It is easy to confuse Asus and Acer. The names both have four letters and sound very similar, and they both even make similar-looking netbooks. Hence, when I saw this story, at first I thought we had already covered it. However, it turns out Acer and Asus have gained yet another point of similarity. We covered Asus’s planned foray into the e-book reader market—but not to be outdone, Acer is planning one as well. Bloomberg has the details. Acer is planning a “low-cost or free” Android-based app store, for use with its netbooks and smartphones running Google’s...

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Kindle Review has a summary, with comments, on seemingly all available, and rumored, ereaders. It makes an excellent reference. Covered are Dell, Asus, Sony, Kindle, Foxit, Neolux, Azbooka, Hanlin, BeBook, Cool-er, Samsung, Bookeen, Onyx, Hanlin, Pocketbook, txtr, Plastic Logic, Apple, Netronix, iRex, Fujitsu and Brother....

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