May 20, 2013

Browsing: E-Readers - News


Google Editions E-Reader Service to be launched in US by the Year End

Google Edition E-Reader Service Image

Google Editions will launch in the US this year, with international launches to follow soon after in. Dubbed Google Editions, the new venture will take a different approach to book selling than most of its competitors, including Amazon’s Kindle or Apple’s iBookstore. Instead of relying on a single, centralized store, Google will let users buy [...]

Holiday Gift: Tablet and eReader Buyer Guide

kno single screen tablet

It will be hard to enter a store without setting eyes on a tablet computer or an e-reader. Even if the Apple iPad dominates the field, but there’s a some contenders that all run Google’s Android software. Meanwhile, the smaller tablets look almost indistinguishable from some new e-readers that hope to unseat the Kindle. Here [...]

ASUS “Eee Note EA-800” e- reader to be launched in Taiwan this week at $230

ASUS Enote EA-800 Image

ASUS has introduced its new e-reader with 8 inches of screen real estate and a stylus for taking notes. today the company’s announcing that it’ll be available to buy this week in its native Taiwan. Even better news is the $230 price tag (NT$6,999), which makes the Eee Note quite the affordable little device. The [...]

Sony Reader Headed Back to Japan for December Launch

Sony, battling Amazon and Apple in the electronic book reader race, announced the introduction of the Sony Reader to Japan. Six models of Readers have already gone through various stages of product life in the US, UK, Australia and New Zealand, with three more coming soon, but today’s announcement in Tokyo was for two of [...]

Sony PRS-650 Touch Edition Review

Sony PRS-650 Touch Edition

The new Sony Reader Touch Edition has its work cut out competing with the all-new UK-specific Amazon Kindle. It doesn’t have integrated wireless, you can’t buy and download books without hooking it up to a PC, and it’s considerably more expensive too. In terms of quality, the screen is the same size and resolution as [...]

Sony Reader PRS-350 Pocket Edition Review

Sony Reader Pocket Edition PRS 350

The Sony PRS-350 is Sony’s second generation “Pocket Edition” ebook reader. Like its predecessor the PRS-300, the PRS-350 is marketed as an ereader that can fit in your pocket, and this new model is even smaller than the last. It measures 5.75″ x 4.13″ x .34″ and weighs a mere 5 and a half ounces—that’s [...]

Sony Introduces New TouchSreen E-Readers to Compete with Kindle, Barnes & Noble and iPad

sony ereader touchscreen

Sony has redesigned its eBook reader range bringing touch functionality to all editions and a host of other new features. The Japanese consumer electronics group is competing with online retailer Amazon, US bookseller Barnes & Noble, and others as device-makers race to meet the surging demand for e-books. On Wednesday, Sony announced a new version [...]

New TouchScreen Sony Readers Released – Pocket Edition, Touch Edition and Daily Edition

sony ebook reader

Sony has decided to update its eBook reader range bringing touch functionality to all editions and a host of other new features. The Japanese consumer electronics group is competing with online retailer Amazon, US bookseller Barnes & Noble, and others as device-makers race to meet the surging demand for e-books. On Wednesday, Sony announced a [...]

New Amazon Kindle(Kindle 3) Start Shipping Today

Most Purchased Item on Amazon in 2009 - Its Amazon Kindle eReader

New Amazon Kindles Start Shipping Today : This week, Amazon unveiled what everyone is calling the Kindle 3. You might call it Amazon’s iPad response. The Kindle 3 is ingeniously designed to be everything the iPad will never be: small, light and inexpensive. The updated Kindle has sold more units in the first four weeks [...]

Sharp 3D Tablet‎ or E-Reader to Launch this Year

Sharp 3D Tablet‎ or E-Reader

Sharp E-Reader or 3D Tablet? will be a Rival to Apple iPad : Sharp has announced  it is going to launch a brand new e-reader into the global market in 2010, starting with Japan in autumn, and the rest of the world by the end of the year. This news is certainly interesting, as the [...]

Pocketbook Heads to IFA Berlin with Android E-Readers(ProBook) and a Tablet(IQ)

pocketbook iq

Germany’s PocketBook wrapped up its week by launching multiple slates ahead of the IFA tech expo. Like many others in the IT industry, Pocketbook intends to secure a share of the growing e-reader market, only it plans to come out with more force than some other companies did. PocketBook’s ProBook tablet line up consists of [...]

Pandigital Novel Android eReader Full Review

Pandigital’s second Android eReader [model PRD07T20WBL1] from the Pandigital Novel series is out and shipping. The new eReader boasts a 7-inch TFT LCD touch screen, with a display resolution of 800 x 600 pixels, enhanced UI, powered by ARM 11 CPU, comes with a stylus, virtual keyboard that enables making notes & emails, 2GB shared [...]