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Kindle forces budget e-reader price chops

by roko on January 26, 2011 in Comparison, eReaders, news with No comments

Sony has trimmed $50 off the list price of the PRS-350 Pocket Edition, making it a more tempting purchase.

(Credit: Sony)

When it comes to e-readers these days, most of the action here in the U.S. seems to be concentrated around the Kindle, Nook, and iPad. But every week or so, we’ll notice a traffic spike on CNET for an e-reader that isn’t from Amazon or Barnes & Noble. Inevitably, this is due to a special discount that some store is running on the product or perhaps even an appearance in a Best Buy circular.

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eReader Color e-Ink: Mirasol, Pixel Qi Vs. Nook Color & iPad

by roko on December 26, 2010 in Comparison, eReaders, news, Tablet with No comments

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Best eReader? Nook Color, Kindle 3 and iPad Comparison

by roko on December 26, 2010 in Comparison, eReaders, news, Tablet with No comments

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5 Best eBook Readers For Christmas 2010

by roko on December 21, 2010 in Comparison, eReaders, news, Tablet with No comments

Screen shot 2010 11 18 at 20.10.07 242x228 5 Best eBook Readers For Christmas 2010 eBooks are becoming increasingly popular, in fact Amazon are selling more eBooks than physical Hardback books, clearly being able to carry all your book collection around on a small, portable device is a welcome and convenient option to many people these days.

So with that in mind, which are your best options for an eBook reader? Well to determine a list of the very best e-readers, it is imperative to understand exactly what factors contribute to the overall experience of using an e-reading device.

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Color eReaders Open Way For Picture Books

by roko on December 17, 2010 in Comparison, eReaders, news with No comments

Millions of consumers have embraced black-and-white e-readers like the Kindle for reading simple novels or nonfiction — but books with color illustrations have generally remained better read in print.

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“Olivia Goes to Venice” by Ian Falconer on an iPad. This ability to show two pages as one image is not available on all devices.

Now publishers are making headway in converting their enormous libraries of illustrated titles to e-books, hoping to capitalize on the growing popularity of the Apple iPad and the Nook Color and their ability to showcase books with color photographs and illustrations.

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Finding the Right Holiday Gift : E-Reader

by roko on December 17, 2010 in Comparison, eReaders, news with No comments

The Apple iPad, a holiday gift favorite with it’s versatility and many applications available at a tip of a finger.

This holiday season will likely see a take-off in the eReader and tablet market. The devices have gained momentum and are toward the top of holiday wish lists.

There are several variations of the devices—each of which is fitted for a specific user—ranging from those more centered on reading, to those that have broader use. The main contenders are the Amazon Kindle and the Apple iPad, but the Barnes & Noble Nook also gained some leverage with the release of its color version.

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Color Progress on e-reader front

by roko on December 13, 2010 in Comparison, eReaders, news, Reviews with No comments

Touch screen, enhancements brighten the Color Nook

By David Pogue THE NEW YORK TIMES

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The Barnes & Noble Nook e-reader has a balky color touch screen beneath the E Ink screen, which you use for navigation and you can read any Nook book at no charge, one hour a day, when you’re in a Barnes & Noble store.
(THE NEW YORK TIMES)

E-book readers like the Amazon Kindle may be all the rage this holiday season. But five years from now, they’ll seem as laughably primitive as the Commodore 64.

“Oh, man, remember those Cro-Magnon e-book readers?” we’ll say. “They used E Ink screens — black text on gray. No color. No touch screens. And every time you turned a page, you got this weird black-white-black flash. Can you believe anyone bought those?”

Well, it’s time for some progress. Barnes & Noble’s new Nook Color ($250) is the first big-name e-book reader with a color touch screen. It has confusing aspects, but it’s light-years better than last year’s slow, kludgy black-and-white Nook. (The company says the new Nook was designed by a new team, based in Silicon Valley and largely made up of former Palm employees.)

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iPad,Nook Color and Amazon Kindle work with “Google Editions”

by roko on December 13, 2010 in Comparison, eReaders, news, Tablet with 1 Comment

How Google Editions will change the Kindle,iPad and Nook war?

Google wants to change the e-books and e-readers’ game.

It’s still early to say if Google’s new online bookstore will succeed, but based on the popularity of the search engine giant, a lot of “fan boys” will surely do the big shift.

The platform where book lovers will have the chance to own an electronic book copy and save it in the cloud is brilliant. The new Google service scheduled to hit the internet market before the Holidays can also change the current online books market share, where latest data show iPad significantly eating the pie share of popular e-commerce site Amazon.

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Will the Nook Color Catch On?

by roko on December 12, 2010 in Comparison, eReaders, news with No comments

If you can look past the inexplicable notch on the bottom, this may be just what you’re looking for in a tablet.I haven’t been too kind to Nook in the past, but I’ll admit that I’m intrigued by Barnes & Noble’s new offering. B&N decided to abandon the e-ink technology that defines the e-readers with their new Nook Color, and has come from out of the blue to compete in the tablet market.

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NookColor: should tablets (iPad) be worried of color eReaders?

by roko on December 10, 2010 in Comparison, eReaders, news with No comments

NookColor, the second generation Nook eReader

7 inch diagonal display that uses an IPS LCD panel

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Also, compared to the 1st gen Nook, the Nook Color uses a full touchscreen, not a small one mounted below the main screen. The OS has also been upgraded to Android 2.1, but that won’t help you by much, because you won’t be able to install and use regular android apps, but just the ones provided by Barnes & Noble. But don’t be upset, as this is not the point of the NookColor, which is a dedicated media reading device, be it a book or a magazine.

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