May 18, 2013

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Amazon Releases New Generation Amazon Kindle with Brighter and Lighter Design, Wi-Fi – Its Available for $139

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Amazon on Wednesday launched the new version of its Kindle e-book reader with a brighter screen, higher contrast, and Wi-Fi capability built-in. The screen on the new Kindle is the same six-inch size as previous models, but overall the device is 21 percent smaller and weighs 15 percent less. The company also announced it is [...]

Barnes & Noble Nook Made Amazon to Slash Its Kindle Price, Amazon Kindle is now Available for $189

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Amazon dropped the price of the smaller of its two Kindle ebook readers to $189(Check out new prices and buy Amazon Kindle from Amazon), just hours after primary competitor Barnes & Noble lowered its Nook reader to $199. Before today, the Kindle and Nook were both priced at $259. Barnes & Noble, the largest book [...]

Watch Amazon Kindle vs Barnes & Noble Nook E-readers Comparison Video

The Nook’s greatest competition is the Kindle, which was just dropped in price by Amazon to $189. Although the Kindle seems to be the choice of readers right now, the Nook Wi-fi’s price could change that. Not only does the Nook Wi-fi offer 500,000 more books than the Kindle, but it also has an eye-catching [...]

E-Reader Rivals Face to Face – Amazon Kindle vs Barnes & Noble Nook

amazon kindle vs nook

We’ve decided to compare and contrast two formidable devices from the e-reader sector, Amazon’s Kindle 2 and Barnes & Noble’s Nook. Sure, e-readers can be alike in specs and size, but we think choosing an e-reader is definitely more of a personal preference then an epic battle of devices—but there are some features and factors [...]

CPT Developing TFT-LCD Technology for E-readers

Pandigital Novel eReader

Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel maker Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) is eyeing the e-book reader market using its TFT-LCD technology, according to company president Lin Sheng-chang. Lin said probably all 7-inch 4:3 aspect ratio e-book readers currently on the market feature CPT’s TFT-LCD panels. CPT is also presumed to be the supplier of the 7-inch color TFT-LCD [...]

Acer LumiRead L600 Appeared at Computex 2010

Acer LumiRead L600

Acer has launched the new e-book appearance COMPUTEX 2010 Taipei Computer Show! Machine model LumiRead L600, is the latest e-reader. Available with or Without 3G, our LumiRead L600 just weight 250g, comes with a 6? (800×600) electrophoteric display, runs on a Freescale i.MX357 CPU @ 532MHz, 2GB of internal memory, a MicroSD Card Reader. In [...]

DigiLife I-One E-reader with Inbuilt Pico-Projector

digilife i-one reader

DigiLife will be unveiling the price and ship date on a new eBook reader/projector/multimedia player for the U.S. market this fall at IFA. The price that DigiLife is selling their iOne for: under $300. That’s cheaper than the majority of stand-alone pico-projectors! The iOne also has a 10.1-inch capacitive touchscreen, Wi-Fi, Android OS, is powered [...]

Aiptek Story Book inColor – Ebook Reader for Children

aiptek story book for children

Ebook readers seem to be catching on these days, and the iPad’s wildly successful launch could very well have something to do with it. Now Aiptek has done with its Story Book inColor, which aims to sidestep the overcrowded adult market as the first full color ebook specifically designed for children. Story Book inColor leverages [...]

The E-Magin SmartQ R7 E-reader

e-magin smartq r7 e-reader

When we reviewed the SmartQ 7 from China-based Smart Devices last year, it was hardly an impressive piece of work. In fact, one main saving grace was the price, which at that time, made the device the cheapest mobile Internet device (MID) in the market. The hardware was fine, but the Ubuntu Linux operating system [...]

New Thinner Amazon Kindle Coming in August

new thinner amazon kindle

According to a Saturday report in Bloomberg News, the world’s biggest online retailer Amazon. com is likely coming up with a thinner version of its Kindle e-reader in August, as per the information forwarded by two ‘inside’ sources. Reports are in that Amazon is planning to introduce a new version of its popular eBook reader [...]

10-inch Shogo Tablet with Freescale Technology for Developers Coming

10-inch shogo tablet

The latest Good E-Reader news  has a breaking story out of France today, with a company named Realease working in conjunction with Freescale  to release two different Slate PC’s that will be aesthetically customizable by the company to meet your demand. Its 10-inch version is based on Freescale’s i.MX37 (ARM 11) processor; while another model [...]

Pandigital Novel e-Reader with 7-inch Multimedia Display for $199

pandigital e-reader

Pandigital is outgrowing its digital photo frame niche and entering the e-book reader market with the more budget-appropriate Novel  e-reader. Powered by an ARM 11 mobile processor, the 16-ounce Novel totes a 7-inch color TFT LCD screen with an 800 x 600 resolution. Some of the icons displayed in the interface depicted in the promo [...]