Aluratek goes boldly where many have gone before, announces Libre Air e-reader and Cinepad tablet

In what appears to be Aluratek’s latest feat of badge engineering , the company’s outing a familiar pair of slates — a 5-inch reflective TFT LCD e-reader and a 10-inch Android tablet. Aluratek’s calling the former the Libre Air, and says it’s nigh-identical to last year’s Libre Pro save the addition of WiFi, a curved chassis and a $130 price price point. Meanwhile, the spacious capacitive touchscreen at right (which ships with Adobe Flash Lite) belongs to the Cinepad. Last time we saw the Foxconn-sourced tablet , it ran Android 1.6 on a Marvell Armada 100 SoC and a fairly unimpressive screen, so things had better have changed drastically — Aluratek’s pricing it at $300 when it ships next month. PR after the break. Continue reading Aluratek goes boldly where many have gone before, announces Libre Air e-reader and Cinepad tablet Aluratek goes boldly where many have gone before, announces Libre Air e-reader and Cinepad tablet originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 06 Jan 2011 00:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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