News, reviews and articles about eBook readers and eBook reader accessories.
The ePillow by Veyl Products LLC is a large, soft pillow with a U-shaped ridge designed to comfortably and securely hold a tablet or e-reader in a usable position for extended periods. If you have an Android tablet, iPad, or one of the heavier eReaders (for example, a Kindle Fire which comes in at about […]
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id America has announced the Cushi for Kindle Fire, a back skin made of durable EVA foam. The first design is called “Dream”; this playful design is embossed in the EVA foam for an almost 3D look. The skin improves your grip and protects against knocks and scratches. Cushi removes easily without leaving residue behind.
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Scholastic Books have released reading app and ebookstore for children. The Storia app is available for Windows and for iPad, and it comes with five free ebooks and access to the Scholastic ebook store. Books have been carefully curated into age-appropriate groups, so you’ll know what’s right for your child. Storia has a built-in dictionary
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At this point in time Amazon will only ship the Kindle Touch WiFi to Australia. Up for preorder now on both BigW and Dick Smith is the Touch WiFi for $185AU for release on March 5th and the Touch 3G for $249AU for release on the 13th of March. The only question I’ve got is why ? To grab
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The Genius Leather Case for Kindle Fire is a case, stand, and a wrist strap all in one. ZooGue guarantees the Genius “is the most convenient/functional case on the market or your money back.” The Genius is a protective case; the Fire is held in a leather frame and the screen is covered when the
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At this year’s CES, Solarmio introduced the world’s first solar e-reader cover for the Kindle and subsequently became a Design and Engineering Award honoree for the same device. The SolarKindle is a protective case with a solar panel affixed to the front, an internal backup battery, and a built-in LED reading light. The Kindle “snaps” into
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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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Gadgeteer reader Sandee Cohen writes in with some potentially good news for Amazon Kindle Keyboard owners: Julie, You might want to write this up as a post. I got a Kindle Keyboard model Christmas 2010. ByNovember 2011, some of the letters on the keyboard had started to fade. (I play a lot of word games
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In my article Amazon Kindle 3G-The Perfect Travel Companion, I talked about how useful I found my 3G Kindle while travelling overseas. One of the comments left on that article pointed to a blog that said that Vietnam was one of the only places that the author couldn’t get any 3G signal. This confused the heck
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I love my Kindle, and I love the Amazon ecosystem for the purchase and reading of novels but did you know that you can extend the functionality of your Kindle way beyond that? The Kindles supports more than just Amazon’s .AZW book format (basically a .MOBI with Digital Rights Management-DRM). From the web site the Kindle
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Send a lot of personal documents to your Kindle but sick of mucking around with emails to get them there? Amazon has just released the free Send to Kindle for PC application. Using Windows Explorer, right click on any supported file format (.doc, .docx, .txt, .rtf,.jpeg, .jpg, .gif, .png, .gmp, .pdf) , and Send to Kindle
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If you like the look of leather and hair hides, Heidi Comfort makes covers and grips for eBook readers and some tablets that you might like. The e-Accessories sets are sized to fit Kindles, nooks, Sony readers, iPads and other readers, or you can specify your device for a custom fit cover. The envelope-style cases
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Solarfocus will introduce the SolarKindle cover at the Consumer Electronics Show today. With a built in reserve battery (1500mah) that will charge via USB or via an optional built in solar panel the cover also includes a built in LED reading light (800 lux) that will last up to 50 hours without using the Kindle’s
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An e-reader should be pretty simple to review, one like the Kindle Touch that has only two buttons even more so. Amazon‘s ebook reader has one primary task: displaying the pages of the reader’s books. Sure, there are other features of importance like availability of content, size and weight, and overall usability issues. But in
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Sakroots is the name for a line of accessories from The Sak handbag company. Shown here is the Artist Circle E-Reader Case for Kindle, Kindle Touch, and the Nook Simple Touch. These fabric cases are made of coated canvas, trimmed with polyurethane, and lined with polyester. The case closes with a zipper, and all hardware
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Here’s another Kickstarter project. The FLOTE Stand is a floor stand that works with most tablets and eBook readers, with or without a cover. The all-metal stand is machined by US craftsmen, and it’s available in aluminum, black, or white finishes. It easily adjusts without having to loosen or tighten anything, and it has a
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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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Those of you considering upgrading their E-Readers (or those that bought new and have relegated your old E-Reader to the closet) may want to check out Sony’s highly-regarded PRS-T1 “Reader WiFi”. Sony just reduced the price to $129 (from $149) and is also running a trade-in program that could get you a $50 Sony Gift
Sony Drops Price on PRS-T1 Reader to $129 – Offers $50 Trade-In for Old E-Readers, Read More
How would you like to give a gift this holiday season that’s actually multiple gifts in one? You can, with the India Cloud Book Pillow from Levenger. The recipient will get a great book pillow that works with paper books, eBook readers, and tablets. Other people will receive the gift of a living wage and
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Kyobo Book Centre, Korea’s largest seller of books, has announced the retail availability of the world’s first e-reader to include mirasol® display technology. The touch enabled Kyobo e-Reader features a 5.7″ XGA format (1024 x 768 pixels) mirasol display (screen resolution of 223 ppi) and Qualcomm’s 1.0 GHz Snapdragon™ S2 class processor and runs a custom
Kyobo Colour eReader – Move over Kindle, Nook and Kobo! Read More