Ectaco’s jetBook Lite Comes in Cheap – $149
Can Asus beat Ectaco’s jetBook Lite’s ebook reader’s price of $149? Well Asus and even MSI better have their ebook readers lower than $149 if they want it to be called affordable ebook readers. jetBook Lite is now only cheap but it also supports various ebook file formats including ePub, Mobi, PRC, RTF, .txt, .pdf, .fb2, .jpg, .gif, .png, and .bmp.The jetBook Lite supports various languages including English, Spanish, Russian, Polish, Chinese and others. Users can download books directly from Barnes and Nobles ebookstore as well.
Here are the features of the the jetBook Lite ebook reader:
- Support for e-Book contents in Russian, Polish, English, Spanish and other languages
- Bidirectional dictionaries for certain European languages are available
- Supports books in all popular, widely used formats
- Bookmarks and auto page turn functionality
- Adjustable font type and size
- Screen rotation support for both portrait & landscape modes
- Built-in MP3 player that supports background playback
- SD card slot
- Internal Li-ion polymer battery
Technical specs of the jetBook Lite are as follow:
- 5-inch VGA reflective monochrome screen
- 7.5 oz.
- built in flash-memory
- SD slot up to 2GB in size
- T9 text input
- 20 hours battery life.
jetBook-Lite is expected to appear in US retail stores later this month. European release is scheduled for spring 2010.
Ectaco’s jetBook Lite Comes in Cheap – $149
