Sep 12
TheNextWeb Insider offers a report on a rumored move by Amazon.com to sign publishers on to a Netflix for eBooks that would be delivered through the Kindle platform. Not sure how this will develop but the service might be offered as part of Amazon Prime customer’s $79 per year membership.
Win or fail, you’ve got to admire Amazon’s creativity on this one.
Sep 11
Time Newsfeed offers a story on IKEA’s redesign of the bookshelf in the digital age. And it’s built with more than books in mind.
Sep 10
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.
Sep 08
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 “Gingerbread” device, capable of running more than 200,000 apps.”
Sep 07
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.
Sep 06
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.
Sep 05
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 with tablets.
Now the question is: Who’s the unnamed partner?
A full-color E Ink Kindle eBook Reader might be the perfect addition to Amazon’s planned launch of a Kindle tablet.
Sep 04
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.
Sep 02
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 to deliver. This is just the sort of thing the tablet market needs as the front runners begin to position themselves for an eBook and tablet-crazy holiday buying season.
This kind of thinking is bound to impact the much anticipated Amazon Tablet’s pricing, too.
Sep 01
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 stands to make Sony’s venture in the eBook Revolution a more sustainable enterprise.
