Pandigital officially announced today a new black Pandigital Novel that has some upgrades in features over the white model that I reviewed a couple of months ago. The new Pandigital Novel is expected to hit stores next month for the suggested retail price of $199. Like the white version, this one ties in with Barnes […]
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Entourage Edge Now Selling From Best Buy and Other Resellers
Just happened to notice that the Entourage Edge, the first foldable device to have both E Ink and LCD touchscreens, is now selling online from Best Buy along with some other retailers. In fact, the Entourage Edge website now refers all orders to their resellers, even though they still sell accessories. Interestingly, the price is […]
New Barnes and Noble Nook Reading Apps
Barnes and Noble released a new Nook app for iPhone today and upgraded the iPad app. They also updated the PC app to carry the new Nook brand instead of the older eReader brand. I tested the new Nook for PC app and compared it to the old eReader app and the results were not […]
The Copia Tablet and 4 New eReaders from Copia: Specs, Pricing, and Pics
There’s going to be a lot of news about the new Copia eReaders, the Copia Tablet, and the Copia Marketplace in the coming weeks and months, so let’s get things started with a first look at the preliminary specs and prices on the 5 new devices set to launch this fall. The folks at Copia […]
GooReader Review – An App for Google Books
The GooReader application for Windows was announced today. It allows you to search, download, and read books and magazines available on Google Books in yet another app that tries to look like a virtual bookshelf. There are two versions of the app, a free version and a paid version if you are insane enough to […]
New Sony Reader PRS-350 and Sony PRS-650 Coming Very Soon
Over at SonyInsider, there’s an interesting article about two new Sony Readers set to launch soon, the PRS-350 and the PRS-650. Both are upgraded versions of the current 5 and 6-inch models. Given Sony’s history of releasing new ereaders at this time of year, expect an official announcement within the next few weeks. According to […]
E Ink Says Color Displays on the Way (Yet Again) This Time With Touchscreens
There’s an article over at Digitimes about E Ink, the company behind the display technology used in most ebook readers today, sampling out two new color touchscreen electrophoretic displays to their vendors. One of the new displays uses a capacitive touchscreen similar to those used on some cellphones and the Apple iPad, and the other […]
Plastic Logic Moving to Russia?
According to an article on the Financial Times, Plastic Logic is looking for funding and are in advanced talks with a Russian state-owned company called Rusnano. Rusnano is a nanotechnology corporation that, if the deal goes through, would get control of the UK-based company and require it to move its production facility for the next […]