Bookeen, a well-established European ereader company based in France, announced a new ebook reader this week, the Cybook Odyssey. What makes the Cybook Odyssey unique is the fact that it is the first ereader equipped with Bookeen’s new High Speed Ink System technology, HSIS for short.
Sony Reader PRS-T1 Review and PDF Review
Here’s the link to the Sony Reader PRS-T1 review. I was finally able to get it wrapped up today. The review ended up being way too long for one page so the PDF review and video are located on the second page, along with information about the web browser and audio player. I plan on […]
Lenovo IdeaPad A1 Tablet vs Kindle Fire and Nook Color
The Lenovo IdeaPad A1 just went up for pre-order a couple days ago starting at $199 from Lenovo’s website. Given the price and specs, the Lenovo IdeaPad A1 just might be a better tablet to go with than the Kindle Fire, and it is a better tablet than the Nook Color, at least on paper.
Nook Touch Now $99 Certified Pre-Owned
Shaving $13 off of the refurbished Nook Touch is hardly news, but the fact that it just happens to hit the magical psychological price of $99 warrants a mention. That’s right. The Nook Touch is marked down to $99 with free shipping on B&N.com and on Barnes and Noble’s eBay store. The Nook Touch sells […]
Kindle 4 and Kindle Store Arrive in France at Amazon.fr
It turns out the Kindle coming to France rumor was true. Spot on, in fact. Today Amazon launched the French Kindle Store, complete with a localized version of the Kindle 4 for €99, 35,000 French-language books, hundreds of graphic novels, over 4,000 free classic ebooks, and 825,000 ebooks in English and other languages.
Google eBooks Launches in the UK, It’s About Bloody Time
Good news for ebook readers in the UK, Google announced yesterday that they’ve expanded their ebook store to the United Kingdom, making available several hundred thousand ebooks from major UK publishers like Random House, Hachette, and Penguin, not to mention Google’s two million free public domain ebooks. Google uses EPUB and PDF for their ebooks, […]
Kindle 4 Review
Kindle 4 Review » Pros Lowest priced E Ink ebook reader Solid build quality, nice design, good ergonomics Fast page turns, partial page refresh setting Set device language, dictionaries Access to Amazon’s large library of ebooks and periodicals, plus free library ebooks now too Cons No audio support means no music, audiobooks, or text-to-speech Lots […]
How To Remove Ads From Kindle 4 with Special Offers
So it turns out that getting rid of the advertisements and special offers on the Kindle 4 is as easy as giving Amazon $30. That’s right. If you happened to purchase a Kindle 4 with Special Offers for $79, you can pay the difference for the non-ad version, which is $109, after the fact if […]