Archive | June, 2009

Kindle DX ships June 10

The long wait is almost over for the first Kindle DX to get into the hands of customers! Since the announce of its arrival on May 6, many kindle customers joined the pre-order line to make sure that their beloved DX is delivered on their doorsteps on the 1oth of the month. If you did [...]

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Crunch Pad looking to Carve out its Niche in the e-reader world!

Last summer, TechCrunch posted the article which began with  ”I’m tired of waiting – I want a dead simple and dirt cheap touch screen web tablet to surf the web…” This device would be extremely thin, with headphone jack, low end hardward, video camera, microphone,  wi-fi, USB Support, built-in battery, 1/2 Gig. RAM,  4 Gig. harddrive, iPhone-like touch screen for [...]

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Could your Computer or cellphone screen be the Next ebook reader?

Could your Computer or cellphone screen be the Next ebook reader?

Imagine reading tons of books online or on your mobile device at the click of a button. Thanks to Google, your computer, cellphone screen, and other mobile devices could become the next e-book reader. Already with over 1.5 million public domain books available, and copyrighted books available for preview, …Google is hoping to deliver favorites to the [...]

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New 3qi Screen Launch to Rival e-ink

There’s been much talk about the impending lauch of PixelQi’s  3qi screen designed for netbook computers and ebook readers.  According to PixelQi’s founder, Mary Lou Jepsen, “…one of our screens is in full color saturation with its backlight on, the other of our screens is … in its e-paper mode with backlight off. These screens will be available [...]

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