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Pandigital Novel eBook Reader

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Coming soon from Pandigital is the Novel multimedia ebook reader using the Android operating system.  The Novel has a 7″ color touch screen, built-in dictionary, adjustable font size, virtual keyboard, and bookmarking.  With a WiFi connection, you can surf the internet and use email.  There are music and video players, a picture viewer, games, calendar, […]

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Dress Up Your Kindle With Speck!

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As relentless as the e-reader trend has become, so to is our quest at the Gadgeteer to provide readers with even more ways to dress up their luxury literary devices. While the sleek, minimalist design of Amazon’s 2nd generation Kindle happens to be one of it’s most alluring features, sometimes we simply feel the urge

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Refurbished Sony Pocket Edition Reader for $110 at Woot

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The Sony PRS-300 Pocket Edition ebook reader is available at Woot today (5/19/2010)  for $109.99.  The reader is refurbished, but it comes with the standard accessories (USB cable and the neoprene pouch).  All three colors are available.  It comes with a 90 day warranty from Sony, and Woot says the reader is authorized for the

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What a Difference 300 Years Make

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If you’ve decided that your e-book reader is your new body part, you may have stumbled upon some of the DIY book-scanner forums or sites such as diybookscanner.org.  While the designs presented on the internet are intriguing, they are not always practical for klutzes.  Ahem. So I was equally intrigued by this, the VuPoint Solutions

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Kindle 2, DX Software Upgrade End of May May be Worth Wait

Amazon will soon be releasing a software upgrade which should provide a solution to one of the annoying nuisances of the device: the lack of a decent way to organize items. Currently, items on the Kindle are listed without sophisticated organization. Additionally, a zoom feature for PDF files is supposedly on its way. Currently, the

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$50 Savings on Some Sony Readers Models

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SonyStyle is offering $50 discounts on two of their ebook readers for a limited time.  The 5″ Sony Pocket Edition (recently reviewed on The Gadgeteer)  is on sale for $149 if purchased from SonyStyle by May 9th.  SonyStyle suggests the Pocket Edition would make a great Mother’s Day gift, and I agree.  The $50 discount is also available

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“Kindle for Mac” App Now Available

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Amazon has released the long-anticipated “Kindle for Mac” app today.  The application, which is free, allows users with or without a Kindle to access the 450,000 e-books from Amazon’s Kindle Store. If you are a Kindle user, you will experience a seamless integration between your Kindle device and the application on your Mac (Intel-based machines

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Sony Pocket Edition Reader Review

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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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Sungale Cyberus Ebook Reader / Multimedia Player

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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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Third Party Barnes & Noble nook eBook Reader Accessories Start Appearing

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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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Nook Gets a Firmware Update and Now I Can Recommend It

When I reviewed the nook eBook reader last week,  I concluded the review by saying that I couldn’t make up my mind if I liked or disliked the device and that I couldn’t recommend it until the performance issues were resolved. Last night Janet asked me if my nook had received the firmware update. I

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Barnes & Noble nook eBook Reader Review

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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 Offers the Cool-er eBook Reader as Their Day’s Special Value

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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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