In October, we listed details on an upcoming eReader from Spring Design…Alex! Well, guess what? 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. Similar to Barnes & Noble’s nook, Alex features a 6″ E-Ink EPD [...]
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, 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 [...]
From CNN: A flood of rumors point to a Jan. 26 unveiling of Apple’s new touch-screen device….Apple is a company that leaks with a purpose, and for Christmas it has loosened its normally tight-lipped public relations operation and delivered a heap of neatly wrapped rumors. The best it saved for the New York Times‘ Bits blog. [...]
Over the past week or so, The Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal, among others, have posted stories regarding a major product announcement planned for January from Apple. Reliable sources expect this to be the long awaited “tablet” which would likely be 7-10 inches, and priced between $500-700, giving it competitiveness in the netbook market without actually being [...]
According to Jonathan Adams, the eReader is the most sought after gift in Taiwan is the eReader…read the full story here: http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/china-and-its-neighbors/091211/taiwan-kindle-ebook
There’s still time to get an Amazon Kindle for Christmas! That’s right, Amazon is offering free two day shipping on the Kindle if you order it today! And you’ll still have time to GET 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 [...]
