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Verizon Samsung Zeal gets premature preview

Chris Davies, Nov 9th 2010 Discuss [3]

Looks like the rumors about the Samsung Zeal were true; the dual-hinge messaging handset has seemingly been prematurely tipped by a third-party news service used by Verizon. The press release itself has been pulled, and there's no mention of the Zeal on Verizon's own press pages at the moment, but we did come across a 360-degree viewer which shows the front of the handset. Read The Full Story

Sony Reader Daily Edition on sale now for $299

Chris Davies, Nov 8th 2010 Discuss [0]

The Sony Reader Daily Edition has finally gone on sale, offering integrated WiFi and AT&T 3G access as well as a 7-inch E Ink display with touchscreen. Announced back in September, the Reader Daily Edition is the largest of Sony's latest range of ereaders, and is priced at $299 with 2GB of onboard storage. Read The Full Story

Hanvon color E Ink ereader due March 2011 with WiFi/3G

Chris Davies, Nov 8th 2010 Discuss [4]

Hanvon look likely to be the first company to launch a color ereader based on an e-paper display rather than an LCD. According to the New York Times, the Chinese company will unveil its so-far unnamed ereader device at the FPD International 2010 tradeshow in Tokyo, complete with a 9.68-inch color e-paper screen from industry heavyweight E Ink. E Ink had previously promised that their color e-paper screens should be available by the end of 2010, though the Hanvon model will miss that launch window. Instead it's expected to arrive in China in March 2011 - we're guessing it'll be brought to CES 2011 in January with great fanfare as well - with a reasonably hefty price-tag of $440, though that will also include WiFi and 3G connectivity for downloading content while mobile. Read The Full Story

Verizon leak promises Samsung Continuum, Motorola Citrus and Samsung Zeal

Chris Davies, Nov 1st 2010 Discuss [0]

Three new devices have been spotted in Verizon's inventory, courtesy of a tipster spilling the cellular beans to PhoneArena. The Motorola Citrus, Samsung Zeal and, most interestingly, the Samsung Continuum SCH-I400 have all been confirmed to launch on Verizon Read The Full Story

iriver Cover Story WiFi clears FCC; US release imminent?

Chris Davies, Nov 1st 2010 Discuss [0]

iriver's Cover Story ebook reader - also known as the iriver Story Touch Edition - has shown up in the FCC's testing database, suggesting its US debut may be sooner rather than later. The Cover Story has a 6-inch E Ink display together with a resistive touchscreen for navigation. Read The Full Story

Samsung E65 WiFi ereader hits UK with digital stylus

Chris Davies, Oct 26th 2010 Discuss [1]

Samsung's E65 ereader has gone on sale in the UK, though you'll have to dig a little deeper than you would for a Kindle. Currently priced at £213 ($336) through Pixmania, though apparently coming to high street retailers PC World and Currys for £199.99 ($316), the E65 has a 6-inch E Ink display, QWERTY keyboard and WiFi, along with a digital stylus for notetaking. Read The Full Story

Borders Kobo Wireless eReader due November 1st for $140

Chris Davies, Sep 29th 2010 Discuss [0]

Borders has announced pre-orders for their latest ebook reader, the Kobo Wireless eReader. Like the previous Kobo model, the new ereader has access to Border's 1.5m ebook titles; however it can now also browse and download them over WiFi. Read The Full Story

Verizon’s Pocket eDGe gets detailed: WiFi-only version confirmed

Chris Davies, Sep 22nd 2010 Discuss [3]

After Verizon's EnTourage Pocket eDGe was spotted making its first, unofficial debut, the company has relented on its prolonged silence and spilled the details. The Digital Reader met up with EnTourage and snapped some hands-on pictures - here you see the mini version nestling up with the original eDGe - with the new clamshell confirmed to have a 6-inch E Ink touchscreen on the left and a 7-inch WVGA LCD touchscreen on the right. Two versions are planned, one WiFi-only and the other with embedded Verizon 3G. Read The Full Story

Sony flexible e-paper borrowed from E Ink; no plans to commercialize

Chris Davies, Sep 17th 2010 Discuss [0]

Further details about the flexible epaper display Sony demonstrated at their recent dealer convention have emerged, and there's good news and bad. According to The Digital Reader's sources at the company, the monochrome panel wasn't an in-house creation but in fact loaned to them by E Ink (who supply Sony with the displays for their current Reader range). Unfortunately, Sony claims to have no solid plans at present to actually use the E Ink screen in a commercial device. Read The Full Story

Russian dual-display 4G Android prototype gets video demo

Chris Davies, Sep 15th 2010 Discuss [2]

Seldom do we wish we understood Russian as much as we do today. A video demo of what looks to be a dual-sided 4G smartphone - we're guessing a prototype at this stage, and probably non-functional at that - has emerged, apparently being demonstrated by two besuited Russians. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

iriver Cover Story hands-on

Chris Davies, Sep 5th 2010 Discuss [5]

iriver's Cover Story (aka the iriver Story Touch Edition) has a tough slog ahead of it. On the plus side there's the resistive touchscreen over the 6-inch E Ink display, all in a relatively compact body that our hands-on at IFA 2010 found to be pleasantly thin and light; on the downside, it's set to cost more than €200 ($258) when it arrives in Europe and Asia, a fair chunk more than a Kindle yet lacking either 3G or WiFi connectivity. Read The Full Story

Sony Reader range refreshed: faster touchscreen E Ink & select 3G/WiFi

Chris Davies, Sep 1st 2010 Discuss [0]

As expected, Sony has updated its Reader ereader range, taking advantage of E Ink's latest Pearl display technology and putting touchscreens on each model. The new Sony PRS-350 Pocket Edition, PRS-650 Touch Edition and PRS-950 Daily Edition each have 2GB of onboard storage, and range from 5-inches, 6-inches and 7-inches respectively; however Sony has only given the Daily Edition wireless. Read The Full Story