Next week, during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Spring Design will finally unveil Alex, the only dual-screen Google Android-based eReader that fully integrates web browsing and reading. Alex features a 6″ E-Ink EPD display and 3.5″ color LCD display, earphones and speakers. A removable SD card will free up library space on the device [...]
The latest entry into the eReader craze is the Owen E1 E-Book, set for Chinese only release. Pricing hasn’t been announced yet, but the compact 5 inch screen is capable of displaying 20 lines of text, with 30 characters per line, and doesn’t appear to be loaded with the bells and whistles that this year’s top seller, the Amazon [...]
It’s official, Amazon has announced that the Amazon Kindle is the most gifted item ever in Amazon’s history! And, for the first time EVER, digital books outsold traditional books on the Amazon website on Christmas day.
Hidden in the news this week that Borders has confirmed it won’t enter the eBook fray with it’s own electronic reader, we did pick up a very interesting tidbit… Borders is partnering with the new Kobo e-book service, and intends to make its book collection and content available to as many e-readers as it can. Kobo [...]
Over the past week or so, several major news publishers have posted stories regarding a major product announcement planned for January by Apple. Reliable sources expect this to be the long awaited Apple ”tablet” which would likely be 7-10 inches, and priced between $500-700, giving it competitiveness in the netbook market without actually being a netbook. Rumor is that the device [...]
According to Jonathan Adams at Global Post, the next big eReader market could just be Taiwan. Read the full post here: http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/china-and-its-neighbors/091211/taiwan-kindle-ebook
That’s right, Santa, you still have time to get someone a Kindle for Christmas! Amazon is offering free two day shipping if you order your Kindle today. So, go on, give a Kindle for Christmas!
MSNBC is reporting that Barnes & Noble is giving $100 gift certificates to Nook e-reader buyers who placed orders for the devices to be delivered before the holidays and now won’t receive them until after the Christmas. The company had hoped that most preorders from November would be delivered by Dec. 24, but says that [...]
Several media outlets are reporting today that The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post have exclusive subscription deals with Sony through their newest electronic readers. The Reader Daily Edition, brand new & offered by Sony at around $400, will be the only eReader that carries the New York Post, and readers will pay [...]
Here’s a little more indepth review of Barnes & Noble’s nook:
