Yesterday I posted some first impressions of the Kobo Aura One, and by far the most impressive thing about it is the larger screen. I and many others have been hoping for a larger Kindle for the past few years and it never happens. Luckily Kobo isn’t afraid to change things up a bit. I […]
eBook Readers
New Airbook City LED eReader with Frontlight and Audio for $90
There’s a new ebook reader available on Amazon through a third-party seller called Airon, a Ukrainian company. The new ereader is the Airbook City LED. It’s another budget model that only costs $90 with free shipping. It has a 6-inch E Ink screen with a frontlight, audio support, and memory card slot. It’s very similar […]
Will Amazon Release a New Kindle This Fall?
Since 2009 when Amazon introduced the second generation Kindle they have released a new model each fall just in time for the busy holiday shopping season. Until last year when they finally broke that cycle. A lot of people kept waiting for a new Kindle to get announced, especially a Kindle Voyage 2, but it […]
New Kobo Aura One and Kobo Aura 2 Now Available to Order
Kobo’s two new ebook readers for 2016, the 7.8-inch Kobo Aura One and 6-inch Kobo Aura 2, are now available to pre-order from Kobo.com and Chapters.Indigo (links below). Currently they aren’t showing any ship dates but both devices are officially supposed to get released on September 6th. At first Indigo was showing them as “in […]
8-inch E Ink eBook Readers Comparison List
With the upcoming release of the new Kobo Aura One, I thought it would be interesting to post a roundup of all the 8-inch E Ink ebook readers that are currently available on the market. There aren’t very many options, however. A couple are the same device with different names, and others like the PocketBook […]
New 6-inch Kobo Aura 2 Getting Released in September
In addition to the 7.8-inch Kobo Aura One that Kobo announced today, they also have a new 6-inch Kobo Aura that’s getting released at the same time. Like the Aura One, it will go up for pre-order starting August 30th and will be released on September 6th, according to the press release. The new 6-inch […]
Kobo Aura One Officially Revealed, Sells for $229
Kobo pulled the veil off their latest ebook reader today, the much-anticipated 7.8-inch Kobo Aura One. It won’t get released until September 6th but pre-orders start on August 30th (kind of a weird way to announce the release a new product—make people wait 2 weeks before they can order it). Nevertheless, the Kobo Aura One […]
New PocketBook InkPad 2 with 8-inch E Ink Screen Released
PocketBook, the ebook reader company most people have never heard of, has released a new 8-inch ebook reader called the PocketBook InkPad 2, the e-reader for successful people (according to the press release). It’s an updated version of the previous InkPad, of course. The new model has an improved screen, a lighter design, and physical […]