Hewlett-Packard is taking things to a new level offering a $399 all-in-one Photosmart eStation that includes a web-browsing tablet. The tablet comes with WiFi and 7-inch diagonal screen pre-loaded with Barnes and Noble eBookstore, Facebook and music player among other Apps. Read the Seattle Times post for pictures and video here. And, our friend Jorgen …
Category: eBook Readers
The machines.
Sep 19
Blio – Free eReader launches September 28
We talked about the Blio eReader platform way back in January when it was announced at the 2010 Consumer Electronics show. Now Singularity Hub says Blio creator K-NFB announced the September 28 release of the long-awaited Free eReading program that they’re calling a game changer. The full color Windows software allows you to read books …
Sep 17
Full Color eBook Reader: the Sharper Image Literati
PCMag.com introduces us to the Sharper Image Literati, a full color eBook Reader that will be out in December at more than 7,000 locations including Macy’s, Bed Bath and Beyond, Kohl’s and many, many more for a rumored price of $159. PCMag writer David Pierce reports on his time with the 7-inch LCD Literati here. More fantastic …
Sep 16
eBook Market is Hot. eReading is Cool!
Misty Harris of PostMedia News has a story at the Montreal Gazette that makes some suggestions about the future of the eBook Revolution, nails down some interesting motivations for the move to digital publishing and gives solid reasons for the resurgence of reading in a time when 3-D movies and television stand poised to spoon feed us art, entertainment and …
Sep 15
Amazon Kindle Takes Jab at Apple iPad in New Commercial
Nice to see some friendly competition. Check out the video below. The eBook Revolution is coming of age.
Sep 14
Kindle Quality Issues Raised at ZDNet
Jorgen dropped off a link to a ZDNet story about the quality of eBooks available for the Amazon Kindle. While I think the criticisms in the piece apply specifically to technical and graphic-dependent texts, they can be applied to the greater mainstream fiction titles as well. The ‘re-flowable’ text form that makes the Kindle (and other …
Sep 13
A good argument for eBook Readers in schools.
Here’s a link to a NYDailyNews.com story that successfully argues the case (to me anyway) in favor of school boards supplying eBook readers to students. On the practical side, the kids won’t have to lug those big textbooks around, but by employing digital technology, the textbooks could be constantly updated and kept current. (So the …
Sep 12
New Kindle 3 Update Now Available
GoodeReader.com reports an update to the Amazon Kindle 3 software now available will make it possible for users to create accounts through the eBook Reading device. Kindle owners can get their updates here.
Sep 10
Watch out iPad, Kindle is here to stay.
Here’s a Bloomberg BusinessWeek post that goes into some detail to show that the reports of Kindle’s death by iPad were greatly exaggerated. It seems that the nay-saying tech-pundits were wrong. The marketplace can bear a dedicated eBook reading machine and a multi-function device for eBooks, movies, music and web surfing. I just don’t understand why people …
Sep 09
Kobo Reader Desktop Application Now Available!
A post at TFTS announces the long-awaited release of the Kobo Reader App for desktop (PC or Mac). This is the perfect fit for the affordable $150 ($129 at Borders), USB-tethered E Ink Kobo eReader. The App will jump the USB gap and make the Kobo eBook Store shopping experience easier and more practical for a first-version device without wireless …
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