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Pandigital Novel hacks could eventually turn a $38 eReader into a cheap Android tablet

The Pandigital Novel is an inexpensive eReader that by most accounts isn’t very good, at least not when compared with recent NOOK or Kindle devices. But it’s dirt cheap. You can pick one up from Amazon for just $38. For that price you get an 8 ounce eReader with a 6 inch, 600 x 800 pixel […]

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Deals of the Day (8-18-11)

There are some great deals on refurbished products making the rounds today, including a dirt cheap eReader with a touchscreen ePaper display and a 7 inch Windows CE mini-laptop for just $59. Normally I’d avoid the Visual Land “netbook,” but for $59 it’s almost worth picking one up as a novelty. Here are some of […]

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Hands-on with the Pandigital Novel 9 inch Android tablet

I got a chance to check out Pandigital’s new 9 inch tablet the other night. The tablet is positioned as an eBook reader, but it runs Google Android and can handle third party applications. What’s interesting about this model is that it comes with free AT&T wireless access — for downloading eBooks from the Barnes […]

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9 inch Pandigital Novel Android tablet available from QVC

Pandigital has released a new 9 inch Android tablet to go with the company’s smaller 7 inch Pandigital Novel eBook reader and tablet. The new larger model has a resistive touchscreen display and stylus, 2GB of storage, and comes with a 4GB microSD card. Users can download books from the Barnes & Noble eBook Store. […]

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Pandigital Novel eReader hacking continues: Meet the $179 Android tablet

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 […]

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Pandigital Novel eBook reader rooted, turned into useless Android tablet

The Pandigital Novel bucks the eBook Reader trend by shipping with a color LCD display instead of a low power, high contrast E Ink screen. It also runs Google Android, although the Pandigital Novel has a locked down version of Android with just a few apps inclduing the eBook reder, a photo viewer, media player, […]