Liquavista is a new type of display technology that aims to rival LCD and E Ink displays by the end of this year. The technology requires very little power and is expected to be 25 – 30% cheaper than existing ereader displays. Liquavista issued two press releases today. The first is about their new 8.5″ […]
New Pandigital Color eReader Preview
Pandigital, known for their digital photo frames and printers, announced their newest creation, the Pandigital Novel, a 7-inch multipurpose ereader with an LCD touchscreen, Wi-Fi, and an Android operating system. The device will go on sale in June for $199 from major retailers like Sears, Staples, K-Mart, BJ’s and others. The biggest story about the […]
Kindle News: Asus, Android, Target, Firmware
Some Kindle news to report, Amazon has partnered with Asus to bring the Kindle for PC application pre-installed on the following models of netbooks and notebooks, with more coming soon, of course. Asus Eee PC: 1005PE-MU27- BK, 1005PE-MU27-BU, 1005PE-MU27-WT, 1005PE-MU27-PI. Asus UL Series: UL30A-X5K, UL30VT-X1K. Asus is one of the major brands for laptops. Having […]
Kobo eReader Availability Updates
Australia Kobo announced on their blog this week that Borders Australia will sell the Kobo eReader and launch an ebook store powered by Kobo that will include ebooks from Australian authors and publishers, among the 2 million titles Kobo boasts as their selection. The blog speaks in the future tense but it appears that the […]
Amazon’s New Free eBooks List
Taking a page from the Apple iBooks store, Amazon has finally created a separate list for the top 100 free ebooks so that they no longer clog up the top 100 Bestseller ebooks list. Take a look at the new layout for the Bestsellers in Kindle store lists. The top 100 free and paid lists […]
iRex DR-800 On Sale For $379
Best Buy.com has the iRex DR-800 marked down to $379 from the usual $399. It still says available online only, not sure why they haven’t gotten them in stores yet, considering it was released back in February.
Refurbished Sony Pocket $110 Today Only
The Sony PRS-300 is “Today’s Woot” at Woot.com. It’s refurbished and is selling for $109.99 plus $5 for shipping. New ones cost about $35 more on Amazon. Thanks to a reader for sending the tip. If you happen to notice any good deals please feel free to leave a comment on one of the posts […]
How to Win a Free Kobo eReader
Came across this on Twitter, Kobo is giving away 5 Kobo eReaders this week and 5 more next week (May 18th-31st). All you have to do is buy an ebook from the Kobo ebook store to be entered in the contest. Actually, I skimmed over the rules and you don’t even have to buy an […]