The Asus Eee Note EA800 isn’t your run of the mill ebook reader. This clever device is designed for note-taking and sketching as well as ebook reading. It has an 8-inch anti-glare glass screen with 64 levels of gray and 768 x 1024 resolution. The touchscreen is equipped with an ultra-sensitive Wacom digitizer for capturing […]
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New Nook Firmware v1.5 Update Released
It’s finally here. The promised Nook firmware updated. B&N released it yesterday. This applies to the Nook Classic, of course, not the new Nook Color. This update adds some new features to the Nook Classic and fixes some persisting bugs. The update and instructions on how to install the update can be found here on […]
Sony Reader for Android and iPhone Apps Coming in December
This month’s newsletter from Sony reveals new Sony Reader apps for iPhone and Android that are set to be released in December. Sony has also added a new Mobile Apps link to their Reader Store. The Reader apps grant access to the Sony eBook Store for purchasing ebooks and for downloading and reading Sony’s ebooks […]
Barnes & Noble Launches NOOKbooks en español
Barnes and Noble announced an expansion to their ebook library today, launching the first dedicated Spanish language ebookstore in the United States. Here’s the full press release for more details:
Copia’s eBook Social Network Goes Live; Copia eReaders Scrapped
It’s finally happened. They’ve been talking about it all year long, giving numerous release dates that pass by without a word, advertising several ereaders and then changing to different ereaders halfway through the year, marketing a $99 color ereader on several major websites and then disappearing from sight.
Fujitsu FLEPia Lite – A Color eReader (Video)
Fujitsu was the first company to build and sell an ereader with a color epaper display, called with the FLEPia. It was introduced back in 2007 and started selling in Japan in 2009. Now Fujitsu has a new updated prototype of the FLEPia called the FLEPia Lite, which uses a cholesteric LCD display that Fujitsu […]
NOOKColor Now Shipping, Gets Reviewed by Mainstream Media (Videos)
Barnes and Noble issued a press release today announcing that the Nook Color is now shipping. Initially they had said it would start shipping this Friday the 19th, but it looks like everything has gone smoothly thus far (last year’s Nook launch was a disaster).
The BeBook Neo and BeBook Club Selling from eBookMall
BeBook is a brand of ebook reader out of the Netherlands that isn’t very well known in the United States. They sell rebranded versions of ereaders from China. BeBook’s latest ebook reader is the BeBook Club, a basic, low-cost device with a minimum of features. The BeBook Neo on the other hand is loaded with […]