Kobo announced on their blog this morning that they’ve updated the Kobo Android app to add some new features and that the Kobo Wireless eReader is now selling from Futureshop. With over 130 retail stores, Futureshop is the largest consumer electronics retailer in Canada. They are selling the Kobo WiFi from stores and online. Right […]
Notion Ink Adam Pros and Cons – Quick Review
I’ve been using the Notion Ink Adam daily over the past 2 and a half weeks since I got it and I thought I’d write down a quick review of its pros and cons at this point in time. I decided to wait until Notion Ink releases the Honeycomb update for the Adam before doing […]
New Educational Kindle Active Content for Kids
Earlier today an email appeared in my inbox regarding a press release for a couple of new educational Kindle apps designed for kids, apparently the first of their kind released for the Kindle. The apps are from a company called Digi Ronin Games. There’s Flash Cards: Basic Math for Kids and Flash Cards: Fractions for […]
The iRiver Story WiFi and iRiver Touch on Sale for £99
The UK is starting to get their fair share of budget ereaders. WHSmith has the iRiver Story WiFi on sale for £99.99, marked down from £199, and Waterstones has the iRiver Touchscreen eReader for £99.99 as well, marked down from £149.99. For comparisons sake, the Kobo WiFi is also selling for £99 from WHSmith and […]
New 7" Pandigital Tablet Released, No e-Reading App Included
In an effort to cause mass confusion, Pandigital has quietly released yet another variation of an Android tablet/ereader to go along with their two 9″ models, the white Novel, the black Novel, and the multi-colored versions, each with their own subtle differences, positives, and negatives. This new Pandigital Tablet looks a lot like the black […]
An E Ink eReader Running Android 2.1 – The Eliot EB-800C
I came across a very interesting E Ink ereader last week that runs Android 2.1. It’s called the Eliot EB-800C and is made by EliteGroup (ECS), an electronics company based in Taiwan. The Eliot EB-800C was shown off at CeBIT 2011. I was hoping more information and perhaps a video would surface on this particular […]
More Free eBooks for Kindle and Nook
Here’s another list of free ebooks from Amazon and Barnes and Noble. B&N’s and Amazon’s ebooks will work on their respective ereaders, partnered devices (like the Pandigital Novel for B&N), and free software applications for Android, iPad, PC, Mac, smartphones, etc. Like always, the majority of these free ebooks are free for a limited time […]
Read an E-Book Week – Free and Discounted eBooks Aplenty
Yesterday Read an E-Book Week kicked off with a number of publishers and authors offering thousands of free and discounted ebooks to help promote ebooks around the world. Read an E-Book Week was created in 2004 to help bring attention to ebooks and to educate and inform the public about the advantages of digital books. […]