Augen eReader Review | Augen eBook Reader With Linux OS On Sale At K-Mart Stores for $89
Our own Augen Tablet or Augen Tablet review is updated! If you live near a K-Mart store, hurry up and go buy the cheap Augen eReader. The Kindle-clone Augen eReader called The Book is a color eBook reader. This Augen “The Book” eReader is now on sale in limited stocks at select K-Mart Stores in the US. The $89 price tag for this color-screen eReader is one of this year’s best bargains next to Velocity Micro Color eBook Reader powered by Android OS. The Book has eschewed the E-ink technology of the Amazon Kindle and instead opted to use a full-color 7-inch LCD display. If you are not happy with the Kindle and Nook’s Black and White display, get this very affordable color e-Reader from Augen.
Augen The Book eReader Features Color LCD Screen
Our Augen eReader Review: The Book eReader is cheap because it doesn’t use a touch screen display. I believe Augen is the first manufacturer to sell a sub-$100 eBook reader! If they sell it online and ship it worldwide, I will immediately purchase one too like the cheap Barnes and Noble Nook 3G eBook Reader. This color eReader boasts a 400 MHz ARM processor and runs a full Linux 2.6.4 Operating System. Augen is marketing The Book as more than a simple eReader. Since this device possesses a decent CPU and a colored screen, Augen says The Book is also a portable media player and mobile internet device.
Aside from supporting all major e-book format like XT, PDF, HTML, CHM, RTF, FB2, EPUB, PRC and MOBI files, Augen announced that their device also support both WiFi connectivity. It has a full browser too and a QWERTY keyboard for easy web surfing. The Book ships with a leather case and has 150 pre-installed books. The physical QWERTY keyboard is augmented by WordPad, a program for typing notes and other documents. If you know how to install Linux programs, I bet you can install more applications on this machine. The Book comes with 2 GB built-in storage but it supports standard SD cards up to 32GB in size.
I am glad that Augen installed the full Linux OS version rather than Google’s Android OS. A full desktop operating system running on The Book offers serious computing potential. I know my way around Linux and I intend to use The Book as a full-blown laptop!
Augen eReader / Augen The Book Reader Features
- E-Book Reader
- WordPad for Note Taking and Text Editing
- Wi-Fi Connectivity with Full Web Browsing Capabiity
- Built-In Speaker
- E-Book Conversion & Content
- Management Software
- Content Provider Partner “Open Source” with DRM10 license
- MP3 & Video Player
- 2GB Internal Memory
- Standard SD Card SlotRechargeable Li-ion Battery
- Leather Carrying Case
For an Augen Tablet Review (sample user review), follow this link to an updated article – Augen 7″ Tablet Review | Augen 7-Inch Color eBook Reader $89 Price on Kmart Now Under $100.
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I live in a retirement facility wherein the help sometimes remembers to turn on the router which provides our wi-fi node. I need to know if the Augen e-book reader has an usb interface. Thanx R. S.
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I bought 2 Augen 7 inch ebook readers at K-mart but paid 99.99 ea. in Pt. Charlotte, FL. I need help in finding my way on line to pull up Google and the web. Not sure how to get the help i need. Manual is not comprehensive enough. Is there more detailed help elsewhere?
Nick
I need help too. I am having the same problem with Augen 7″ Tablet and Color eReader and can’t find anything on the web. Do you know where I can find some resources on Augen 7-inch ebook reader. Thanks!
Can I download kindle app and books to Augen ereader? Can’t find many new books on Adobe ebooks site.
bought at k-mart in november. battery life zero. bought extended warranty. as of feb 1st. k-mart will not honor warranty. augen will not answer customer support hot line, and voice mail is full and can’t leave a message.price may seem cheap, because the unit is also cheap
checked again this morning and augen’s customer support line is still full. but k-mart stepped up and they will honor ther extended warranty and refund my money.
My augen ebook used to connect to my WIFI with no difficulty – now is shows a Lock on the left side of the WIFI number that I use. I have reset the ebook but this did not help I cannot get on my WIFI – HELP
@Richard C. Nickeson, Ph.d.,
I am having problems myself. The instructions aren’t very instructive. I can’t read anything I put in the SD slot and it doesn’t give instructions on how to access it. The instructions certainly aren’t very friendly to a person who hasn’t ever used a similar product. Where do I find explicit instructions?
I may have to return this “book”. The SD card slot doesn’t work, the USB cable was missing from the box and the customer service sucks.