So the big news this week is that Barnes and Noble has sent out media invites for an event on Tuesday, October 26th in New York to make an announcement. Seeing as how it’s been almost 1 year to the day the original Nook was revealed, Barnes and Noble is expected to unveil a new […]
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The Elonex 500EB 5″ Color eReader
Elonex is a UK electronics company that has had a few different ereaders on the market over the past 2 years, and they just released another one, the Elonex 500EB, a color ereader and multimedia player rolled into one. Selling from Waterstones for £99, the Elonex 500EB has a 5-inch TFT LCD display with an […]
Samsung Galaxy Tab Specs, Pricing, Videos, and Release Dates
The first major competitor to the Apple iPad has arrived in the form of the Samsung Galaxy Tab, a 7-inch Android-powered tablet and ereader that can browse the web in all its Flash-enabled glory, play 1080p HD movies and 3D games, video chat with its front and rear facing cameras, and download and read ebooks […]
Energy Sistem’s Color Multimedia eBook Readers, 1052, 1054, 1058
Energy Sistem, a small electronics company based in Spain, has some new color multi-purpose ebook readers, 2 of which are available now, and 2 more getting set to be released in November. All four units are very similar. There are red and blue models that both have 2GB of internal memory, a white model that […]
The Skytex Primer 7″ Color eBook Reader
Another day and another color ereader is announced. This one is from a company called Skytex that makes netbooks, tablet computers, and portable media players. The Skytex Primer is a 7″ color ebook reader and portable media player that is expected to sell for $99 when it is released in October. It has a widescreen […]
The Literati by Sharper Image – Yet Another Color eReader
There’s an article over at the New York Times today about another new color ereader, the Literati by Sharper Image. The Literati eReader has a 7-inch color TFT display with an aspect ratio of 800 x 480—an odd choice for something designed for reading and not video playback. It looks a lot like the Augen […]
E Ink Says Color Displays on the Way (Yet Again) This Time With Touchscreens
There’s an article over at Digitimes about E Ink, the company behind the display technology used in most ebook readers today, sampling out two new color touchscreen electrophoretic displays to their vendors. One of the new displays uses a capacitive touchscreen similar to those used on some cellphones and the Apple iPad, and the other […]
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 […]