Yesterday Amazon unveiled a new Kindle Paperwhite with a 300 ppi E Ink screen. It’s a little out of character for Amazon to release a new Kindle this early in the year but not unprecedented. Besides, the Paperwhite 3 is just getting an upgraded screen, (and double the RAM, according to reports) so it’s not […]
eBook Readers
Amazon Introduces New Kindle Paperwhite with 300 ppi Display
Amazon has just announced the upcoming release of an upgraded Kindle Paperwhite that features a 300 ppi E Ink screen. The new Kindle Paperwhite is up for pre-order at Amazon. The official released date for the new device is June 30th. What’s especially nice about the upgrade is that Amazon is still using the old […]
Video of Netronix 13.3″ eReader and Notepad
Netronix is demoing their 13.3-inch E Ink ereader and notepad at Computex 2015. We first saw Netronix’s new ereader back in January at CES. It’s one of just a few devices to use a 13.3-inch Mobius screen, which has a resolution of 1600 x 1200. Unlike most E Ink screens, this one is plastic-based, so […]
New Boyue Shine Android eReader Coming Soon
Yesterday when I posted about the new inkBook Onyx ereader that Arta Tech has just released, I initially thought it was made by Onyx since it has Onyx in the name and is being sold by Onyx’s authorized retailer, but the device is in fact made by Boyue. The inkBook looks like the Boyue T61 […]
New inkBook eReader Released with Carta Screen and Android 4.2
Today Arta Tech announced the released of a new ebook reader available on Onyx-Boox.com called the inkBook. It’s available to order for 124 euros. The inkBook is a 6-inch ebook reader with an E Ink Carta display, a capacitive touchscreen with multitouch support, a frontlight, it has physical buttons on each side of the screen, […]
Kobo Glo HD Memory Upgrade How to Tutorial (Video)
The Kobo Glo HD has a number of good things going for it with the high resolution 300 ppi E Ink screen and the evenly distributed frontlight, but one thing it doesn’t have is a memory card slot, which is a problem for people with large ebook libraries. Luckily there’s a fix. Like other Kobo […]
First Look at New 9.7-inch Onyx Boox N96 eReader
It looks like Onyx is getting set to release a new ebook reader or two, and maybe a new E Ink phone, soon. The folks at Onyx posted some pictures of the Onyx International booth at the Taipei Electronics Show for 2015. It looks like they have a number of different devices on display, and […]
Firmware Update 3.16 Released for Kobo Glo HD and Kobo Touch
Kobo has started rolling out a new software update, version 3.16.0. Unlike most updates, this one is only being issued to a couple of models, the new Glo HD and the old Kobo Touch. Like usual, the update adds a couple of new features and fixes a few bugs (and hopefully doesn’t add new ones). […]