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Kindle 3′s Webkit browser bests Kindle 2 in video head-to-head

Chris Davies, Aug 26th 2010 Discuss [1]

The third-gen Kindle's smaller chassis and brighter E Ink display may have been the main selling points for most users, but it was the new, Webkit-based browser that got the true Kindle-geeks excited. The "experimental" browser on previous models was sufficient, in a pinch, to check a Wikipedia entry, but anything more ambitious was a recipe for headaches. A video comparison between Kindle 2 and Kindle 3 by The Kindle Chronicles, though, shows what a step up there's been. Video head-to-head testing after the cut Read The Full Story

Acer LumiRead to make IFA debut: €250 pricetag rumored

Chris Davies, Aug 26th 2010 Discuss [0]

Acer's LumiRead ereader will make its official debut at IFA 2010 next week, according to Lesen's sources at the company, with a commercial launch - in Germany at least - following on in September. As with the Amazon Kindle, a second source suggests, the LumiRead will come with free 3G access to download new ebooks, and a sticker price of around €250 ($318). Read The Full Story

Third-gen Kindle fastest selling ever: shipping (early) to Mongolia

Chris Davies, Aug 25th 2010 Discuss [0]

No great surprise, given the constantly slipping ship date for new orders, but Amazon has confirmed that the new Kindles are the fastest-selling models of the three generations. In fact, with the first shipments only going out today, the online retailer says the ereaders are their best selling products. Read The Full Story

Pocketbook ereader range & Android tablet revealed; mirasol model in development?

Chris Davies, Aug 20th 2010 Discuss [0]

News on ereader manufacture Pocketbook's plans for IFA 2010 ahead of the show, with four new ereaders and a tablet all emerging from the company's press division. The Pocketbook Pro 602, Pro 603, Pro 902 and Pro 903 each have WiFi and Bluetooth, with the 60x models using a 6-inch E Ink display and the 90x models getting the 9.7-inch version. The Pocketbook IQ, meanwhile, is an Android 2.0 tablet. However, according to The Digital Reader's sources, Pocketbook are one of Qualcomm's initial mirasol clients, and are working on a new device using the color e-paper display. Read The Full Story

Sony Reader PRS-650 and PRS-350 touchscreen refresh tipped imminent

Satsuki Then, Aug 13th 2010 Discuss [4]

Sony are tipped to be working on two new Reader ebook devices, the Sony Reader PRS-350 and PRS-650, each of which will have a touchscreen E Ink display. According to Sony Insider's source, the PRS-350 will have a 5-inch display and the PRS-650 a 6-inch display; they'll have faster page-turns (potentially using E Ink's newest Pearl screen) while the PRS-650 will have around 2GB of storage, WiFi and perhaps even a "free" 3G connection like the Kindle's. Read The Full Story

Qualcomm: mirasol on track, first tablets/ereaders in Q1 2011

Chris Davies, Aug 11th 2010 Discuss [0]

With E Ink's new Pearl display making its debut in the third-generation Kindle, resolutely monochrome and - according to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos - staying that way for the near future, attention turned to what's been described as the key color competition, Qualcomm's mirasol. Comments from Steve Mollenkopf, the company's executive VP of CDMA technologies, earlier this week seemed to suggest production hadn't even kicked off. We caught up with Jim Cathey, VP of business development for Qualcomm's MEMS division to find out exactly where mirasol is up to, and when we could expect to see devices using the display technology reach the market. Read The Full Story

iriver Story Touch Edition dumps QWERTY for touchscreen

Chris Davies, Aug 4th 2010 Discuss [0]

iriver's original Story ereader actually managed to make it out of Korea and to the western markets, which is why our ears are perking up at the talk of its successor. According to the Chinese iriverFans forum, the iriver Story Touch Edition will ditch the first model's hardware QWERTY keyboard and replace it with a touchscreen layer for the 6-inch E Ink display. Read The Full Story

Kindle DX gets video review, side-by-side comparison with 1st-gen

Chris Davies, Jul 9th 2010 Discuss [0]

Amazon's second-generation Kindle DX is already shipping out to buyers, and one of the first is Lisa over at MobileTechReview. She's put up a video review of the new e-reader, and first impressions are that there's not much change from the outgoing model; however, a side-by-side photo on Flickr shows just how much difference there is between the two E Ink displays. Video review and close-up display comparison after the cut Read The Full Story

Amazon Kindle DX Graphite Now Shipping to Customers

Evan Selleck, Jul 7th 2010 Discuss [3]

It seems like the last few weeks have been all about eReaders. Even with some other high profile launches, it felt like gravity kept pulling us back to talk about what Barnes and Noble was doing, or what Amazon was changing around. And, while price drops galore was some great news for people out there still waiting to get their hands on their first eReader, Amazon's other surprise, the announcement of a cheaper, darker version of their Kindle DX didn't miss out on its own share of the limelight. And now it's about to get better for everyone who bought their very own. Read The Full Story

E Ink Pearl display outed: 50% contrast improvement

Chris Davies, Jul 1st 2010 Discuss [3]

E Ink has announced its next generation of ereader display, Pearl, and while the press release doesn't spell it out in so many words, the claim that the contrast is around 50-percent greater than the previous generation leads us to suspect this is the screen technology in the new Amazon Kindle DX. According to E Ink - formerly known as PVI -Pearl is now the whitest reflective display in the industry and even more like regular printed paper. Read The Full Story

Amazon Kindle DX graphite offers 50% more contrast for $379

Chris Davies, Jul 1st 2010 Discuss [0]

After the price-spat with Barnes & Noble saw Amazon's Kindle drop to just $189, the larger Kindle DX was beginning to look a tad ridiculous up at $489. Now Amazon have unveiled an updated Kindle DX, with a lower $379 sticker price and a 9.7-inch E Ink display that, they claim, offers 50-percent better contrast than its first-gen predecessor. Read The Full Story

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How to Save the E-Reader

Philip Berne, Jun 21st 2010 Discuss [6]

Does the e-reader need saving? If Amazon, Barnes & Noble and the like have sold plenty of units, the category is still facing some tough competition and it lacks a compelling reason to exist. Apple has fired the first shots in the consumer tablet war, but I think e-reader devices can easily survive if they avoid that fight altogether.