All these while we’ve seen a huge number of e-readers, but they’re dull. Mono-color fonts and dull interface, with a very typical design, at times life needs some rainbow too. What you really need is this NoteSlate. Well, frankly it doesn’t have a million colors, but at least this 13-inch diagonal e-Reader does have some funky colors to spice up your reading experience.

From the company that brought to you the display panel of Kindle, Sony Reader, and many others, here comes one with “eInk” display, which I guess they mean “E Ink”. The 13-inch e-Reader has a 750 x 1080 display that is said to have “E-Ink” technology, and is expected to arrive in June. It’s said that once launched, you’ll be able to select from the traditional white background and black foreground or go with a black background with white. Other colors, including green, blue, or red text, or a “4 colour edition” that does all of them at once, are due sometime down the road, but that’s still some blocks to go.

The tablet works with touch or pen input, will offer 180 hours of battery life, and is to be fully open-source, with the initial software release supporting simple drawing, storing of notes, and MP3 playback. Version 1.5 will add PDF and text viewing, while version 2.0 will be rocking OCR handwriting recognition. But I guess the best thing is its price. It’s said to be just $99, though you can expect the multi-color edition to cost more.

SOURCE via CNET

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