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.
Category: eBook Readers
The machines.
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.
Aug 27
Stephen King releasing a digital-only novella.
Stephen King will soon release his novella Mile 81 in eBook form only. As this GoodeReader story points out, he’s already done this with his Kindle short story UR, but the fact that he’s testing the waters once again is bound to be giving his publisher Simon & Schuster some sleepless nights. They’re involved with …
Aug 26
Who is buying the eBook Readers?
Time wonders who is buying all the eBook Readers in a Techland section post. I agree with some of their findings, but think the writer is showing a gigabyte of tech-savvy self-interest by suggesting even lightly that eBook Readers are “yesterday’s news.” Good God. Barely 20% of the North American population knows what an eBook …
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