I’ve heard some suggestions that our extreme fascination with Google Glass is more a symptom of desperation for some kind of genuine gadget innovation than anything to do with the product’s merits, and a new gadget from Sony (via The Verge) has me wondering whether or not other companies are flailing about for something novel. Sony introduced a new 13.3-inch e-ink prototype reader device today, which seems new but also remarkably old and washed up all at once.
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Sony’s Got A 13.3-Inch E-Reader With Pen Input, Which Is Sort Of Like A Dodo With Antlers
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Amazon Is Undermining the E-Reader Market It Created
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on December 19, 2012
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Does it still make sense to buy an e-reader?
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on December 10, 2012
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With tablet prices dipping lower and lower, there’s an argument to be made that the e-reader’s days are numbered. Should they be? [Read more]
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Nook Simple Touch e-reader drops to $79
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on December 9, 2012
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Barnes & Noble reduces the cost of its e-ink device with the holiday shopping season in full swing. [Read more]
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Nook Simple Touch e-reader drops to $80
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on December 8, 2012
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Barnes & Noble reduces the cost of its e-ink device with the holiday shopping season in full swing. [Read more]
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Kobo Mini review: does the world need a small e-reader?
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on November 6, 2012
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While tablet and smartphone manufacturers battled it out over screen sizes, e-reader makers seem to have settled on an industry standard of 6-inch displays. It’s a trend that Kobo, at least, is trying to buck. The company is supplementing its flagship device with a smaller model, the $ 79 Kobo Mini, which has a more diminutive 5-inch screen, and weighs less, to boot. But how much of a difference does an inch really make? Is smaller necessarily better on an e-reading device? And with so many options for consuming e-books, does the world really need a different, slightly altered form factor? We’ll tackle all of these burning questions and more after the break.
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Nook GlowLight e-reader price drops to $119
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on September 29, 2012
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Just ahead of Amazon shipping out its highly anticipated Kindle Paperwhite, the Nook GlowLight gets a price chop. [Read more]
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Barnes & Noble drops price of Nook GlowLight e-reader to $119
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Just ahead of Amazon shipping out its highly anticipated Kindle Paperwhite, the Nook GlowLight gets a price chop. [Read more]
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Sony PRS-T2 eReader finally official for $129.99
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on August 16, 2012
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We’ve seen it leak out a couple of times, but Sony’s next eReader is finally upon us. Those looking for something revolutionary won’t find it here, but Sony has made little tweaks here and there that should make your reading experience somewhat more pleasant. You’re still looking at the same 6-inch screen, with the E-Ink
Sony PRS-T2 eReader appears on J&R for $129.99
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Kobo updates Touch eReader software and Desktop app, heads to Italy this fall
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on July 12, 2012
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Kobo’s clearly been focused on important stuff like being bought by Rakuten and launching in Japan as of late, but the e-reader manufacturer’s got a few bits to announce this week. At the top of the list is a software upgrade for its neglected Touch eReader, which brings a new wish list feature, so you can set aside titles for future purchase. A newly redesigned home screen promises to streamline things a bit and the Bookshelf feature has gotten a bit more customizable, letting you organize selections by genre, author and interest. The Kobo Desktop app, meanwhile, has gotten some tweaks to its profile quiz, to better help the company recommend books to suit your taste.
The company also announced that it’ll be bringing the Touch eReader to Italy, courtesy of the Mondadori Group. At launch, 30,000 titles will be available in Italian. Italian e-reading enthusiasts will be able to snap up the Nook / Kindle competitor for €99 in the fall.
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Sony PRS-T2 eReader spotted at FCC
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It’s been awhile since Sony released its last eReader, but a new arrival at the FCC may signal the company’s return to the family of devices. The PRS-T2 eReader appeared in the FCC database on Sunday night, although there isn’t anything terribly exciting to go off from the image as most of the information is restricted
Report: Amazon planning front-lit Kindle e-reader for July, new tablet later this year
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on May 14, 2012
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Certainly it’s no great shocker that Amazon’s got plans for a new e-reader and tablet later this year. Nor should anyone be particularly surprised at the prospect of a front-lit reader from the retail giant set to compete directly with the latest Nook offering. Reuters, however, claims to have some insight into both, courtesy of an anonymous source. Apparently the aforementioned reader is set for a July launch, arriving in the customary Wifi and 3G varieties. The tablet, meanwhile, is set for a release “closer to the holiday season,” according to the source. Amazon, E Ink and the like naturally refused to comment on the matter.
