iRex light weight digital book reader ‘iLiad Book Edition’ is aimed at the book market. As a lower priced and simplified version, the new iLiad Book Edition will focus on book reading and will be available for sale beginning 9 May.

The Book Edition comes pre-loaded with 50 books ranging from Alice’s Adventures to Pride and Prejudice. With plenty of internal memory that can be extended up to 8 gigabytes, it is no longer necessary to choose which book to take. In addition, the screen allows for close to a 180-degree viewing angle and reads just like normal paper would.

Suggested price is 499 USD.

Hanton showcased its in-dash car DVD player ‘HT-430’ during China Sourcing Fairs at AsiaWorld-Expo, Hong Kong, organized by Global Sources (NASDAQ: GSOL).

Adopting a 4.3-ich 16:9 wide touchscreen, the HT-430 is compatible DVD/CD/VCD/MP3/MPEG4. Other features included built-in GPS function, Bluetooth, built-in TV and AM/FM radio tuner.

ASUS expects to launch its 15.4-inch gaming notebook pc ‘G1Sn’ in Japan market, which is equipped with GeForce 9500M GS and Intel’s 2.50GHz Core 2 Duo T9300 processor.

Running on Windows Vista Home Edition, the G1Sn adopts 250GB HDD and 2GB of RAM, and supports 1,440 x 900 (WXGA+) resolution. It is expected to be available on April 26th, and suggested price is 229,800 JPY.

GDIS launched its clip-type mp3 player ‘Floral titi’ in Korea market, which comes in nine distinctive colors including strawberry, mocha, carrot, aqua, sweet pink, vanilla, lavender, mint and ice blue.

Featuring eight hours of playing time and 10g weight, it can be clipped onto a shirt or bag strap. Suggested price is 39,800 KRW for 1GB and 54,800KRW for 2GB.

Samsung Electronics launched its first HSUPA smart phone ‘SCH-M470’ in Korea market. Adopting a 2M camera, the SCH-M470 supports Web browsing, push email, Google search application, WiFi and Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity.

HSUPA (High-Speed Uplink Packet Access) is the enhanced version of WCDMA, offering higher data communication speeds for uplink. Comparing with current WCDMA upload speed, the HSUPA demo is 5 times faster. For example, it takes 1 minute to upload 5 MP3 songs under HSUPA circumstance, while it took 5 minutes to upload the 5 MP3 songs under WCDMA.

Samsung Techwin launched its easy to use digital camera ‘L210’ from popular L-series in Korea market, which incorporated 10.2M sensor with 3X optical zoom.

The L210 combines Samsung’s Digital Image Stabilization and Intelligent Face Recognition Technology in a compact aluminum body. Adopting a 2.5-inch LCD display, the L210 supports MPEG-4 movie recording mode that lets users edit and zoom during filming, up to ISO 1600 and 10MB of internal flash memory.