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Reading Books on Your Blackberry - Ereader Apps

REP — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:00:55 +0000

Blackberry owners who would like the capability to read ebooks on their Blackberry device have at least a couple of options. Whether you regard the Blackberry as your preferred ereader, or as a useful alternative to other ereaders in your ebook reading device arsenal, there are apps and online services available to you. Mobipocket Reader [...]

Amazon Kindle Lauded at Qualcomm’s Digital Smart Services Leadership Summit

REP — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:07:47 +0000

From Knowledge@W. P. Carey comes a report that the Amazon Kindle was the “darling of the Smart Services Summit” recently hosted by Qualcomm in San Diego. First, the article defines “smart services” as a term that “covers the field also know as M2M, which means machine-to-machine communications to some or machine-to-man communications to others.” But [...]

Amazon Kindle: The Buzz Goes On

REP — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:22:59 +0000

The media buzz on the Amazon Kindle continues at mid-week, following a Citigroup analyst’s positive estimates of 2008 Kindle sales on Monday. The Top Stocks Blog over at MSN Money staked out somewhat of a contrarian position. Under the headline, “Amazon’s Kindle unlikely to set world on fire,” the blogger noted that although some think [...]

Amazon Kindle Sales Surpassing Expectations?

REP — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:52:46 +0000

The news media and the blogosphere are filled with Amazon Kindle buzz this week, stemming from the Monday comments of Citigroup analyst Mark Mahaney about the strength of Kindle sales in 2008. InternetNews.com reports that Citigroup described Amazon Kindle sales as surpassing expectations, “and could double a previous estimate for units sold this year.” Mahaney, the article [...]

Ereader Devices and the Traveler

REP — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:11:16 +0000

The potential usefulness of ebook reading devices for travelers has not escaped the attention of bloggers and journalists. For example, we’ve recently noted a review from a Sony Reader user who was about to take the Reader along for a week at the beach, another review about taking an Ectaco jetBook along on a [...]

Ectaco Jetbook User Review

REP — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:02:51 +0000

The blogger at Techusers.org recently gave the Ectaco Jetbook a thorough test when she took the Jetbook along on a cruise vacation. She gave good marks to the Jetbook’s built-in dictionary and the device screen: Dictionary: I love the dictionary included. All I have to do is press the menu button, then select [...]

Sony Reader vs Amazon Kindle

REP — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:30:55 +0000

Is the competition between the Sony Reader and Amazon Kindle ereader devices a repeat of the competition between the Sony Walkman and the Apple iPod? That’s the position staked out by Financial Times columnist John Gapper. Noting that Apple managed to integrate the iTunes store, and device hardware and software better than Sony, the article says [...]

How Do the Amazon Kindle and the iRex Iliad Match Up?

REP — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:01:12 +0000

SlashGear recently performed a side-by-side comparison of two ebook reading devices — the Amazon Kindle and the iRex Iliad. Their verdict? Go with the Amazon Kindle, “[b]ecause it’s cheaper and does what it says it will do. Granted, there’s great room for improvement here, but the extended battery life and seamless use with Amazon.com make [...]

Amazon Kindle - Sony Reader Comparison

REP — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:02:08 +0000

A recent post at Blog Shop Review states a preference for the Amazon Kindle over the Sony Reader. I have owned the first generation Sony Reader since last December, and read over twenty books on it, and just recently purchased the Kindle. While the Kindle is not perfect, it is superior to the Sony Reader in [...]

Time: Amazon Kindle is a ‘Gotta Have’ Travel Gadget

REP — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:41:02 +0000

The Amazon Kindle ebook reader is Number 9 on the Time.com list of 25 Gotta Have Travel Gadgets. Amazon’s first-generation e-book reader certainly needs improvement — the page-turn buttons are awkwardly placed, among other things — but anyone who likes to read on the road should consider it an essential companion. That’s because you can take [...]

Bookz Text Reader App for iPhone Gets a Thumbs Up

REP — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:25:42 +0000

Manybooks.net recently had good things to say about the Bookz text reader application for the iPhone. First of all, Manybooks.net noted, the Bookz app is simple to use — download text files from the Web, and read the files on your phone. Furthermore, “[t]he interface is clean and responsive, and the preferences are accessible, and [...]

eReader Update Available for iPhone and iPod Touch

REP — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:18:10 +0000

eReader.com has announced that the eReader 1.1 release is now available for iPhone and iPod Touch users. With the release of the 1.1 version of eReader, iPhone and iPod Touch users are not limited to downloading materials from eReader.com and Fictionwise.com. Version 1.1 incorporates the capability to download PDB files from other web sites. Other new features [...]

e-News - Flexible Display Newspaper Concept, and Trial Project

REP — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:33:38 +0000

A flexible display newspaper concept from the UK and an e-news trial project in Germany are in the news this week. From the UK, Electricpig reports on a flexible display concept: The electronic e-reader concept by Mayo Nissen could be how the national newspapers win back their receding readership in 2015. The day’s news scrolls across the [...]

Watch Plastic Logic Flexible Display Demo

REP — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:07:41 +0000

This video demo from Plastic Logic demonstrates their use of flexible display technology. Note that the information on the display continues to refresh while the flexibility of the device is demonstrated. Related Post: Plastic Logic Plans for Flexible Display Device addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fereadercentral.com%2F2008%2F08%2F05%2Fwatch-plastic-logic-flexible-display-demo%2F'; addthis_title = 'Watch+Plastic+Logic+Flexible+Display+Demo'; addthis_pub [...]

Phones with e-Ink Display Set for Japan Launch

REP — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:18:28 +0000

TechRadar reports that two phones incorporating e-Ink displays are set for launch in Japan by Hitachi and Casio. The Hitachi W61H will use the ‘Silhouette’ display when it launches in Japan in a design which mimics that of a perfume bottle (so not hard to work out the demographic they’re going for there.) The Casio G’zOne range [...]