Amazon has released a software update for the Amazon Kindle Touch that lets you hold the 7 inch eBook reader in landscape mode, customize the language settings, or access more options for sharing passages from eBooks. Kindle Touch software version 5.1 is available for download from the Amazon website, where you’ll also find instructions for updating your Kindle. The new…
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Barnes & Noble has updated its NOOK eBook app for the iPad to support the high resolution 2048 x 1536 pixel display on the new iPad. That means you can view higher resolution books, magazines, and newspapers on the iPad than on a NOOK Tablet, NOOK Color, or NOOK Simple Touch eBook reader — but it’s not like B&N is…
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Amazon may have just given you one less reason to consider a NOOK Tablet or NOOK Simple Touch over a Kindle Fire or Kindle Touch. During yesterday’s launch event for the new NOOK Tablet, Barnes & Noble pointed out that you could walk into a bricks and mortar store to try out a NOOK before buying it. But Amazon’s working…
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The two biggest names in eBooks will begin offering new tablets for reading books, watching movies, listening to music and running apps this month. Both feature 7 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel displays and run modified versions of Google Android. They’ll also both be dirt cheap by iPad or even Android tablet standards. Amazon’s Kindle Fire is available for pre-order…
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The Sony Reader PRS-T1 is a $150 eBook Reader with a touchscreen E Ink display. It’s designed to read EPUB books from the Sony Reader Store or from you personal collection, and it can also handle digital library books. But that’s only part of what makes the Sony Reader interesting. Out of the box, the PRS-T1 runs Google Android. You…
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Kobo is the latest eBook company to throw its hat into the Android tablet ring. The company has introduced the Kobo Vox, which is its answer to the Amazon Kindle Fire and Barnes & Noble NOOK Color. The Kobo Vox features a 7 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel multitouch display, 8GB of storage, and 512MB of RAM. It has an…
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At $179, the Pandigital Novel might not be the cheapest eBook reader around. But it’s definitely one of the cheapest general purpose Android tablets available in the US… even if that isn’t how the company is marketing the device. Thing is, it has a 7 inch, color touchscreen display and runs Google Android. All you have to do is figure…
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This year’s CES has been dominated by 3D TV, eBook readers, and a plethora of tablets. But the Notion Ink Adam tablet manages to stand out from the tablet crowd by sporting some of the hottest new technology. And I really do mean hot, and not just hyped. First, it’s one of the first devices to use Pixel Qi’s 3qi…
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One of the hottest trends at CES so far (or at least the pre-show events I’ve attended this week) is eBook readers. It seems like everybody’s got a handheld device for reading eBooks. Most of them are high contrast black and white jobs with long-lasting batteries and highly viewable displays that are rather slow to refresh or “turn” the page….
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The Entourage Edge is either one of the weirdest netbooks or one of the strangest eBook readers I’ve seen so far this year. That’s because it’s a bit of both. But I can’t help but wonder if the sum might equal less then the parts in this case. I got to spend a little time with one last night, and…
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Asus is reportedly planning to launch a dedicated eBook reader by the end of the year. DigiTimes reports that Asus CEO Jerry Shen has confirmed plans to launch an eBook reader as part of the company’s Eee line of products. Digital books have been around for ages. But the relative success of the Amazon Kindle has led to some real…
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Want an eBook reader, but don’t want to pick up a commercially available unit from Amazon, Sony, or another company? One Australian hacker decided he didn’t want to pay the shipping charges to get an eBook reader from the US, so he picked up a cheap Eee PC and started down the long path to turning it into a dream…
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