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Thanks to Apple’s iPad, tablets have become all the rage. With every company trying to come up with their own version, NoteSlate is redefining what we’ve become to think of tablets. Trying the more simplistic route, NoteSlate is a low-cost tablet device with a true one-color display, real paper-look design, long life battery (180 hours), combined with a very handy and simple interface for pen and paper all for $99! This easy, compact and portable gadget is used anywhere you want to make any notes, drafts, sketches, any ideas for future reference. Write a note and check it later, save it, or delete it. 

There are three main physical buttons for a simple user experience: save current screen, view previous screen, delete current screen. On the top side are basic inputs (USB, switch, headphones, SD Card, etc) and the pen - the basic tablet input. The basic model has a dark frame (turned off it is one flat surface).

The whole NoteSlate product range is will also be made available in different color variations, always with a one-color scale display. It’s operated by the company’s own NS Firmware ver. 0.7, which is just for basic drawings. There is also an option for MP3 playback from headphones. Future upgrades include an option for a NS Firmware 1.5 free upgrade for simple PDF viewer/reader under an Adobe license. Part of NS Firmware will be published as open source for general usage. NoteSlate will become available in June of this year.