Posts Tagged ‘E-bookReader’
Paradigm Shift intros 5- and 7-inch readers with color (LCD) displays
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on December 31st, 2009
It looks as if we're still waiting patiently for color e-ink to become a reality (at least in a mass produced shipping product), but if you're kosher with low-energy consumption LCDs, Paradigm Shift has the ticket. Similar to Sungale's Cyberus ID700WTA, the outfit's 5-inch EER-051 and 7-inch EER-071WF are both e-readers with color, but neither boast e-ink displays. The former includes 1GB of built-in memory, an SD expansion slot, an integrated MP3 player and support for just about any kind of ebook file (non-encrypted EPUB included). The latter steps up to 2GB of memory, and thanks to the Windows CE operating system, it'll also handle Office files and the like when it's not flipping text. Both devices are expected to ship in February through Delstar here in the States, with the 5-incher available in a rainbow's worth of hues for $149.95 and the big boy in black or white for $50 more. The full release is after the break.
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Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on December 30th, 2009
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Dulin's Books brings Onxy's 6-inch Boox 60 e-reader to US shores for $349 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Dulin's Books | Email this | Comments E-reader privacy policies compared: Big Kindle is watching you
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on December 27th, 2009
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E-reader privacy policies compared: Big Kindle is watching you originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 27 Dec 2009 16:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink |EFF | Email this | Comments Kindle most gifted item in Amazon’s history, e-books outsell physical tomes on Christmas Day
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on December 27th, 2009
We're still not about say the e-book reader industry has branched out beyond the infancy stage, but one of its flagship products certainly has reason to celebrate. Amazon has announced it's hit some pretty big milestones with the Kindle. The two bullet points it's currently touting loudest is that the reader has become "the most gifted item" in the company's history -- quite an achievement given the size of the online retailer, but what's missing here is any quantitative sales data to give us even a ballpark of the number of units sold. The other big news is that on Christmas Day (we're guessing not Christmas Eve, else the press release surely would've mentioned it, too), e-book sales actually outsold physical books. Those brand new Kindle owners needed something to read, right? It'll be interesting to see if that momentum is maintained through next year, especially with some major publishers starting to show some teeth with digital delays. The Kindle bits were all part of Amazon's annual post-holiday statistical breakdown, so in case you're wondering, besides Kindle, the company is claiming its other top-selling electronics were the 8GB iPod Touch and Garmin nuvi260W, and in the wireless department the honor goes to Nokia's unlocked 5800 XpressMusic, Plantronic's 510 Bluetooth headset, and AT&T's edition of the BlackBerry Bold 9700.
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Kindle most gifted item in Amazon's history, e-books outsell physical tomes on Christmas Day originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 27 Dec 2009 09:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink |Amazon | Email this | Comments Nook fails to communicate, download purchased ebooks
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on December 26th, 2009
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Nook fails to communicate, download purchased ebooks originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink |B&N book clubs | Email this | Comments Sony Reader Daily Edition starts shipping, gets more newspapers
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on December 22nd, 2009
Sony hedged its bets a bit in committing to ship date for its Reader Daily Edition when it first announced it, but it looks like it's managed to get the first ones out the door on the early end of its December 18th to January 8th estimate, with the initial batch of pre-orders shipping today. Unfortunately, anyone that didn't pre-order the e-reader is out of luck for the time being, as it's now back-ordered with a new estimated ship date of January 15th. In related news, Sony has also announced that it's signed up an additional 16 publications that will be offering wirelessly-delivered subscriptions on the Daily Edition, including The New York Times, The Dallas Morning News, The Baltimore Sun, and The Denver Post. None of those are exclusive to Sony, however, unlike the News Corp-owned publications that were announced last week.Sony Reader Daily Edition starts shipping, gets more newspapers originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 22 Dec 2009 02:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink |Electronista, PC Magazine | Email this | Comments Barnes & Noble giving $100 for Nook pre-orders that miss Christmas
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on December 20th, 2009
Barnes & Noble giving $100 for Nook pre-orders that miss Christmas originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 20 Dec 2009 10:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink |Consumerist | Email this | Comments Sony staying conservative with Reader device, aware of current tablet mania
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on December 17th, 2009
Sony’s Sir Howard Stringer played the tease at today’s Reader content partnership presser, stating that while Sony could make the device into a multimedia tablet, it would rather wait and see if consumers warm up to current devices. Stringer’s watching if people find the form factor “comfortable and helpful” before Sony starts “plowing on a thousand apps” or building a “Vaio Reader.” We don’t really know how much e-reader acceptance points to the demand for color multimedia tablets, but in regards to the (non-existant, ever-present) Apple Tablet, Stringer says “we’re all working on variations of the same thing.” Hopefully we’ll figure out what exactly he means by that before we grow old and start reading books or something horrible like that.
Sony staying conservative with Reader device, aware of current tablet mania originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Borders and Kobo join forces for e-reader device they can call their own
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on December 16th, 2009
Fashionably late to the e-book handheld party, Borders and Kobo announced today a partnership that includes plans to develop and release both an e-reader and e-book service. Mum's the official word on hardware, but The New York Times Bits blog is claiming there'll be "more than one version" released, all with wireless connectivity and all sold at Borders retail locations, naturally. Unfortunately, there's no release date or window mentioned on that front. As for the service, the duo are taking a page from Barnes & Noble's playbook and claiming device neutrality, meaning they'd like to see their ePub-focused platform available to any and all devices possible, form mobile to desktop and everything in between. Sounds great, but what we're really keen to hear about is this new e-reader -- let's hope they've been taking notes on the successes and failures of their most immediate competitors.Borders and Kobo join forces for e-reader device they can call their own originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink |The New York Times | Email this | Comments Barnes & Noble Nook now arriving to customers
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on December 9th, 2009
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Barnes & Noble Nook now arriving to customers originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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