Foxit today became the latest casualty of tougher e-reader competition as it said it would drop its eSlick hardware. The company will instead focus on licensing the software technology it uses to read PDF and ePub files. It justified the decision to exit hardware as needed to "eliminate the possibility of competing with our partners."
Software maker Foxit has recently announced the upcoming release of its first hardware product, the eSlick e-book reader. The device supports PDF and TXT documents, and includes Foxit Reader Pro Pack and Foxit PDF Creator software that will convert any printable document to a PDF. Its 128MB of embedded memory will also hold MP3 files, and is expandable to 4GB via an SD card slot. A 2GB SD card is included. Text is diplayed on the eSlick's 6-inch E Ink screen from Vizplex, which offers 600x800 resolution at 166dpi and four grayscale levels.