Report: Amazon planning front-lit Kindle e-reader for July, new tablet later this year originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 14 May 2012 15:49:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Nook Simple Touch e-reader drops to $79 if you use MasterCard
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on March 15, 2012
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Until March 18 Barnes & Noble is offering $ 20 off the Nook Simple Touch and Nook Color e-readers if you purchase the products with a MasterCard card.
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Pew: tablet, e-reader ownership nearly doubled over the holiday season
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on January 23, 2012
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The number crunchers over at the Pew Research Center have released another batch of market statistics today, this time, with a focus on tablets. According to the Center’s latest survey, 19 percent of all adult Americans now own some form of tablet, marking a nearly twofold increase over figures from a poll conducted in mid-December. E-reader ownership, meanwhile, increased by exactly the same margin over this period, jumping from 10 percent to 19 percent. These numbers also signal a healthy acceleration from the middle of this year, when the slate and reader markets apparently stagnated, ahead of the holiday shopping rush. Overall, about 28 percent of US adults own either a tablet or an e-reader, up from 19 percent last month. You can find more stats and breakdowns at the source link below.
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Qualcomm reveals new Hanvon C18 Mirasol eReader for China
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on January 11, 2012
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At the opening Keynote at CES 2012 Qualcomm revealed a new color e-reader based on their mirasol display technology. Produced and released by Hanvon this is the thinnest e-color display around and we have a few snapshots to show of Qualcomm CEO Paul Jabocs showing it off for the crowds. Here’s what you can expect. [...]
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Kyobo Mirasol eReader with Android hands-on
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on January 10, 2012
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Here at CES 2012 is the Qualcomm Mirasol color e-paper technology. We’ve seen this before with the Kyobo eReader that is currently available in South Korea, but today we received some hands-on time with it for the first time in the US. This color e-paper technology is delivering unrivaled battery life to eReaders lasting up [...]
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E-Reader Lets You Physically Turn the Page
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on January 8, 2012
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Kobo offers one free book a month, brings peashooter to the e-reader gunfight
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on December 4, 2011
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In a slightly underwhelming attempt to match Amazon’s Lending Library proposition, Kobo will start to offer a free download each month to new Touch eReader owners. Starting in January, customers will be able to pick from the decidedly broad selection of Pride and Prejudice, HBR’s 10 Must Reads: On Managing People and Star Wars Vs. Star Trek. Unfortunately, the offer is limited to devices purchased between November 24 and March 31 2012, but Kobo is hoping that the ability to hold on to the titles indefinitely will cancel out Amazon’s legion of free rentals. Users can sign up to the ebook’s offers mailing list for the full details. Remember: A book is for life, not just for Christmas.
Kobo offers one free book a month, brings peashooter to the e-reader gunfight originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 04 Dec 2011 16:18:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Kindle DX Gets Temporary Price Cut – But How Long Can This Jumbo E-Reader Last?
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on November 28, 2011
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Amazon’s extra-large Kindle DX is available this weekend (which is to say for the next few hours) for the low, low price of $ 259, down from its normal $ 379. It’s telling that even the lowered price still seems ridiculously high, considering that smaller but more advanced models are selling for under $ 100. How long can this outlier live in a world dominated by cheap, pocketable, touchscreen e-readers?
In its current form, the fact is it’s likely on its way out. The Kindle Keyboard and indeed the graphite look in general are on their way out, to be replaced by the lighter, thinner, more touchable new generation. But there’s a problem: the DX is one of the very few e-readers that doesn’t use the same 6″ E-Ink screen as everyone else. Amazon probably knows there’s demand there, but perhaps the time is not yet right to strike.
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Kindle or Nook? Choose the Best E-Reader
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on November 25, 2011
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Kyobo eReader delivers mirasol and Android
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on November 22, 2011
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Kyobo Book Centre and Qualcomm have revealed the world’s first ereader to use a mirasol color e-paper display, the Android-based Kyobo eReader. On sale in South Korea today, priced at the equivalent of $ 310, the Kyobo eReader is targeted at education customers rather than would-be iPad buyers, and runs Android 2.3 with a locked-down custom [...]
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Blog – Is Music on an E-Reader a Feature or a Bug?
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on November 17, 2011
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Kobo announced that its Vox e-reader will come preloaded with the music service Rdio. But to what extent are music and reading in harmony?
In its recent post-mortem on Borders, BusinessWeek suggests that that chain’s lackluster e-reading strategy was one reason for its demise: “If you didn’t know Borders had an e-reader called Kobo, you’re not alone,” writes Ben Austen. But Kobo didn’t die along with Borders, which only owned an 11 percent stake in the independent company. In fact, just as Kindle Fires begin shipping all over the place, Kobo would like you to know that it’s alive and very well, thank you, and to that end has been releasing a steady pulse of news this week. A Japanese e-commerce firm plans to buy it for $ 315 million. An ad-supported “Kobo Touch with Offers” will have a price tag of under $ 100, Amazon-style.
