Category: eBooks

eBook formats listed and discussed.

Sony Tablet S Reviewed

The Toronto Sun reviews the Sony Tablet S and wonders if it delivers enough for the $499 price tag to stand out against the competition.

Do-it-yourself NookColor Upgrade

NookColor owners/users should check out this PCMag post that allows an easy (do-it-yourself) upgrade to expand your device’s capabilities and make it into a supercharged eBook Reader. The writer, David Pierce, makes the claim that all you need to do is “plunk in an N2A card and the Nook Color becomes a full-fledged Android 2.3 …

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Do your kids need an eBook Reader?

Wired.com’s GeekDad questions whether it’s time to include an eBook Reader in your children’s back to school supplies. It’s just a matter of time… The article and suggestions at the link.

Hands-on Review of Sony’s new tablets.

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.

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 …

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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.

$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 …

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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.

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.

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.