One of my most wanted gadget is a portable or hand-held e-book reader like Amazon’s Kindle. Unfortunately, its $359.99’s price tag isn’t cheap and I surely think twice before I spend my four hundred bucks for a gadget like that. The good news is, Foxit, the company behind the famous Foxit Reader software, has started accepting pre-order for their newest product called eSlick Reader. Priced at just $259.99, this cheap handy device offers a maximum resolution of 800×600 with a 4 shades of grey, a built-in 128MB of storage with SD media card slot (up to 4GB supported) for additional space, USB connection, and Linux-based OS. It also comes with a built-in MP3 player, a document editing tool that can zoom your PDF document up to 400%, and of course, its own Foxit Reader software. Moreover, eSlick Reader is thick (1cm) and lightweight (180gr) as well.

The device’s low-power display screen itself utilized the revolutionary electronic-paper display technology by E Ink Corporation which looks like a real paper. You’ll see a crisp and easy to read text, whether you’re under the bright sunlight with your friend or sitting alone in your bed room. Furthermore, unlike LCD screen, the eSlick Reader’s screen does not have the angle-of-view issue, so you can conveniently read the document from any view.