The first dualscreen ebook reader laptop hybrid, aka the Entourage Edge, has reached the windmill-swept plains of the Netherlands. The most surprising news of this is the €599 starting price for midnight blue model, and €639 for the black, white, red, and ice blue models. The latter price converts to about $800 USD! In the […]
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Samsung E-6 Removed From JR.com, US Release Doubtful
As noted in the previous post about the Samsung E-60 being available in France, Korea, and the Netherlands, I had sent an email to JR.com inquiring about the US version of the Samsung ebook reader, the E-6, that has been listed for pre-order on their website for several months. Yesterday I received two emails from […]
New iRiver Story With WiFi Coming to the UK
Buried at the bottom of pages and pages of news articles about the launch of the Borders ebook store, there’s one single article with a press release that reveals an interesting story. As it turns out, there’s a new iRiver Story with WiFi coming to the UK “soon”. It will sell from WHSmith and will […]
The Borders eBook Store is Now Open – Why?
News sources all over the web are asizzle with the monumental news story that the Borders ebook store, powered by Kobo, is now live and open for business. Additionally, Borders released Android and Blackberry apps to complement their apps for the iPad, iPhone, iPod, plus PC and Mac computers. Wait. Hold on one second. What? […]
An Interesting Twist in the Amazon vs Barnes and Noble Saga
Price wars between Amazon and Barnes and Noble are one thing, but now it’s really going to get interesting. Amazon was just granted a patent that was filed in 2006 for ebook readers with a secondary LCD display. Yeah. You read that correctly. Amazon holds the patent for the design of ebook readers like the […]
Some News About the New Kobo Reader Firmware Update
Kobo announced on their blog this morning that the first phase of upgrades for Canadian Kobo Reader owners has gone well so far, and that the update will automatically be rolling out this week for everyone else in the US, Australia, and New Zealand. If you own a Kobo eReader, at some point during the […]
The Samsung E-60 Comes to France
After being available in Korea for the past 5 months, the Samsung E-60 ebook reader is now coming to France. In Korea, the Samsung E-60 sells from Kyobo for 349,000 Won, which converts to about $285 USD. And now, a French website, Actualitte, is reporting that the Samsung E-60 is coming to 228 Carrefour retail […]
The eBook Reader Blog Week in Review – June 28th to July 4th
This Week’s Top Posts New Kindle DX with Better Contrast and Lower Price – Amazon continued to dominate the news this week by introducing the new graphite Kindle DX for $379 that will be released on Wednesday. What’s more, the new Kindle DX is the first ebook reader to use new higher-contrast screens just announced […]