Now that the new Sony Readers were officially announced a couple of days ago, more details about the technology used for the touchscreens are coming out, along with the user manuals and videos for both the PRS-350 and PRS-650. If you missed the details about the new Sony Readers, the big news is that they […]
3 New Sony Readers Announced
Details of Sony’s new line of ebook readers are starting to roll in. Sony unveiled 3 new ereaders on September 1st, all upgrades of the current Sony Touch, Pocket, and Daily Editions. The big news about these new Sony Readers is that they all have touchscreens and all use the new Pearl displays from E […]
Kindle 3 PDF Review and Video Review
Wondering how the new Kindle 3 handles various types of PDF files? Well, you’re in luck. I just finished up the Kindle 3 PDF review, so take a look. There’s several huge pictures and a video too. In fact, here’s the Kindle 3 PDF video in case you have trouble loading the review page because […]
Borders Lowers Prices of eReaders
In a much anticipated move, Borders has lowered the price of the Kobo Reader down to $129, cutting $20 off the price so that it is now $10 cheaper than the Kindle 3 WiFi. Borders also cut the price of the Aluratek Libre by $20, making it just $99. These new prices will go into […]
Staples to Sell Amazon Kindles Later This Fall
Today Staples announced that they will begin selling Amazon’s line of Kindle ebook readers and Kindle accessories at all of their 1550+ retail locations in the US later this fall. Staples already sells the Aluratek Libre and they used to sell the Sony Readers, but currently only list Sony Reader accessories now that Sony is […]
New Kindle 3 Video Review
I went ahead and did a second Kindle 3 video review because the first one using the Kindle’s text to speech feature as a narrator didn’t turn out as well as I’d hoped. I had to use a second Kindle to read the text document that I had typed and the sound quality didn’t turn […]
Kindle 3 Shortcuts, Hot Keys, and Hidden Features
For whatever reason, Amazon doesn’t mention most of these Kindle 3 shortcuts and keyboard hot keys in the Kindle user guide. The coolest hidden feature is the screenshot. The files get saved to the Kindle in .PNG format. Just plug the Kindle 3 in to your computer with the USB cable and open up the […]
Hands-on Kindle 3 Review and Video Review
Just finished up the first stage of the Kindle 3 review. Here’s the link to the full Kindle WiFi review and video review, but you might want to start with this shorter Kindle 3 review for an overview of all its features and a list of weaknesses. The video review is a bit . . […]