Last month I posted about a new ebook reader from Onyx called the i62HD Firefly. It is a 6-inch ebook reader with a 1024 x 758 HD E Ink screen and a built-in frontlight similar to the Kindle Paperwhite and Kobo Glo. Onyx’s ereaders go by different names in different parts of the world. Yesterday […]
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Amazon Quietly Discontinues the Kindle DX
About a week ago I posted about how Amazon had cut the price of the Kindle DX from $379 to $299. As expected it was indeed a final sale to eliminate stock, because the Kindle DX is no longer available for purchase from Amazon; it’s only being sold used through third party merchants. Even more […]
Kindle Paperwhite vs Basic $69 Kindle Comparison Review (Video)
Introduced on September 6th of this year, the Kindle Paperwhite and basic $69 Kindle are Amazon’s fifth generation of Kindle devices. The basic $69 Kindle is pretty much exactly the same as the Kindle 4 from last year, but the Kindle Paperwhite marks the biggest change to the Kindle E Ink ereaders since their inception […]
Kindle Paperwhite and Kindle Lending Library Headed to Europe
Up until now the Kindle Paperwhite and Kindle Owner’s Lending Library have been restricted to the United States only. But that’s about to change. Yesterday Amazon started taking pre-orders for the new Kindle Paperwhite from regional Amazon websites in Europe, including the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain, and Germany. Here are the links to each […]
Amazon Adds Disclaimer About Kindle Paperwhite’s Uneven Lighting and Other Limitations
Here’s an interesting twist to the Kindle Paperwhite saga. Amazon has added a “We want you to know…” section to the Kindle Paperwhite’s product description page that links to a separate disclaimer page explaining “certain limitations” that Amazon wants you to know about. The three topics discussed include the lack of audio support and text-to-speech […]
Rooting Package for Sony Reader PRS-T2 Now Available
A couple of weeks ago I penned an article about how it didn’t look like the Sony PRS-T2 would get hacked to run Android apps anytime soon. Luckily, a lot can change in two weeks. The savvy developers, especially Boroda, over at MobileRead and The eBook have successfully managed to unlock the Sony PRS-T2 and […]
Txtr Beagle eBook Reader Aims to Become Cell Phone Accessory for 10 Euros ($13)
Txtr, a German ebook company, has come up with an innovative premise to get ebook readers into the hands of cell phone users by offering a really cheap and basic ebook reader subsidized by wireless carriers. It is called the txtr beagle and is one of the world’s smallest, lightest, and feature-deficient ebook readers. The […]
Bookeen Launching New Cybook Odyssey HD eBook Reader with Frontlight
The year of the lighted ebook reader is in full swing, so it comes as no big surprise that one of the oldest ebook reader companies, Bookeen, just announced the frontlight-equipped Cybook Odyssey HD that is coming to Europe in November. As the name suggests, the Cybook Odyssey HD uses the higher resolution 6-inch 758 […]