E-Reader Display Shows Vibrant Color Video
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on November 15, 2011
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Mirasol’s reflective display is being tested by device manufacturers, and could appear on shelves next year.
Even as the processing power and download speeds of mobile devices surge, one component still lags behind: the screen. LCD panels use significantly more power than any other component of a phone or tablet because of their need to pump out bright light to form an image.
Kobo unveils $99 ad-supported e-reader
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on November 14, 2011
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Kobo Touch with Offers is the essentially the same as the Touch, but it comes with screensaver advertisements and a lower price tag.
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Japan’s Rakuten buys maker of Borders’ e-reader
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on November 9, 2011
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Rakuten, the Japanese company behind Buy.com, picks up the third-place e-reader maker, Kobo, for more than $ 300 million, shortly after its major U.S. seller goes under.
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Kobo To Release Android Tablet E-Reader
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on October 23, 2011
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First time accepted submitter Alt-kun writes “Like Amazon last month, Kobo is now making the jump to an Android-based tablet e-reader. Priced at $ 200 and available on October 28th, the Kobo Vox is set to complete with the Kindle Fire rather than the iPad. While Kobo can’t match up with Amazon’s sheer mass of available content, it is partnered with various major book sellers and has a good-sized base of existing customers. Also, previous Kobo products have made a point of supporting open standards for media, and that will presumably continue with the Vox. For those who aren’t familiar with Kobo: they have little presence in the US, but their e-readers are fairly popular in Canada, Australia, and a number of other countries.”
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Bookeen Cybook Odyssey eReader, coming soon
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on October 9, 2011
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The fine folks at Bookeen have revealed that they’ll be releasing an ebook reader with a 6-inch Pearl E-ink display and a lovely 800MHz Cortex A8 CPU for the masses. This device will be Bookeen’s fourth ereader device, and it’s expected that the display will be the same as what’s proven to be ultra-successful on [...]
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Ask Slashdot: Websites Friendly To eReader Browsers?
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on October 2, 2011
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DJCouchyCouch writes “I have a Kobo Touch eReader that comes with a bare-bones web browser. Since the screen is E-Ink based, the browsing experience is pretty poor due to the low refresh rate of the screen. Scrolling is twitchy and often laggy. Are there sites out there that can reformat a website to be more like book reading? I’m not asking for a perfect, tablet-like experience, just something better than what it does now.”
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Kobo Vox eReader Tablet hits the FCC, shrouded in bookish mystery
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on September 24, 2011
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What’s this mystery e-reader? It’s the Kobo Vox, and it just made its debut on the FCC’s site. Is it a reworked version of the relatively recently released Touch Edition? Is it a brand new reader from the company? The device is listed as being an “eReader Tablet,” so perhaps it’s something more akin to Barnes & Noble’s Nook Color or the Kindle tablet reportedly in the works from Amazon. And will Kobo’s recent appearance at f8 play into the equation? It’s hard to say, but there are a few things worth noting here. First, if the above rough image is to be believed, the device is touchscreen, as with the company’s current product. The design, however, looks a lot more like the latest version of the Nook than the new Kobo. A side shot reveals what appears to be a microUSB slot (no shocker there) and a headphone jack, something missing on both the latest Kobo and Nook (though both the latest Kindle and the Nook Color rock one), while a “multimedia headset” was used in the testing. Also listed among the testing materials is a microSD card, so there seems a pretty good chance that this thing has expandable memory — again, not a surprise, nor is the fact that the reader is listed as being WiFi-enabled.
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UK book seller Waterstone’s to enter the e-reader race
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on September 10, 2011
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Waterstone’s isn’t exactly the biggest name in book sales (at least not stateside), but it knows that to survive in this market it’s gonna have to get on the e-book train. The British company’s managing director, James Daunt, told Radio 4 that it planned to enter the market with both an electronic book store and an actual reader by spring of 2012. Mr. Daunt claimed he was inspired by the success of the Nook, and the challenge it posed to Amazon’s Kindle, to finally take a stab at ushering the UK chain into the 21st century. Of course, while we hate to harsh his buzz, Waterstone’s has already been offering e-books and e-readers since 2008 through a partnership with Sony with only minimal market impact. And we’ve already seen one major book seller (one twice the size of Waterstone’s) fall flat on its face as it tried to enter the digital age. But still, we wish Daunt and his company the best of luck.
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