Back on January 7th at the Consumer Electronics Show, Plastic Logic revealed the Que proReader, a large, business-oriented E Ink device. The Que was initially slated to release in mid April, and they were even taking pre-order on the QUE proReader website. Then on March 11th people who pre-ordered a QUE received an email from […]
Interesting Results on a Notion Ink Adam Poll
Everyone in tablet-land is waiting for a new device that can take on the iPad, something that supports Adobe Flash and isn’t hampered by Apple’s proprietary closed-in software. One of the main contenders for this onerous task, according to main-stream-media, is Notion Ink, a startup company based in India. Notion Ink’s device is called the […]
Video Interview with E Ink Vice President of Marketing
ARMdevices.net has posted a 17 minute video interview with the vice president of marketing at E Ink, Sriram Peruvemba. E Ink displays are used in virtually all the current dedicated ebook readers on the market, with the exception of a few that have LCD screens and new SiPix screens. The Kindle, Nook, Sony Readers, Kobo […]
$189 Kindle 2 vs Nook 3G and Nook WiFi – Pros and Cons
With the introduction of the new Nook Wi-Fi and subsequent price-drops of the Nook 3G and Kindle 2, choosing the best device of the three can be a difficult decision. So which one is the best ereader to choose? Well, the good news is that you really can’t go wrong with any of them at […]
Limited Edition Sony Pocket Bundle
SonyStyle is offering a new bundle for the Reader Pocket Edition to promote the upcoming Sony Pictures movie, Eat, Pray, and Love—starring Julia Roberts. The movie comes out August 13th. Here’s the trailer. The bundle package comes with a silver Sony Pocket Edition, a special Eat, Pray, Love-themed cover, and a code to download the […]
Firmware Updates for Cybook Opus and Cybook Gen3
Yesterday Bookeen released new firmware updates for the Cybook Opus, which comes in several different colors now, and the Cybook Gen3. As usual with Bookeen’s ereaders, there two versions of firmware available, one for Adobe DRM ebooks and one for Mobipocket DRM ebooks (Mobipocket doesn’t allow Adobe support in conjunction with Mobi on a single […]
UK eBook Reader Sales and Deals
With all the recent ebook reader price-cuts in the United States and Canada, people in the UK are feeling a little left out, especially considering the constant fact that ebook readers are always more expensive in Europe compared to prices in the US. Compound regional restrictions for ebook rights on top of this, where ebook […]
Review and Video: PocketBook 301-Plus eBook Reader
Yaroslav Bondarenko from PocketBook Global’s US branch was nice enough to lend us a PocketBook 301+ to review. The 301 has been out for a couple of years, but was updated last summer. It has a plethora of advanced firmware features that belies its unassuming outward appearance. We’ll also be posting reviews of PocketBook’s newer […]