Of course, we knew this would happen… all that giant Kindle talk, and now Sony’s rumored to have a bigger (and color version) of its eBook Reader in development. Read the full story here at techradar.com. On a more original note, Sony is releasing a Danielle Steele Special Edition Reader. The story’s here at slashgear.com. …
Category: eBook Readers
The machines.
May 08
And the Competitors Storm into the Breach
Amazon’s Kindle DX is sweet, but overpriced. (How many times will we have to pay for the same R&D.) Predictably, the other kids on the block step in to steal a bit of thunder. Sony is making its eReaders available to purchase online through BestBuy.ca and Futureshop.ca. Check out the press release here. This is a …
May 07
KINDLE DX is COMING…
So Amazon is releasing a very expensive and somewhat larger version of their Kindle tricked out to read magazines and newspapers as well as eBooks. Okay. It looks beautiful. Nice piece of technology. Read the story about the announcement at CNNMoney here. The Kindle DX features: 9″ screen, a built-in PDF reader, enhanced Internet navigation, storage for up to …
May 06
Super-sized Kindle On the Way
According to a story at cnet.com here Amazon’s new large format Kindle, the “KINDLE DX,” will be introduced Wednesday morning at Pace University in Manhattan. No word on price but some of the specs are listed in the cnet.com piece. 9.7″ inch screen compared to Kindle 2’s 6″, that type of thing. We’ll be watching this …
May 03
$99 eBook Reader? Kind of…
An article at wired.com talks about BooksOnBoard, the largest independent eBookstore, announcing a $99 eBook Reader. It’s a little misleading. Read the story here, and you’ll see there are strings attached. You can buy the reader for $99 after you shell out $500 for a Gift Certificate. They’re offering the older Sony PRS-505 model Reader …
May 01
Writers: Start Your Engines
These two stories signify important steps in the eBook Revolution. The technology is new, and the prices are still too high, but this is the beginning of the start. $200 eBook Reader to make its Debut BOOKS ON DEMAND We’ve got a related story about Print on Demand (POD) Printing Machines and Kiosks here. If I …
Apr 30
Rumbling from the Apple Orchard has the Amazon trembling.
Click here to read this story at Powerpage.org about Apple’s rumored iPhone Lite release this summer. We’ve all heard the whispers about Apple gearing up to enter the eBook market. There has been talk of an Apple Tablet or “Mediapad” as described in the article, and now this, a thinner, stripped down iPhone with a …
Apr 29
Fall out from the Amazon Stanza purchase.
The future of Mobipocket Reader is now in question as Amazon nabs Stanza–even though Amazon owns Mobipocket. (It get’s confusing…) This article is just the first of the sob songs, yah? Read it here at AllAboutSymbian.com. Watch now, as the market adjusts, as monopoly slips away from Amazon again. Watch Mobipocket Reader designers disappear and then …
Apr 28
Amazon Buys Stanza’s Creator
In the “I’m My Own Worst Enemy” department, Amazon has purchased Lexcycle, creator of Stanza eBook Reader for iPhone and iPod Touch. Read the New York Times story here. Why not, they almost forced Stanza into existence? Have you have been following this? Amazon’s subsidiary, Mobipocket, delayed the release of Mobipocket Reader software for iPhone …
Apr 25
A Eulogy of Sorts…
As newspapers approach the brink of relevance, we wisk you over to CNN where Chris Pirillo voices his disdain for yucky, dirty hands in the article: “Why dirty up my hands with newsprint?” He manages to compile all the reasons the print newspaper industry is on its way into the recycle box with only the bare …
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