Time’s Techland reports that Sony has officially announced (or acknowledged) the existence of their new Android tablets at the Berlin IFA consumer-electronics show. Techland offers a hands-on review at the link.
Category: eBook Readers
The machines.
Sep 05
Color E Ink Kindle for Christmas?
PC&TechAuthority reports that eReader display king E Ink is in partnership with an unnamed company that plans to bring a full color E Ink device to the market by Christmas. The potential for such a machine to open up the eReader market to magazines and comics is obvious, and does an end-run around open competition …
Sep 04
The Sony WiFi PRS-T1 Reader Reviewed
TechRadar has a hands-on review of Sony’s new WiFi PRS-T1 Reader. You’ll find specifications and pictures after the leap. It looks like Sony’s finally going to mark some territory in the wireless eReader market.
Sep 02
Lenovo IdeaPad A1 tablet hitting the market under $200!
Techland posted a rumor that the Lenovo IdeaPad A1 tablet is going to drop below the $200 price point. This 7-inch Android 2.3 machine may fall short of the iPad’s multifunction, but at under half the price it might be the perfect tablet for early adopters or the tablet-curious. At $199 the IdeaPad is bound …
Sep 01
$149 Sony PRS-T1 eReader coming in October!
eBookNewser reports that Sony has confirmed the upcoming release of their new PRS-T1 eReader. The new device slated to hit the market in October comes equipped with Pearl E-ink screen, WiFi and 2GB Flash storage with a free pre-installed Harry Potter eBook among others. Priced to start at $149 in the U.S. this affordable device …
Aug 31
Sony launches its tablets in bid for iPad market.
Sony has launched its new tablets making good on its claim to challenge the Apple iPad for market supremacy. Check out the guardian story here.
Aug 31
No eReader? You can still read eBooks…
Friends at Broadband Service Providers stopped by with a list of 10 different ways to read an eBook without an eReader. There are more options than might expect.
Aug 30
Amazon could sell 3-5 million tablets this year.
eBookNewser posted on a prediction by Forrester Research that Amazon could sell as many as 3 to 5-million tablets in 2011. The device is rumored to hit the market for the holiday buying season with a price in the $250-$300 range.
Aug 29
Books with soundtracks arrive on the market…
Many thanks to our friend Jorgen for a link to a Telegraph post on the new enhanced eBooks that are starting to appear on the market. Can you imagine reading Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” with “rain, thunderclaps and blood-curdling screams” supplied. It will be interesting to see if this is …
Aug 28
Tablet and eBook Reader Demographics
GoodeReader offers a comparison of Tablet and eBook Reader demographics.
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