Asus has reiterated the planned launch date for its first e-book viewer.

Company CEO Jerry Shen said recently that Asus has entered the final development stages for its Eee Reader.

He once again promised that the gadget will be available by the end of 2009, according to a report by DigiTimes.

It's a statement he's made before - toward the end of August, in point of fact.

A price hasn’t been mentioned yet - we would like to see it come in at £100 - but it’s believed that two versions of the Eee Reader will be launched: one with a 6in display and another with a 9in screen. ®

Related stories

• Barnes & Noble whips out Nook e-reader (20 October 2009)
• Intel crams four displays into one PC (23 September 2009)
• British troops snapping up e-book viewers? (21 September 2009)
• Asus' Eee keyboard out next month - official (14 September 2009)
• Asus intros stylish binary-inspired monitors (9 September 2009)
• Asus eyes e-book biz for Eee extension (27 August 2009)
• Asus CEO blasts ARM netbooks (26 August 2009)
• Asus adds Nvidia Ion to all-in-one Eee PC (25 August 2009)