Pandigital may be better known on these pages for their digital photo frames, but the company have another use for a 7-inch LCD: an ereader. The Pandigital Novel eschews E Ink for a full color touchscreen LCD display, Android OS and WiFi b/g/n, the latter being used for wireless connection to Barnes & Noble's eBookstore.
That means support not only for purchasing ebooks, newspapers and magazines, but use of B&N's LendMe functionality that allows readers to share texts for up to 14 days. LendMe will work with B&N's PC/Mac ereader clients and, we're presuming, the company's own nook ereader. Meanwhile there's also multimedia support, including MP3, AAC and WAV audio, JPEG, BMP, PNG and GIF images and MPEG4 video; content can be saved to the 1GB of internal memory or to an SD or MMC memory card.
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‘eBook’ Stories
Barnes & Noble PubIt! self-publishing ebook service due Summer 2010
Barnes & Noble have announced PubIt!, a way for independent publishers and authors to create their own ebook content for the B&N ebook store, and the company's response to the Kindle Digital Text platform. Full royalty details for B&N PubIt! are yet to be confirmed, but ebooks produced via the system will be DRM encrypted and available not only on the nook but the retailer's PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone and BlackBerry clients.
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Amazon Kindle for Android app due summer 2010
Amazon have announced that an Android client for their Kindle ereader app is next on the agenda, which, like the company's iPhone, iPad and PC/Mac apps, will synchronize bookmarks across all copies of the Amazon ebook the reader is following. It'll also be possible to browse the Kindle ebook store via the Android app, downloading titles directly to the handset.
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Kobo ereader hits Borders preorder for $150
Kobo and Borders have announced that the Kobo ereader is now available for preorder, and will begin shipping from June 17th 2010. Priced at $149.99, the Kobo lacks WiFi or 3G but does at least come with Bluetooth, for wireless transfers of ebooks from your computer to the device; those ebooks, Borders hope, come from their own selection of over 1m titles, though you can also load up any DRM-free ePub or PDF content.
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Amazon shanks Penguin with slashed hard cover book prices
Amazon knows with the iPad on the market and a glut of other eReaders that are equally as cool as its kindle on the market today the big factor in choosing a new device might just boil down to the price of books. Amazon has been fighting with major publishers over how to price digital books and that fight has been ugly.
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Bookeen Cybook Opus Color not as exciting as name suggests
When we're waiting with no small amount of eager anticipation for the first color E Ink based ebook readers to arrive on shelves, Bookeen's decision to call its new range the Cybook Opus Color seems destined to confuse. The "color" part of the title refers to the new flourish of case finishes for the 5-inch ereader, not any exciting upgrade to its display technology.
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Velocity Micro Cruz Tablet: Android 2.1 slate for $300
Velocity Micro are no strangers to tablets - the company attempted to crack the market with the M5 MID back in 2009, a rebadged aigo P8860 - but we reckon they've a better chance this time around with the Cruz Tablet and Cruz Reader. Each model has a 7-inch capacitive touchscreen, runs Android 2.1 and supports Flash 10.1, but the real boon is the price: the Cruz Tablet is expected to come in at $299.99, while the Cruz Reader will be $199.99.
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The Daily Slash: April 13th 2010
Tuesday is one of the days that, the moment it starts, you're wondering how fast it's going to end. After all, it's the day before Wednesday, and hopefully that means you're half way done with your work week. That's one of the reason we're so happy to bring you the Daily Slash, where we can let you wind down with the day's ending topics, so you can feel rejuvenated for your hump day challenges. As for what's on tonight's platter, which of course we focus on the Best of R3 first, is an Android-based handset that's coming direct from a wireless carrier, the latest and greatest when it comes to virtual desktops for your iPad, and the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 gets reviewed. And then in the 'net, we've got new chips from Intel, an Iron Man 2 goodie that's great for all ages, a hoodie with a little bit of light, and finally one of the greatest looking eBooks we've ever seen. So let's not waste any more time, shall we?
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Amazon freeze Penguin & Hachette ebooks; Analyst calls for Kindle price-slash
If you thought the ebook saga was settled after Amazon conceded to agency model pricing with both HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster, think again. Certain Penguin and Hachette Book Group ebook titles have been removed from sale by the retailer, as independent negotiations with each publisher continue to take their toll. Meanwhile, analysts are calling for Kindle prices to be slashed in response to the iPad. Amazon have described the Hachette freeze as an "interim" measure, but the Penguin situation looks like the retailer attempting to ramp up pressure.
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Amazon concedes higher bestseller prices with HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster
The iPad hadn't even been officially announced last December, and the publishing houses were already using it as a stick with which to beat Amazon back into ebook negotiations. Now, according to the Wall Street Journal, Amazon has conceded to the so-called agency pricing model with publishers HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster. That will see the cost of most bestsellers rise to between $12.99 and $14.99.
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Interpark Biscuit 3G ereader hits Korea
Another week, another oddly named ebook reader. Korean shopping heavyweight Interpark have announced their own entrant to the ereader market, in the shape of Biscuit. Similar to the Amazon Kindle, though with a distinctive keyboard layout that moves the core navigation buttons to below the display rather than their more common edge positions, the Biscuit includes 3G connectivity for mobile downloads of ebooks and newspapers.
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Kobo $149 eReader and “Powered by Kobo” ebook platform announced
Break out the bunting, there's a new e-reader in town. Kobo have announced that they'll be taking on Amazon's Kindle, Barnes & Noble's nook and the eventually-linked-to-Borders Spring Design Alex with their own dedicated device, the Kobo eReader. Great, aside from the fact that they've apparently just recycled a four-year-old Netronix ebook reader with a bright new case.
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