Gizmodo:
eReaders are getting powerful enough to become fully-fledged Internet tablets, but gaming devices? That's a new spin. Turns out Qualcomm has a detachable game controller add-on for that Snapdragon-powered eReader prototype we (Read More)
Gizmodo:
eReaders are getting powerful enough to become fully-fledged Internet tablets, but gaming devices? That's a new spin. Turns out Qualcomm is investigating the idea for that Snapdragon-powered eReader prototype we first showed (Read More)
Gizmodo:
Qualcomm has developed a 5.7-inch (1,024x768) display for ebook readers that not only renders color and video; it does so with enough power efficiency to challenge a black and white, still-frame Kindle. The "mirasol" technolo (Read More)
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home:
Engadget is reporting that the new owners of Polymer Vision, Wistron, are saying that a Readius-like device will be released sometime in 2010. No details are available except that it will probably be a 5 to inch device with (Read More)
MobileRead Forums:
EDIT: There is Part II of the review available in the thread.I was looking for an e-ink device to upgrade my aging Sony PRS-500 reader for quite some time.Ever since I have seen first proposals for Pocket Book 360° design on (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
Amazon just released a free software e-book Reader for Windows PCs. The Kindle for PC application allows Amazon customers to read Kindle books on their Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 machines. A Mac version will foll (Read More)
New York Times:
Prime View International already produces displays for the most popular e-readers. By the end of the year, it will own the company that produces the “ink” for them.
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Engadget:
Remember those BASF commercials, the: "We make a lot of the products you buy better" ones? That's kind of the story at MOTO Development Group. We've seen the company working on e-ink internals, also having a hand in the creat (Read More)
Engadget:
Haipagia's ¥39,800 ($437) Hyper Gear ereader may just be a rebadge on the surface, but the all-too-familiar exterior conceals a rather unique software package underneath. Boasting a 6-inch display with an 800 x 600 resolution (Read More)
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home:
Kindle Nation Daily is predicting a Kindle for kids, but not a Kindle 3. According the the Nation, the predicted price is in the $149 – $199 range. It seems to me that an e-ink screen is too fragile, in its current implemen (Read More)
Engadget:
And so it begins. If you had any doubts whatsoever that the ereader battle was in full effect, let this introduction take all of that worry away. Marvell and E Ink have tag-teamed in order to announce a "highly integrated" er (Read More)
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home:
The Boston Globe has a profile of E-Ink, who makes the displays of almost every reader out there today. Evidently the company almost folded as it started out by making signs for business. The idea was that retailers could u (Read More)
mashable:
As the electronic book reader market heats up with a number of new offerings coming up, this was an unexpected flare up: Spring Design, makers of the Alex dual-screen eReader, are suing Barnes & Noble over their Nook eBook re (Read More)
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home:
I have spent the last two weeks reading e-books on the Astak, and am ready to give my first impressions.The ScreenFirst of all, the 800×600-resolution screen. I love the screen. Of course, it is probably the same screen that (Read More)
Engadget:
What's an e-book without the e-ink? So very much, according to Creative, who just dropped word of an upcoming "MediaBook" device (which will undoubtedly look nothing like this mockup above). It sounds a bit more like a PMP to (Read More)
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home:
A number of sites are reporting that the previously announced Asus dual screen reader will be released in March, 2010. According to Tech Digest the unit will come in two different sizes – 6″ and 9″ e-ink screens. They also (Read More)
Engadget:
Poor Readius, we barely knew ye and your folding e-ink screen before parent company Polymer Vision went bankrupt and, well, that was the end of that. Or was it? Wistron apparently made a bid for the remains of the company ove (Read More)
Engadget:
Now here's some yummy news to wrap our minds around. Samsung, a company with a manufacturing portfolio so wide that you wouldn't be surprised to see it selling toothbrushes and perfume, clearly also wants a slice of that grow (Read More)
paidContent.org:
About a year after Esquire used E-Ink for its “digital cover,” the Hearst pub is trying to hook readers and advertisers with an interactive print issue, the WSJ reports. Aside from featuring Esquire’s frequent cover boy Rober (Read More)
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home:
MobileRead has a great Wiki with a huge matrix of e-ink ereaders and an incredible amount of detail You can find it here. They also have one for LCD devices here. A number of devices are missing, however. Since it’s a Wik (Read More)