Tag: e-reader
Yota Phone 2 is world’s first dual screen smartphone and e-reader
Mobile phone company Yota has developed what it’s claiming is the world’s first dual-screen always-on smartphone. Combining the features of a premium Android smartphone with the benefits of an Electronic Paper […]
Amazon accidentally reveals new Kindle Paperwhite 2 and September 30 ship date
If you're thinking about splashing the cash on a Kindle Paperwhite eReader, you may want to hold fire. It seems that Amazon have accidentally outed its successor, with a post on Forum.HR providing the above landing page image revealing the…
Kobo bolster tablet and e-reader range with new Aura, and Arc 10HD
Kobo is popping a whole slew of brand new devices onto shelves in the next month or so, with the company updating its line of e-readers and tablets. The new Kobo Aura e-reader, with its front-lit, 6-inch display looks set…
REVIEW: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite (Wi-Fi and 3G)
Does the inclusion of a built-in light make Amazon's latest Kindle E Ink eReader, the Paperwhite, their best yet? Or do a few omissions over earlier models drag it down? Read our full review to find out!
Kindle eBook sales overtake print books on Amazon.co.uk
Amazon are now selling more eBooks in the UK than they are printed books, the online retailer revealed today. After overtaking hard-back book sales in 2011, 2012 has seen 114 Kindle books sold for every 100 print books in the…
Waterstone's to launch e-reader Kindle rival
Waterstone's are preparing to launch an e-reader device next spring, according to the company's managing director James Daunt. Inspired by the success of US highstreet bookseller Barnes and Noble and their well-received Nook e-reader, Daunt told Raido 4 that the…
Forget tablets: Amazon pushing forward with browser-based Kindle Cloud Reader
Amazon have launched a new browser-based web app called the Kindle Cloud Reader, using HTML5 tech to offer up their e-book reading experience. While many are expecting Amazon to launch two of their own tablet devices later this year,…
Kobo eReader Touch edition fighting Kindle with fingers
While Amazon may be busy sorting out their forthcoming tablet onslaught, perhaps they should be looking over their shoulder at their eReader position too, as Kobo have just revealed a striking new device in the shape of the Kobo…
Ricoh solves tech riddle and introduces coloured e-paper
Ricoh announces today that it finally solved the industry's problems with coloured e-paper, having passed the first hurdle towards bringing this to the market. Ricoh has developed electronic paper with 4 times better colour reproduction than what's currently on…
The Kindle is not a gadget, says Amazon
People don't buy Kindle e-readers because they are gadget buffs; "the reason people choose the device is that they love reading," Amazon's vice president of Kindle Content, Russ Grandinetti, said in an interview with the Daily Telegraph. It's taken…
