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Sony’s Updated Daily Edition Reader (PRS-950) Available to Pre-order

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The PRS-950 Daily Editon Reader from Sony, the third in the series of newly re-designed ebook readers, is now available to pre-order.  This reader has a 7″ screen, WiFi, and free 3G connectivity to the Sony Reader Store.  You can wirelessly download books or periodicals from the Sony bookstore.  They offer subscriptions to periodicals, and

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Sony PRS-350 Pocket Edition Reader Breast Cancer Awareness Bundle – Plus Get $50 in Gift Cards to the Sony Bookstore

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Sony is donating $10,000.00 to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation and helping to raise breast cancer awareness with a special edition reader bundle featuring the PRS-350.  The Pocket Reader Pink Ribbon Bundle includes a pink PRS-350 Pocket Edition reader, and a special, limited-edition pink cover displaying the iconic pink ribbon.  You’ll also receive codes for two free

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Help Your Child Learn to Read or Improve Her Skills with the V.Reader

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I have ebook readers on the brain, perhaps, but I really like this V.Reader from VTech.  My daughter always liked having things like mine, so she would have loved to have a little ebook reader of her own when she was in the target age (3-7).  The V.Reader uses interactive stories that feature favorite cartoon characters to

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Sony PRS-650 Touch Edition eBook Reader Review

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It’s September, and that means updated readers from Sony!  I’ve been a devoted fan of the PRS readers since 2006 – first the PRS-500, then PRS-505, and the PRS-600 last year.  I’ve loved my Sonys and spent thousands of hours reading on them over the years.  Unfortunately, the PRS-600, while beautiful, eventually fell out of

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Ectaco Taking Pre-Orders for Their New jetbook mini Ebook Readers – $99.95!

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Ectaco is a company known for electronic translators, translation software, and ebook readers.  They are introducing their new jetbook mini – the most inexpensive ebook reader on the market.  It has a 5″ TFT screen, adjustable fonts, and it will run for 90 hours on 4 AAA batteries (first set is included).  The jetbook mini

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Amazon Announces Third Generation Kindle for $139

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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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Borders eBook app now on iPhone & iPad

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The Borders eBook app, powered by Kobo, is now available for iPhone and iPad.  It offers the ability to browse and buy over a million eBook titles.  Readers can also search by title, author, topic, or keyword and enjoy automatic bookmarking, print quality resolution, smooth transitions between pages and chapters, and customized fonts and type

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Limited Edition Sony Reader Pocket Edition Bundle

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If you’re in the market for a Sony Reader Pocket Edition ebook reader and you like books by Elizabeth Gilbert, the new limited edition Sony Reader Pocket Edition bundle is for you.  The bundle celebrates the “Eat, Pray, Love” movie premiere.  You get the silver Pocket Edition ebook reader, a special cover, and coupons for Elizabeth

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Amazon Upgrades the Kindle DX

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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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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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