Today Kobo unveiled a new ereader, the Kobo Touch Edition. As the name would imply, this one has a touchscreen, as well as some other upgrades over the previous model, the Kobo WiFi. What’s great about the new Kobo Touch is that is uses Neonode’s zForce technology, the same touchscreen technology that the Sony Readers […]
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The Entourage Edge Store has Closed, the Edge is Gone
Sad news for owners of the Entourage Edge. As of May 21st, Entourage Systems has closed the doors on the Entourage Edge store, according to a note on Entourage’s homepage. This doesn’t come as much of a surprise given the fact that the Entourage Pocket Edge has been deeply discounted of late, and the fact […]
Amazon Now Sells More Kindle Books Than Paper Books
For anyone who doubted the proliferation of ebooks, Amazon issued a press release yesterday announcing that they now sell 105 Kindle ebooks for every 100 hardcover and paperback books. This took just 3.5 years for Amazon to achieve, even with most publishers fighting the transition to ebooks every step of the way. What’s more impressive […]
Google eBooks Web Reader Gets Dictionary, Translate, and Search
Google announced today the addition of some new features to the Google eBooks Web Reader, which works with any modern web browser for reading Google eBooks online. Users can now double-click a word within the Web Reader to look-up the word in the dictionary, translate it, and run searches within the book, on Google, or […]
HP TouchPad Release Upcoming, the First webOS Tablet (Video)
There’s a new type of tablet getting set to release, the HP TouchPad. A description page for it appeared this morning on Best Buy, suggesting its release is drawing nigh. What makes the TouchPad unique is that it brings a new multitasking operating system to tablets called HP webOS. Similar to the BlackBerry PlayBook, the […]
New $114 Kindle #1 Best Seller on Amazon
According to Amazon’s electronics bestseller list, the new ad-supported $114 Kindle is a big hit, ranking #1 overall, placing it above the Kindle WiFi at #2 and the Kindle 3G at #3. The Kindle DX is #11 on the list. It is surprising that Amazon’s new ad-supported Kindle ranks at the top of the list […]
Buyers Beware: Notion Ink Not Honoring Warranty
I hate to have to call out a company for being liars and cheats, but unfortunately Notion Ink has given me no choice. I ordered a Pixel Qi 3G+WiFi Adam way back on December 9th when Notion Ink first started taking pre-orders. After several delays, my Notion Ink Adam finally arrived on February 22nd.
The Nook 2 is Coming May 24th, a New eReader From Barnes and Noble
We’ve all been wondering when Barnes and Noble would finally update their original E Ink Nook—it’s been out nearly 18 months now; that’s pretty long by electronics standards—and now it looks like a new Nook, let’s dub it the Nook 2, will launch on May 24th. This news comes via a federal filing that Barnes […]