An upcoming update will bring a web browser, email and update store app to Barnes & Noble’s super affordable Nook Simple Touch line of eReaders, which will begin rolling out June 1 according to a source close to the matter who wishes to remain anonymous. The 1.5.0 update was created in response to the positive critical and customer response to the recent Nook tablet update that brought Google Play to B&N’s Android-powered devices.
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Japan April Fools: Squid e-readers, flipping Google glasses
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on April 1, 2013
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Catch up on your favorite manga series with a squid reader from Kodansha. Yep, it’s just a fish tale. [Read more]
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Last chapter for e-readers?
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on December 13, 2012
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It could be be the final word on e-readers. Analysts are sounding a proverbial death knell for the devices, which have declined 36% in 2012 as buyers turned instead to multi-use tablets.
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The Day of the Cheap Ereaders
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on December 10, 2012
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E-Ink, Largely Limited to E-Readers, Appears in a Chinese Smartphone
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on October 31, 2012
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The technology doesn’t burn as much power, but it also limits what a device can do.
A little known Chinese e-reader vendor, Onyx International, leapt into the tech spotlight earlier this month when it showed off a prototype Android smartphone device with an e-ink display. Soon the Web was buzzing with cheers and jeers and many as-yet-unanswered questions about the phone, and whether Onyx can overcome e-ink’s inherent limitations to meet smartphone users’ increasingly high expectations.
Kobo Unveils $99 Mini And $129 Glo E-Readers, Takes On Amazon With Android-Powered Arc Tablet
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on September 6, 2012
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The big September reveal-a-thon is set to continue tomorrow with some new product announcements courtesy of Amazon, but a rival player in the e-book space is trying to capture some thunder of its own prior to Amazon’s big show.
Rakuten-owned Kobo has just officially unveiled a slew of new e-readers (plus an Android tablet, naturally) in an attempt to cement its place as a serious competitor despite its persisting status as an underdog.
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Plastic Logic demoes flexible color display for e-readers (video)
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on May 14, 2012
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Plastic Logic has getting by with some eastern love since last year, when RUSNANO’s $ 700 million investment helped the e-reader maker land its Plastic Logic 100 in Russian schools. The latest fruit of that partnership is a prototype of its first flexible color e-reader display, which delivers 4,000-plus hues at a resolution of 75 ppi. The screen contains some 1.2 million plastic transistors, and it’s able to bend without distorting images thanks to a filter and display that flex at the same rate. Skip past the break for a demo clip of the tech in action, appropriately featuring some Matryoshka dolls.
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Newspapers Pollute Less On E-Readers and Tablets
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on April 22, 2012
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bobwyman writes “It seems counter-intuitive but a RAND full lifecycle analysis (PDF) shows that reading news electronically produces fewer GHG emissions than reading news on paper: ‘Adopting e-readers could reduce GHG emissions from publishing and distributing newspapers by 74 percent; using tablet computers could result in a 63 percent reduction, assuming that all the GHG emissions associated with producing and operating e-readers or tablet computers are ascribed to reading newspapers. If a more realistic assumption is adopted, that the emissions associated with these devices should be spread across other activities pursued on these devices, the difference would be on the order of 84 to 89 percent less, respectively.’”
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Illuminated Kindle e-readers could arrive this year, also, might not
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on April 7, 2012
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Rumors relating to a new Kindle, or three, land in our inbox with surprising frequency, but when they come from our brethren at TechCrunch, we’ll definitely give it a listen. Devin Coldewey reports how he was lucky enough to snatch a glance at an in-development Kindle, which sports an illuminated screen. Amazon’s purchase of Finnish firm Oy Modilis, which has a quiver of patents pertaining to lighting technology, adds credence to the idea that an e-reader with some form of lighting could be in the works, and Coldewey thinks he’s seen it. He says tapping the screen reveals a slider that, when dragged to the right, “lit up evenly with a rather cool light.” Importantly — for eyes and batteries alike — the light is said to be softer, and of a gentler blue-white color, compared to the harsh white common in LCDs. The loose-lipped wielder of this device claims that the industrial design isn’t finished yet, but did hint at a 2012 release. We’re not holding our breath, but the chance to do away with additional light accessories, is definitely enough to have us keep our fingers crossed.
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Rumors hint at Windows 8 eReaders
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on March 20, 2012
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Microsoft has made no secret about its plans for a single unified ecosystem for multiple platforms using its operating system. In years past, there were multiple versions of Windows depending on the market served. It easy enough for us all to picture Windows 8 running on desktops, laptops, and tablets. It takes a bit more
Color E-Readers Finally Available to Consumers
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on March 1, 2012
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Tablets stole the show, but they’re not true analogs for paper.
For those of us who still think tablets are a less enjoyable reading experience than plain old glossy magazine paper, the good news is that the elves at Qualcomm have been busy turning their Mirasol color e-ink display into something more than perennial vaporware. Displays like this one are different from the backlit LCD panels on tablets in that they are reflective and require an external light source to be viewable. Ultimately, it’s this sort of display that will give us true replacements for printed material.
Kobo offers ad-supported eReaders at lower price
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on November 14, 2011
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Kobo is trying to make its eBook readers a bit cheaper and is taking a page out of the Amazon book to do it. Kobo is adding new ad-supported versions of its eReaders like the Touch that are ad supported like some of the Amazon Kindle readers. Just like the Amazon ad-supported eReaders, the discount [...]
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