If you’re gonna be late to a celebration, be sure to not less than be fashionably late. That is the mindset behind Toshiba’s entry into the dedicated e-reader space with its new 7-inch BookPlace DB50. Toshiba hopes adding an e-reader alongside its existing AT200 and Thrive tablets will push more eyeballs towards the 100,000 or so titles in its BookPlace online bookstore. The ¥22,000 ($284) BookPlace DB50 sports a TFT-LCD screen with an LED backlight, a 1GHz Freescale i.MX535 processor, 8GB of internal flash memory and a microSD slot. The device also measures 120mm wide, 190mm tall, 11mm thick and weighs 330 grams (11.6 ounces), with battery life rated at as much as 7.5 hours. Toshiba didn’t mention the operating system in its release though the hubbub within the Interwebs is that it’ll use customized versions of Linux and Android Gingerbread. The Japanese debut is pegged for February 10th and the corporate is outwardly considering a release outside the rustic, too.
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