Augen The Book eReader no comments
This is another color LCD ereader with a low
price of $100 to $130. The Augen website is pretty primitive and has almost no information, but at JR there are some specs listed:
- 7-inch color LCD color screen; resolution 800 x 480 (by comparison the Pandigital Novel is 800 x 600, which is wider)
- 2GB internal memory; SD slot
- Wi-Fi; web browser
- DRM content provider partner ebooksmedia.com
- Video
- Leather carrying case
- Note taking/text editing feature
- Device dimensions: 8.9 x 5.1 x .5 inches; weighs 10 ounces
- Text to Speech support
- Operating system: Linux 2.6.24
The Book is still a pre-order at JR and B&H Photo for $130. Kmart did have it listed at $100, but the page has been disappeared from Kmart’s website.
Augen’s content partner is ebooksmedia.com, which is not very impressive. Their prices on at least some titles are really high. 61 Hours by Lee Child is $28 compared to $9.99 at the Kindle Store and B&N. A few other titles I checked were similarly high-priced. Since they use Adobe Digital Editions ebooks from Koboshould also work on The Book.
