GadgetReview » foxit http://www.gadgetreview.com Your Source for Gadget News, Reviews and Deals Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:10:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 The World’s Cheapest E-Reader: The Foxit eSlick http://www.gadgetreview.com/2008/12/the-worlds-cheapest-e-reader-the-foxit-eslick.html http://www.gadgetreview.com/2008/12/the-worlds-cheapest-e-reader-the-foxit-eslick.html#comments Sat, 20 Dec 2008 04:32:12 +0000 Christen Costa http://www.gadgetreview.com/?p=15477 A no namer called Foxit plans to introduce an e-reader next year that will undercut the competition by $130.  Called the eSlick, it measures just .4-inches thick, includes a 2GB SD card (accepts up to 4GB SD cards) and MP3 player.  It’s OS is of a Linux flavor, which has proved to be a relatively reliable platform.  The screen is a 800×600 eInk display with 4 levels of gradation and the rechargeable battery purportedly gets up to 8,000 page views on a single charge.  The eSlick will be available for $229, $130 less than Amazon’s Kindle, but with that price comes some concessions, such as no built-in WiFi.

The eSlick will be available January 2009, but they’re taking preorders here

[DigitalTrends]

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