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Asus reinvents e-books with Eee Tablet

Asus has launched another tablet device at Computex 2010, following the announcement of the new Asus Eee Pad, with the new Eee Tablet from the Taiwanese computing firm promising to reinvent the e-book.

Asus new Eee Tablet has a 2450 dpi touch resolution screen and is one of the a highly accurate and sensitive digital note taking device that will let you make real-time text annotations on the e-ink screen.

Like writing on paper

It feels very much like writing on paper, according to Asus reps at Computex. The Eee Tablet also features a built-in 2 megapixel camera that captures detailed images, designed for students who might want to snap lecture slides and then be able to write notes on them.

You can sync the device with your PC via USB or Micro SD. Asus claims that the new Eee Tablet will offer up to 10-hours of battery life, and double up as a a media player and e-reader.

Finally, Asus is keen to stress that the pages on the Eee Tablet take only 0.1 seconds to refresh, solving one of the major bugbears many users had with older e-book devices.

No word on a UK launch or pricing yet, but Asus said the Eee Tablet will cost $199 when it’s released in the US later this summer.

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