On Wednesday, iRex Technologies, announced that it is entering the United States e-reader market with a brand new $399 touch-screen wireless device…just like the Amazon Kindle. The new iRex DR800SG boasts a 8.1 inch screen and will offer users the option to purchase digital books ( from Barnes & Nobles) and newspapers and magazines wirelessly [...]
Archive | September, 2009
Netbook Giant To Launch ebook Reader!
Asus, one of the world’s largest consumer electronics business, plans to lauch a low cost ebook reader later this year. It will be an ebook reader unlike any other…clever, versatile, and cheap. This new ereader will be designed to look just like a “real” book. Instead of just one single flat screen like the current [...]
Why it will take more than Just ePub format and Free google Public domain ebooks to Topple the Amazon Kindle
The ereader is not just about ebooks, and access to public format. It is also about price, content genre, service, convenience, features, internet access, and more… The latest hype that Sony’s new ebook readers are about to take over the ebook world is ridiculous and premature. Yes it now delivers wireless, ePub format, and access [...]
Amazon Challenges Googles Landmark ebook Settlement
In July, Google partnered with Barnes & Noble to make it’s library of free public domain ebooks available through B&N’s relaunched eBookstore. Barnes and noble is presently working on bringing a new ebook reader to the market. Last month, Google again announced a similar deal with Sony to make the said content available on the [...]
Ereader Market Set for Explosive Growth
According to In-Stat, worldwide electronic reader sales totaled just over 1 million last year. iSuppli estimates 18 million unit sales in 2012, while In-Stat sees 30 million in 2013 Currently, the Amazon Kindle leads with a 45% market share, while the Sony digital reader is a close second with 30%. (according to iSuppli)…but there is [...]
Latest eReader News!
UVA Students Test Kindle DX Sixty-two students were chosen at random from a total of 300 at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business to test out the Kindle DX technology to see if it will make life easier in the classroom. Discovery Could also be getting in on the ebook reader market Recent [...]
