After some speculations regarding Barnes & Noble, its direction and involvement with Microsoft, it’s time for a leaked memo to make the rounds. The memo comes from inside the company and details a future update that will bring some interesting features to the B&N e-readers. A web browser, email and updated app store will come to the Nook...
You probably know that a few days ago Sony launched an e Ink e-reader with flexible paper technology and that product was meant for education and students. Well, today we have a look at the technology behind this product, that at first sight may seem outdated. We’re talking about an A4 sized 13.3 inch device with digital paper technology. This...
Sony started this week by introducing a new device that’s old at the same time. It’s a 13.3 inch E-ink prototype reader device that’s called Digital Paper. The display is flexible and based on E Ink technology. The screen is actually pretty big for a slate like device and e-readers aren’t typically that big, but for education...
Kobo is a Canadian e-reader company that takes on the likes of Barnes & Noble and Amazon and still survives when battling these giants. Today they enter the news with a brand new e-reader called Aura, a model they’ve just launched. By the way, this company is actually owned by Japanese firm Rakuten, an e-commerce giant, so that’s how...
Frankly speaking, I didn’t even know Toshiba made e-readers and also frankly speaking their tablets are kind of… not so good. Well, the device you can see pictured in this article is the Toshiba Bookplace Mono, a 6 inch E-Ink HD unit with a touchscreen and 4 GB of internal memory. Bookplace Mono supports a 1024 x 758 pixel resolution and...
The folks of Barnes & Noble have an interesting offer that may tempt you these days. They will throwing in a free Nook Simple with the purchase of a Nook HD+ tablet. The offer lasts from March 24th to March 30th and applies to anyone who purchases the Nook HD+ slate. E-reader sales have been decreasing for the past 2 years, with the tablets also...
Kobo announced today that it will be releasing the Android Jelly Bean update for the Kobo Arc tablet. This update brings the software to version Android 4.1 and it also brings some features like Google Now to the Kobo Arc, plus the welcome speed boost. For those of you not familiar with the product, Kobo Arc comes in black and white, it has built in...
The Txtr Beagle may not say much to you, but it’s apparently ready to become a big deal in the US. This e-book reader was especially created to interact with your smartphone and this product has just debuted in the States. You will first need to make an e-book purchase using your smartphone, before transferring the file to the 5 inch Txtr Beagle...
E-paper is evolving, although not as fast as other display technologies, but it is making its own leaps. The displays have gotten much better lately, even shipping with a backlight option on some devices. One area is still worked on: color. Well, Ricoh may have a solution for that! Manufacturing color e-paper is still a problem, especially if you’re...
Barnes & Noble dropped the price of the Nook Simple Touch e-reader to $79 during the 2011 Black Friday and now the same low price tag has become permanent. The device was launched last year and it has received in the meantime an upgraded unit, the $119 Nook Simple Touch with Glowlight. The older model is still pretty decent, if you ask me, even...
