The ebook reader war is on with most major vendors adding more features for a lower price. But do you really need all that “fancy stuff” like a backlight, WiFi, 3G or an 8 week inbuilt battery? Well if German company txtr has their way, you’ll be saying no. The txtr beagle has a 5″ e-ink [...]
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“The smell of a freshly printed book is the best smell in the world.” Karl Lagerfeld Ebooks are evil, I tell you! Gone will be that smell of new books when you walk into a library or bookshop. Well not if Steidl has it’s way. Designed by Geza Schoen, Gerhard Steidl, and Wallpaper* magazine, with packaging [...]
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For a limited time, Sony is offering a free code from the Sony Reader Store for a free download of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone when you purchase the Sony PRS-T1 Reader Wi-Fi. You’ll receive the eCoupon upon purchase and registration of the new reader. You’ll redeem the code at the Pottermore website. The [...]
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If your Sweetie has been wanting an ebook reader, you can give him/her a Sony PRS-T1 for Valentine’s Day for only $99.00. (Read The Gadgeteer’s review of the Sony PRS-T1.) Sony has reduced the price on their latest reader for a limited time, bringing the price of their touchscreen, WiFi-enabled reader in line with that [...]
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FLEx Lighting has created an illuminated optical film that may eliminate the need for reading lights with e-ink readers (amongst other applications). The 50 micron film is flexible, edgeless, and invisible when turned off and produces a soft, low uniform light when on using a single low power consuming LED . It can be implemented either [...]
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Not long ago, Amazon made it possible for you to borrow books from participating libraries, and now they’ve introduced the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library. To participate, you must be an Amazon Prime member, and it appears you must own an actual Kindle. There are 5000 titles available now, including 100 current and former New York [...]
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Every year I’ve been writing for The Gadgeteer, I’ve reviewed the newest Sony ebook reader. I admit I have moved on to reading mostly on my iPad 2, and I did just buy a Kindle, but I couldn’t let the new Sony reader pass without giving it a look. For many years, starting with the [...]
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Amazon is offering a special version of their current Kindle for $114.00 – $25 off the normal price. To get the discounted price, this version of the Kindle displays advertising on special screensavers and on a bar at the bottom of the home page. Amazon says this advertising doesn’t interfere with reading, and they even [...]
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QVC is offering the PanDigital Novel as their “Today’s Special Value” for 10/23/2010. The offering price seems to be the normal price for the Novel, but it does come with a 2GB MicroSD card with SD adapter and two gel skins. You get your choice of a black and a purple gel skin, or a [...]
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Today Amazon announced a new sleeker, lighter and less expensive version of their popular eBook Reader. The new Kindle is priced at a very affordable $139 and is available in White or Graphite. Besides the obvious physical changes, the display is supposed to have 50% better contrast that previous versions, battery life is supposed to [...]
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In September, 2009, I posted a review of the new Sony Touch Edition reader (PRS-600). That reader has a touch screen, dictionary, note-taking abilities, and it retails for $299.99. It’s a fabulous reader, but it does have a problem with screen glare. It’s also expensive and has some features that many people don’t want to [...]
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The Cyberus ebook reader from Sungale offers a 7″ LCD touch screen with 800 X 480 pixels resolution. In addition to letting you read ebooks (TXT and PDF), you can also use the Cyberus to display and download pictures from Picasa, read RSS feeds from Yahoo and Google, listen to IP radio, access your Gmail account, [...]
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JAVOedge of Seattle, WA has just announced several Barnes & Noble nook eBook reader cases that are available for sale. The sleeve case that you see in the image above is their Croc sleeve which is made of leather and embossed to resemble crocodile skin. They are also offering oak and ash hardwood style sleeves [...]
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The era of the eBook reader is now upon us. Two years ago the Sony PRS-500 eBook Reader came out to little attention. At that time, a lot of people said that eBooks would never catch on. When Amazon released their first generation Kindle, people showed more interest, but not enough to contradict the eBook [...]
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QVC, the giant television retailer, is offering the Cool-er eBook reader as their “Today’s Special Value” for December 11. The Cool-er has a 6″ (diagonal) e-Ink screen with three font styles and eight font sizes. It has 1 GB of internal storage, and you can expand your storage with an SD card (not included). Supported file [...]
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