GalleyCat and TeleRead enjoyed an exclusive first look at BeBook’s $199 Mini Ebook Reader slated for release June 30, 2009. Read the full article and specs here. They call it perfect for the businessman to “stuff” in a pocket and journalists on hand found it easy to use. The price is getting into range for mainstream adoption. …
Category: eReaders
Machines that read eBooks, Business eDocuments, ePapers, etc.
May 23
How to Pick an eBook Reader
Wired.com‘s Gadget Lab has put together an excellent buying guide to help you choose an eBook Reader. Read the article here. It’s tough enough knowing when to buy into an existing technology, let alone one that’s changing on a weekly basis. I think you’ll find this article a great help, yah?
May 22
More from the Apple Orchard
We’ve mentioned this many times. It’s clear to all that something’s coming. Apple is working on a 7 to 10 inch touch-screen tablet for release in the first half of 2010 according to an article here at eWeek.com. They’re also quoting a price in the $500 to $700 range, and while that’s a lot of …
May 21
Apps and eBook Jackets
A couple of developments in the eBook Revolution today…almost want to say Evolution…yah. Amazon has released a more mobile-friendly Kindle 1.1 App for iPhone and iPod Touch. Among other things it allows portrait or landscape modes for reader preference and a lock so it doesn’t accidentally switch orientation. Check out the full announcement here at cnetnews. …
May 20
Now an eBook Reader that’s more like a Phone…
I love this. Bookeen, the people who brought us the Cybook eBook Reader, is releasing the Cybook OPUS e-book Reader. Read about it here at Slipperybrick.com. Lot’s of cool little features including PDF compatibility, but the main thrust is its pocket-sized profile. It can go where Kindle won’t fit. Just hilarious, if you think about …
May 17
eBook Piracy Inevitable? Hardly…
Alexander Wolfe at Informationweek.com here describes the exercise in futility that has become the debate over the scourge of eBook piracy and content control. I don’t think he is trying to solve the problem, rather it’s an attempt to advance the discussion by invoking some description of eBook piracy’s impact on the content-creator or author. …
May 16
For those who must have color…
and perfect for eMagazines. E Ink, the people who brought you the gray scale screens you see in most eBook Readers, has developed a functional prototype of color e-paper. There are rumors that the new tech will begin to appear in the next generation Kindle and Sony’s Reader. Read the full story here at geek.com. …
May 14
Dark Day and Dumb Idea from Sony
Following the logic these dolts are using a television, computer and book are the same thing and should be treated the same way. eBook Reader = Idiot Box. Let’s put commercials on it. Money-hungry corporate ninnies. Amateurs! Poised as they are to give Kindle a run for the money, Sony is going to open its …
May 13
A $100 eBook Reader? Let’s hope…
Wired has an excellent story here about Mary Lou Jepsen the uber-tech who didn’t leave the drawing board until she produced a $100 laptop. (Something bloated tech-corporations said couldn’t be done…I wonder why?) She is developing inexpensive, low-power, easy-to-read, LCD-based screens that will go into anything from netbooks to low-priced eBook Readers. This is the …
May 11
Slow news day at eBook Rumors…
Honestly, other than a few stories about people debating copyright (yawn) and digital rights management (when will they learn?) it seems to be a slow news day for the eBook Revolution. After a week of exciting KINDLE DX mania…what can we expect? Announcements are definitely in the pipe. And rumors suggest something is coming from …
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