Samsung to Bring Its eReaders to Australia; Samsung Working on a Tablet as Well no comments
APCmag.com reports that Samsung will be introducing their ereaders to the Australian market in the latter part of this year. Samsung is still working on partnerships with publishers and content providers that serve the Australian market.
Apparently all four of Samsung ereaders that were shown at CES will be sold in Australia:
- E50 – Has a 5-inch screen and has an announced price of $299.
- E60 – Has a 6-inch screen.
- E65 – Adds Wi-Fi, chiclet keyboard and slider control panel.
- E100 – Has a 10-inch screen.
APCmag also reports that Samsung is working on their own tablet to go head to head with the iPad. Philip Newton, director of Samsung Australia’s IT division is quoted as saying “A lot of companies have played in the MID (mobile Internet device) market and done a very average job and the iPad, which is a glorified MID, just takes that to the next level.”
Samsung plans to release their own tablet by the end of this year. Early reports indicate that it may have an Atom processor, IO ports and much more functionality than the iPad.
