Taiwan’s Asus might be best known for its motherboards, notebook computers, and seemingly endless array of Eee-branded netbook and nettop computer—and now industry reports have the company getting ready to shake up the e-readers market. The Times of London reports that Asus is prepaing a dual-screen electronic reader that can be opened and closed like a traditional hardcover book, displaying two pages at a time (or, even, a book page and a Web browser). And Asus—true to its cost-cutting netbook heritage—is apparently looking to undercut both the Amazon Kindle and the Sony Readers of the world, potentially offering a budget edition priced as low as $165.
