The Digital Reader

Marvell posted a press release yesterday in which they announced their new prototype. It’s a tablet with full video & Flash abilities and a quoted price of $99.

I posted a link to the press release so you could see what Marvell actually said. Take a note of what isn’t there. There are no hardware specs. We don’t know the screen size, weight, dimensions, or any other important detail.  There is also no indication whether the quoted price is retail, wholesale, or the manufacturing cost.

I hate it when PR flacks give tidbits of information like this. There’s not enough to report on here. Any story written based on this material (like Engadget) is really just blowing smoke.

Update: Harry McCracken of Technologizer was at the Future of Publishing Summit. He took a photo of the Moby prototype, and he says it’s a 10″ Android tablet.