Tag Archive for 'ebook'
According to the buzz about the net online retail giant, Amazon will begin selling their Kindle eBook reader to compete directly with Sony’s PRS-505, and Cybook. Amazon’s Kindle seems to be a bit overpriced at $399, compared Sony’s at $299 and $350 respectively. Could it have anything to do with built in EV-DO?
It uses E-Ink so you only get whatever you are reading in black and white, but it will save you a lot of battery, in fact you can view up to 8k pages on a single charge. There is an SD card slot to store your library on too.
You can also use this E-Book reader [...]
News freshly drizzled onto the pages of Ricavision suggest that their wireless e-ink Home E-Reader is set to launch next month. Ricavision, who have already made a name for themselves leveraging Windows Sideshow into cordless devices such as remote controls or fridge magnets, saves money on the device by offsetting the processing and rendering duties [...]
You might not be able to fold the corner down (not, at least, without voiding your warranty) but PVI’s flexible e-Paper is the closest thing yet to a mass-produced replacement for traditional paper. Vincent caught up with them at IFA 2007 today and managed to score an exclusive video demo; make sure to check out [...]
Bondi is adding Rolling Stone and Playboy to their list of Cover to Cover digital conversions. In this series all of the digital copies are taken from the original issues, the big difference between most book scans and the way that Bondi does things is that they make everything searchable.
Playboy Cover to Cover: The [...]
I’m really starting to warm up to the idea of using an e-book reader. I think it would be kind of cool to load up a couple of books and just have one little pad to carry around. Especially if it had more functions than just allowing me to read the book.
HP’s touchable e-book reader was something of a hit at their Mobility Summit back in May, with a number of touch-sensitive strips for page navigation as well as a deeply attractive thin-chassis making it stand out among competitors. Now a video of the device in action has emerged from its latest appearance, this time in Portugal [...]
I’ve always thought that the idea of eBooks was a pretty cool one. It would be awesome to carry around a small pad that could show me any book that I loaded into it. Unfortunately something just bothers me about reading a book on an electronic screen.
