Amazon has just announced a new and improved version of their larger eBook reader, the Kindle DX. It has an improved screen, better battery life, free worldwide connectivity and is available in dark gray (to list some of the upgrades). Amazon’s Kindle continues to be the iPad’s biggest competition in the eReader game. Priced at […]
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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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The new release of the Amazon Kindle firmware, 2.5, was downloaded to my Kindle DX the other day. (It has been steadily downloaded to Kindles over the past several weeks. If you own a Kindle, just turn on the wireless mode and then choose the Sync & Download New Items option.) Among other things,
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Lexcycle released a new version of their Stanza reader that is optimized for iPad over the weekend. (Actually, there is a single app that works for iPhone/iPod touch/iPad.) The new version not only takes full advantage of the larger iPad screen, it has also added support for PDF, DjVu, and Comic Book Archive (CBR and
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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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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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Sony is offering the Sony PRS-600 Touch Reader for $199.99 – a $100 savings off the normal price. The wireless, larger-format Daily Edition Reader has a $50 discount, bringing it to $349.99. The Sony Pocket Edition Reader doesn’t seem to be on sale, but it’s price is now $169.99 – $30 less than I paid
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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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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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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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If you’ve not yet jumped over into the world of eBooks, BookAse is an online price comparison shopping engine that allows you to compare prices for books and helps you the find the cheapest possible prices.
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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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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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A Kindle-DX showed up on my door step after about a month from its original order date. Must have nookitis. I chose the Kindle-DX mainly because of the screen size, native PDF support, and I was accustomed to the Kindle user interface with my Kindle 1st generation. Plus the KDX is already available on the
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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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Those of you considering the purchase of a dedicated eBook Reader may be under the impression that your only choices are from Sony, Amazon and Barnes & Noble. I’d like to show you one affordable alternative. It’s the Aluratek Libre eBook Reader Pro.
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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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With a nod to The Book Of Joe, check out the titles from “The 10 Best Years That Are Books” by Laurence Hughes. So I guess the question (for me, anyway) would be, can you download these while sitting in a doctor’s office or do you have to go to an internet-connected computer and connect
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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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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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