The eBook market is already bursting with gadgets: the Kindle does 3G, Fujitsu is working on colour eInk displays and Sony has worldwide reach with the Sony Reader. We think this could be a way for Asus to stand out - it said at the time that the dual panel laptop would include an eBook mode to flick through pages with multitouch, which would certainly be smoother than having to wait for an eInk screen to refresh.
There’s no confirmation, but we wouldn’t rule out Asus selling the dual screen laptop as a dedicated eBook device. It might drain battery juice quicker than your average eBook, but two virtual pages are better than one, no?
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