Freescale's Cheap Chip Could Mean Sub-$99 E-Readers 158
eldavojohn writes "Last week, Freescale Semiconductor announced their i.MX508 chip and a few days ago released a rather bland and boring announcement that it's available. But there was at least one interesting line from that press release, 'The i.MX508 applications processor is expected to be priced at less than $10 (USD) in quantities greater than 250K units.' Yes, less than ten dollars. This sparked a wave of articles detailing how this new chip will allow the sub-$99 e-reader to emerge and according to market research, consumers are thirsty for something much more affordable than the Kindle."
Going down. (Score:2, Funny)
2009 $99 netbook
2010 $99 ereader
Yes, the ereader will run Linux.
Re:But what about the cost of e-ink? (Score:1, Funny)
For 90% of users I bet the cellular hardware could just be removed. Just have it load books via usb mass storage.
That's a terrible idea! I couldn't have come up with a wor...
Huh. That's odd. I could have sworn your post was advocating some idiotic storage method. But I guess it isn't.
Re:Absolutely (Score:2, Funny)
Both are significantly faster and easier than a book.
Re:Why would I want one again? (Score:1, Funny)
Plus, they're great for reading in bed. Anyone who's tried to read lying on their side knows how much of an *enormous* pain in the ass regular paper books are. It's just not doable.
The pain is actually from the jabs from your significant other, who wishes you would pay more attention to her...