A report by David Carnoy of Cnet few days ago we reported that Best Buy corner color was listed as back-ordered and then the web site of Barnes & Noble to try to “buy” a message appeared to say “ships in two weeks. “This certainly seems to be a strange movement with electronic readers willing [...]
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Nook Color eReader Overclocked to 950MHz Stable
January 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment
NOOK color from the Barnes & Noble, a little eReader That Could have taken yet another leap forward book reading from humble roots ITS Into the world of full-fledged tablet Android goodness. After getting root and recovery, The NOOKcolor’ve Received a new flashable kernel That The device overclocks to 950MHz stable. The kernel s, which [...]
Nook Color Gets Ubuntu Hack or Jailbreak
January 15, 2011 By 1 Comment
XDA Developers member “Devastatorx” carried out the trick, and put a complete set of instructions up on the forum so that everyone can experience. Essentially, his inspiration came from the Ubuntu hack in the Nexus. For Ubuntu, simply download the necessary files for color (already jailbroken) Nook and follow the short coding. The Nook is [...]
Nook Color eReader Gets Android 2.2 Update
December 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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 [...]
Nook Color eReader Review and First Hands On Video
December 14, 2010 By 3 Comments
The Nook Color, meanwhile, has a screen of 7 inches diagonally while the original Nook has a screen size of 6 inches diagonally, the same as the Kindle 3’s screen. The Nook is between 11.6 and 12.1 ounces and is ½ inch thick, and the new Nook Color is 15.6 ounces and almost 1/2 inch [...]
Holiday Gift: Tablet and eReader Buyer Guide
December 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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 Introduces New TouchSreen E-Readers to Compete with Kindle, Barnes & Noble and iPad
September 1, 2010 By 1 Comment
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
September 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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 [...]
Cheap $99 DMC Copia Color E-reader also Entered in the E-reader War
July 31, 2010 By Leave a Comment
A small manufacturer already plans to introduce a $99 device this fall. Copia, a subsidiary of DMC Worldwide, is set to offer a $99, 5-inch color e-reader when its line of devices comes to market later this year. DMC’s Copia was first announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this January and has [...]
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