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Kindles Flunking Out of Princeton?
September 28, 2009 – 5:08 pm | Comments
Kindles Flunking Out of Princeton?

This year, thanks to the generosity of some alumnist named Jeff Bezos (Class of ’86), Princeton is providing Kindle DXs to students taking WWS 325: Civil Society and Public Policy, WWS 555A: U.S. Policy …

Amazon Apologizes For Kindle 1984 Deletion
September 23, 2009 – 3:04 am | Comments
Amazon Apologizes For Kindle 1984 Deletion

I posted in July about Kindle books going up in smoke.  I just found out at Engadget that Amazon has apologized for deleting copies of 1984 from Kindles (even though they were illegal) and offered …

Microsoft Reader Updated
September 17, 2009 – 9:24 am | Comments
Microsoft Reader Updated

There is a NEW version of Microsoft Reader for Windows Mobile that was just updated this week.  For those that have had activation issues in the past, it has been fixed and from my …

iRiver Tells a Story
September 1, 2009 – 8:07 am | Comments
iRiver Tells a Story

Another Ebook Reader is about to enter the suddenly crowded market, this time on offer from iRiver, the Korean gadget stylists. The iRiver Story features a 6-inch e-ink display, a QWERTY keyboard and an …

My new e-book reader, my new UMPC, my old Tablet PC
August 24, 2009 – 12:21 pm | Comments

It should be news to no one that most parts of our economy are not doing very well.  That situation makes it especially tough on those of us that crave the latest and greatest mobility …

Barnes & Noble catching up to Amazon
August 16, 2009 – 7:54 pm | Comments
Barnes & Noble catching up to Amazon

This bit of news went right by us back in March of this year. However, we can see the results of some hard work right now and can only imagine what is to come.
B&N …

Save money using your Kindle
August 6, 2009 – 5:55 am | Comments
Save money using your Kindle

GottaBeMobile has posted a video today about how and why you save money using a Kindle.

 

There is a lot of controversy lately after Amazon deleted copies of the book 1984 when the company found …

Sony is releasing two eBook Readers
August 5, 2009 – 5:52 am | Comments

Finally it’s official. Sony is releasing two new ebook readers, the PRS-300 for $199 and the PRS-600 for $299.
Sony is today delivering on its promise of making digital readers and eBooks accessible and affordable …

Kindle Books Could Go Up In Smoke
July 19, 2009 – 12:49 am | Comments
Kindle Books Could Go Up In Smoke

Technorati Tags: Kindle,Amazon,eBooks,Steve Mueller
Some people who bought Kindle versions of George Orwell’s Animal Farm and 1984 recently got E-mail saying that there was a "problem" with the books and that the books would be deleted …

MobileRead Catches Wired Faking Reviews
July 13, 2009 – 12:59 am | Comments
MobileRead Catches Wired Faking Reviews

Last week an observant MobileRead forum poster, purl4peace, was perusing Wired.com’s reviews of ebook readers when she noticed something odd about the EZReader review. The device has no Wireless connectivity, yet there in the …

Kindle to Throw the Book at WinMo?
June 28, 2009 – 10:56 am | Comments
Kindle to Throw the Book at WinMo?

Never let it be said that Jeff Bezos thinks small. Not one for short stories…Bezos prefers epic best sellers.
He took an idea and his own ambition and wrote the book on what at the …

Barnes & Noble working on an e-book reader
April 9, 2009 – 5:53 am | Comments

Apparently Barnes and Noble have found what many people including me have been saying since Amazon demonstrated that the days of selling pBooks are counted and eBooks are the future. And please, do not take …

Foxit’s eSlick e-reader released
March 30, 2009 – 7:09 am | Comments
Foxit’s eSlick e-reader released

Foxit’s PDF Reader is to me one of the best PDF Reader available in the market. Their freeware version loads a lot faster than Adobe’s Reader. Now they are releasing a eBook reader loaded with …

iBook
March 3, 2009 – 4:06 pm | Comments
iBook

Some very interesting statistics about iPhone /iPod Touch Apps from Ben Lorica at O’Reilly. While the fact that games and entertainment software are numbers one and two in terms of App Store Apps comes …

Amazon Kindle 2
February 25, 2009 – 3:57 am | Comments

The Amazon Kindle 2 is to me a smart move of this company targeting in the near future the European  market.
A video review of the Amazon Kindle 2 eBook reader covering design, features, samples …

Readius photos from MobileRead Forums
December 15, 2008 – 7:49 am | Comments
Readius photos from MobileRead Forums

MobileRead has posted some pictures of one of the most futurist eReaders that will hit the market in the next few months, the Readius.
What really does work well is the folding of the display. …

Sony new PRS700 goes online
October 10, 2008 – 6:34 am | Comments

Amazon Kindle is not longer the only eReader with the capability of buying books online and download them to the reader without needing a PC. According to this video, the new Sony PRS700 can do …

New eReaders coming from iRex
September 22, 2008 – 11:35 am | Comments

iRex is about to start selling a new eReader, the 1000 which will be sold in 3 different versions, the 1000, 1000S and 1000SW. Starting price? About 650 dollars! I really don’t think that …

Sony Reader Hits Target
September 13, 2008 – 3:32 pm | Comments
Sony Reader Hits Target

The sudden surge in ebook readership continues, as the following information was released yesterday by Sony in a Press release.
This weekend, the Reader Digital Book by Sony will be available in Target stores nationwide. …

Plastic Logic Reader Demo
September 13, 2008 – 3:39 am | Comments

A few day ago we posted about a new eBook Reader to be released to market next year, I’m talking about Plastic Logic Reader. Well, here is a video I found about a prototype of …