The Geek Church

Okay, I think I have a handle on this Barnes and Noble e-book reader rumors and whispers that I am hearing.

Thanks to the Wall Street Journal, they have confirmed that the ebook reader has a dual screen with e-ink on top and color screen on the bottom.

Apparently, the source of this comes from some advertisment that one of the Journal’s reporters saw that is slated to appear in the New York Times Book Review on Sunday, October 25th.

By the way, it will be entitled the Nook.

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Most e-readers don’t come with brightly colored screens, and this one from Disney doesn’t either.

Actually, Disney isn’t selling any e-book reader device at this time, but they are offering a browser based version of an e-reader with the Disney Digital Books.

For a low price of just $8.95, a subscriber can access over 500 Disney storybooks.

So, is Disney going to get into the e-reader book market anytime soon? Who knows.

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Asus is not only putting out those awesome Eee books, but it would appear they are doing their own version of the reader. Putting the Kindle in its place, this guy could have two full-color touchscreens. That second display could be used as a virtual keyboard for web browsing, which could easily make it another netbook. Not only does it have all this, but it could be sold at a very low price of $160.

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I’m sure all of you have heard of the famous Asus Eee, the netbook that revolutionized the netbook industry, and it would appear that Asus is going to change the e-reader platform with their own version.

Asustek president Jerry Shen recently announced the new Eee e-reader, and projected it to be released by the end of 2009. That translates into a new product to be unveiled at CES 2010.

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