The Universe of eReaders and eBooks
Amazon has already sent emails inviting press on the press conference in NYC on this Wednesday. Already people are speculating about an announcement of android based kindle tablet. Such speculation is not unjustifiable as amazon has already prepared the backbone for such kind of device by opening the android app store. However, it has been [...]
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There are some remors floating for some time that Amazon is going to release an Android Tablet soon. The speculation is based on the Amazon’s decision to open android app store. Recently, ZatzNotFunny reports that Amazon is coming up with android-powered dual screen tablet: Most notably that it features two displays: e-Ink on one side, [...]
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Amazon Kindle will be available on Staples Stores from this Sunday, October 10. Staples has already set up interactive displays that will allow customers to play with the Kindle before purchasing. Accoring to PCMag: “Kindle is just one example of a host of hot tech items customers can get at Staples this holiday season,” Jevin [...]
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Amazon Kindle Apps for iPhone and iPad has been updated recently with some new features, and bug fixes. The new features are: on iPad, two-page or column view in landscape mode connectivity with Shelfari [asa]B003FSUDM4[/asa] [asa]B002Y27P3M[/asa] msnbc.com The New York Times – Latest News AP Mobile Yahoo! News NBC Nightly News
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The Digital Inspiration blog has produced a chart showing the comparison of ebook stores among Apple iBook store, B&N Nook Store, Sony Reader Store and Amazon Kindle Store. According to the blog: Sony says their eBook store has more than 1.2 million titles but if we discount Google Books, the actual store size is around [...]
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Here is the the excellent comparison chart from PCWorld: [asa]B002Y27P3M[/asa] [asa]B002FQJT3Q[/asa] Samsung Exhibit II 4G Prepaid Android Phone (T-Mobile) Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini E10i Unlocked Smartphone with 5 MP Camera, Android OS, GPS, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth–International Version with Warranty (Black/Red) Kindle Fire, Full Color 7″ Multi-touch Display, Wi-Fi Black Female USB OTG Cable Adapter [...]
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SlashGear got it’s hand on Samsung Galaxy Tab – a 7″ touch screen tablet which runs Android 2.2. According to SlashGear: The 1024 x 600 touchscreen is bright, colorful and responsive, while the TouchWiz 3.0 UI is familiar for anyone that has used the latest Galaxy S family of smartphones……..Samsung has tweaked various parts of [...]
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Sony has released three new edition of its readers: PRS 350 – Pocket Edition PRS 650 – Touch Edition PRS 950 – Daily Edition Accoring to CrunchGear, All three editions have new Pearl eInk display All have Improved touch-sensitive layer All of them come with styli They have been redesined – slim, sleek, and weight [...]
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BenQ unveiled the K60, its e-book reader integrated with a photovoltaic (PV) panel for auxiliary power generation, at its 2010 Global Distributors’ Meeting taking place in central Taiwan on August 30, with the product to be launched in 2011, according to the company. BenQ also unveiled a notebook with a PV panel built on the [...]
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On August 31, 2010, TechCrunch reported that Borders will drop price of the Kobo eReader to $129, making everyone wonder when the price war would start. Borders announced Tuesday that it will lower the price on its Kobo e-reader to $129.99 from $149.99, while its Aluratek Libre reader will now be sold for $99.99 from [...]
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