June 18, 2013

Kindle - News


Nook Color eReader Gets Android 2.2 Update

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Those looking to buy an e-reader or a tablet this holiday might want to reconsider the Nook Color. The full-color e-reader will be getting even more tablet-like features thanks to an upgrade to Android 2.2 coming this January. Barnes & Noble representatives spoke with SmartphoneMag.com about the update, which will turn the e-reader into something [...]

HTC EVO 4G Update for Sprint Customers; gets Amazon Kindle E-Reader App and More

HTC EVO 4G Image

An update for the HTC EVO 4G is being readied for Sprint customers that will improve performance and add new software. Inside the update is an EVO-friendly version of the Blockbuster movie streaming app, Amazon Kindle eReader app, and the try-before-you-buy version of Gameloft NOVA. A new game trial has also been thrown in, besides [...]

Amazon Releases Kindle for the Web, Windowshop; Event taken place at “Google Chrome OS Event”

Amazon Kindle Wep App Image

There isn’t any doubt that Amazon’s Kindle dedicated eBook readers are a success around the world and now the online retailing giant could be looking to step up its game. After Google just launched its own eBook store, Google eBookstore, word is going around the Amazon is gearing up to launch a new web app [...]

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

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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 [...]

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 [...]