The new Barnes & Noble Simple Touch Reader isn’t the only 6 inch E Ink eBook reader with a built-in web browser. It turns out the recently released $129 Kobo Touch also has an unadvertised web browser. The web browsing experience on an E Ink display is never very good since you’re stuck looking at […]
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NOOK Touch rooted, runs Android apps
The new NOOK touchscreen eBook reader has a 6 inch E Ink display and a battery that can run for months at a time. But there’s one other really cool think about the $139 NOOK Touch: It runs Android 2.1. Just days after the eReader started shipping, YouTube user JFreke rooted the device and started […]
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Barnes & Noble unveils 6 inch touchscreen NOOK eReader with 2-month battery
Barnes & Noble’s NOOK Color is one of the best selling tablets and eBook Readers around, but the company isn’t giving up on E Ink just yet. Today the company introduced a new NOOK eReader with a 6 inch E Ink touchscreen display. While the new NOOK has the same screen size as the latest […]
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enTourage eDGe content store closes, hardware could be discontinued next
The enTourage eDGe and Pocket eDGe are two of the most bizarre mobile devices to hit the market in the last few years. They’re dual-screen devices running Google Android. One screen is an E Ink display while the other is a color LCD. You can run Android apps on the LCD screen or read eBooks […]
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Amazon tablets could have quad-core chips, dual mode (color and monochrome) displays
Amazon execs haven’t officially come out and said that the company is working on an Android tablet. But there’s growing evidence that a line of Amazon tablets could launch later this year. CEO Jeff Bezos told Consumer Reports to “stay tuned” for more details recently, which is pretty far from a denial. Last week Boy […]
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Velocity Micro Cruz 7″ Android tablet for $80 from Woot today
The Velocity Micro R101 Cruz Reader isn’t a speed demon. It doesn’t have a super high resolution display. It doesn’t run the latest version of Android. Let’s face it, as Android tablets go, it’ snot all that impressive. But here’s the thing: It’s cheap. The Cruz R101 has a list price of $150, but you […]
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Hands-on with the Pocket Edge dual screen eBook reader
I got my first chance to check out the Entourage Pocket Edge eBook reader at CES last week. Like the original Edge, the Pocket version is too large to actually fit in a pocket and features two screens: an E Ink display and a full color LCD screen. But the Pocket Edge is smaller, with […]
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Pandigital Novel Android eReader on sale for $60 at Kohl’s
If you’re OK with a little hacking and don’t care if your Android tablet has a white shell, get down to your local Kohl’s store as soon as possible. The retailer has put Pandigital Novel eReaders on sale for $59.99 — around 75% off. The Novel might not be the fastest, most stylish Android device […]
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Sharp Galapagos tablet hits the FCC
A few days ago we received confirmation that Sharp plans to offer its 5 and 10 inch Galapagos tablets in the US. Today the company is one step closer, as documents have been filed with the FCC for at least one of those tablets. There are a few photos of a Galapagos tablet, or the […]
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Asus Eee Note unboxed – Video
The Asus Eee Note is an unusual device which blurs the lines between an eBook reader and a tablet. It has a grayscale screen that makes it look like an eBook reader like the Amazon Kindle or Barnes & Noble Nook. But it has a high quality digitizer that lets you take notes, draw, and […]