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E-Readers
Kindle vs. Nook
Introduction: Full disclosure: I am a Nook fan. I have been since my purchase of the first Nook, and my experiences with the Simple Touch (unboxing, review) and Nook Color (review) have been, for the most part, very postivie. Though, I've found that e-ink is the best reason to choose an e-reader over a tablet for reading. (See my comparison of the first two... Read more » Barnes and Noble announce new NOOK: The Simple Touch Reader
Barnes & Noble announced today pre-order availability for their new simplified Nook e-book reader, The Simple Touch. This Wi-Fi-only e-ink tablet runs $139 and will be shipping on June 10th. The 6" display is black & white, and, as the title suggests, is touch sensitive. The Simple Touch runs Android 2.1 without Market access. But B&N is launching a new website... Read more » NOOK app for Android updated
Barnes & Noble announced today the availability of a new version of their popular NOOK application, which brings a total of over 140 digital periodicals to Android tablets running Android version 2.1 and higher. The update also brings viewing optimisations for 7-inch-plus tablets, including the bookseller's Article View technology. NOOK version 2.6.1 is... Read more » Run Honeycomb from NOOKcolor SD card
This is great news for people who like testing new software and tinkering around without actually altering (and potentially damaging) their hard earned gear. XDA-Developers member deeper-blue has made public his project that patches together the Honeycomb SDK emulator images, parts of CyanogenMod, and other little bits, allowing Android 3.0 to run on a NOOKcolor.... Read more » NOOKcolor updated to 1.1.0
Barnes & Noble's full color e-reader (and what might be the best bang-for-your-buck Android Tablet on the market) was updated to firmware version 1.1.0 today, which brings the following fixes/enhancements: Improved performance of Wi-Fi connectivity, Home and Shop. Ability to pinch and zoom in browser. Enhanced reading experience for magazines and children's... Read more » Amazon readying Kindle app designed for Android tablets
Amazon has announced that they will be releasing more versions of their Kindle app for larger screens later this year. Amazon's Kindle app for iPad has found a home in the top ten free downloads from the App Store, and Windows and Android tablets will soon have their own flavor of the program, complete with Whispersync support that keeps your place across... Read more » Amazon for Android goes color with magazines
Amazon's Android application just got a serious shot in the arm with an update that allows users to buy, read, sync, and discover more than 100 newspapers and magazines in full color. Android is the first platform to see the update because, as Amazon's Kindle VP said, it represents the fastest growing user base of their application. Check out a list of available... Read more » Barnes & Noble’s NYC event likely to bear Nook 2
I loves me some Nook news, and there will be plenty to go around this holiday season. After announcing the November release of Nook software version 1.5, which primarily addresses performance and cross-platform synching, B&N sent out invitations to a "very special event" that will take place next week in their Time Square shop, NYC. No invite in my mailbox, but... Read more » Gigabyte enters e-reader race with EB10
It seems like e-readers are the new gotta-have-one product for OEMs that want to feel like they're running in the big race, and I don't think we've heard of a new one in at least three days. Enter Gigabyte with their Samsung 667 MHz processor equipped "world's first Android e-ink device...I mean, the first World's first that has ever seen." Clearly, what we're... Read more » Entourage Edge and Spring Design Alex
Today at CES, chipset maker Marvell was spotted showing off two ready-to-go Android powered E-readers, the Entourage Edge and the Spring Design Alex. Entourage Edge The Entourage Edge, an interesting looking Android powered "dualbook", has been given an official release date of February 2010 for somewhere in the neighborhood of $490. While that may seem a... Read more » 
