iRex, an E-book manufacturer has introduced its new, cheaper version iLiad. This new iLiad Book Edition comes with a silver casing with fifty classic novels are pre-loaded inside. It features a 8.1-inch touchscreen that allows for note taking, a 400MHz Xscale processor, 128MB internal memory and a CF/MMC slot for expandable memory up to 8GB.

iRex dropped the WiFi feature on this new model and dedicating it to book reading. It is totally unlike the iLiad that serves as newspapers before. Besides, new titles can be installed to it via USB port. Interestingly, this e-book only requires power when changing the pages but not on displaying them, and a full charge on it will allow upto 7K page turns. You might want to reconsider it when you know about the price. It has a price tag for $768 and will be available for sale from May 9th, 2008.

Press release [via SlashGear]

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