If you can wait that long. I know I’m gearing up to buy something now. But patience is old-fashioned, like virtue, yah?
Chip maker Marvell is doing two things. They have developed a new ARM-based processor designed specifically for the eBook market. They plan to use it with their other components in low-priced, multi-functional eReaders with six-inch screens. Read the story at VentureBeat. The plan is to wickedly undercut Amazon’s Kindle (and eBook reading brethren) and sell eReaders for $100 or less. The new microprocessors will allow more functions on the devices while still delivering on the low price. It’s not that far off in time either, with their projection of a first quarter of 2010 release.
Marvell is also delivering fantastic glimpses into this affordable eBook Reading future. Take some time to look around their site. You’ll see they’re swinging deals with other device designers like Plastic Logic, and that can only mean good things for the eBook Revloution. Considering how quickly all of this has developed, can universal adoption of eBook reading be far off?
