After blogging about Asus' new DR-950 eReader in January, it looks like Asus has finally officially unveiled the DR-900 to the expectant and not-so-expectant masses.
Wait, DR-900? Hey, what happened to the DR-950? Oh my head... (keeping up with all these eBook readers is becoming a nightmare).
Anywho, Engadget managed to catch a glimpse of the device at CeBIT in Germany and the info they mention basically sounds like a rehash of what we know about the DR-950, e.g. 9-inch display with 1024 x 768 resolution, E Ink SiPix, etc.
They did mention that while PDF's look crisp, the touchscreen isn't quite as responsive as they would like. Then again, this is just basically a demo so there likely will be more tweaks before the DR-900, 950, or 9-whatever-it-is launches at retail.
As commenter Bic pointed out, the DR-900 uses SiPix instead of E Ink. The difference? According to epapercentral.com, SiPix uses a single white particle in a dye while E Ink uses a double particle in clear fluid.
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It’s not using E-ink. Other websites are reporting that it is SiPix electronic paper display.