Back in August iRiver released their first touchscreen ebook reader exclusively in Korea called the iRiver Cover Story. Fast-forward a couple of months and now the iRiver touchscreen ereader is selling from Waterstones in the UK for a competitive £149, about £50 less than the new Sony Touch. The description page over at Waterstones lacks […]
eBook Readers
Asus TZ-900 Released in Taiwan (video), DR-900 Coming Soon
Earlier this year Asus unveiled the DR-900, a 9-inch ebook reader that features a SiPix touchscreen display. Since then the DR-900 has fallen off into obscurity as Asus has been rather vague on the details and release date. But now a variation of the DR-900 has been released in Taiwan under the name TZ-900.
Kobo WiFi: Kobo’s Wireless eReader Now Shipping
After being up for pre-order for about 3 weeks, the new Kobo WiFi eReader is now shipping to the United States and Canada. The Kobo WiFi is Kobo’s second generation ereader. It looks a lot like the old model, but comes with WiFi for a direct connection to ebook shopping from the Kobo ebook store. […]
The New Pandigital Novel Personal eReader
Pandigital has just announced a new ebook reader that will go on sale later this month, the Pandigital Novel Personal eReader (as opposed to all the non-personal ones). Unlike Pandigital’s two other ereaders that have color LCD displays, this new one has a monochrome epaper screen like the Kindle and Sony. The difference, however, is […]
The Elonex 500EB 5″ Color eReader
Elonex is a UK electronics company that has had a few different ereaders on the market over the past 2 years, and they just released another one, the Elonex 500EB, a color ereader and multimedia player rolled into one. Selling from Waterstones for £99, the Elonex 500EB has a 5-inch TFT LCD display with an […]
Energy Sistem’s Color Multimedia eBook Readers, 1052, 1054, 1058
Energy Sistem, a small electronics company based in Spain, has some new color multi-purpose ebook readers, 2 of which are available now, and 2 more getting set to be released in November. All four units are very similar. There are red and blue models that both have 2GB of internal memory, a white model that […]
Blio eReader Review and Toshiba Book Place Too
There’s a new ebook reading platform called Blio for Windows computers and tablets, with apps for iOS, Android, and Silverlight platforms coming soon. With Blio you can read ebooks, purchase ebooks from Blio’s new store, and download free ebooks from Google and Feedbooks (although this last feature currently is not working, but does work for […]
The Kobo eReader Gets WiFi, Other Upgrades
Kobo announced this morning on their blog that they are now taking pre-orders for a new updated Kobo eReader with WiFi. The new Kobo eReader looks identical to the last, with the exception that there are now three color varieties, onyx, and white with a silver or lilac back. Aside from the WiFi, the new […]