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Before, a lot of people thought ebooks will never really be a hit and ebook readers aren’t a necessity. All of that changed with the introduction of Amazon’s Kindle. For the first time ever, Amazon shoppers on Christmas day bought more books for their Kindles then they did the traditional paperbacks and hard-bounds. Usually, on [...]

That is, if you ordered your device before November 30 but won’t receive it before December 24. The voucher can be used for shopping at Barnes & Noble’s retail Web site. There won’t be a lot people receiving these gift certs though as the company says only “a very small percentage” of Nook buyers will [...]

For those who have been living under a rock in say, the last three years wouldn’t know this. But for us who’s trying to keep up will all the tech news happening every day, it’s very easy to see that indeed, mobile internet has come a veeeery long way. And a study conducted by investment [...]

Since Barnes & Noble’s Nook are making huge waves in the market even before its release, Amazon’s Kindle has to keep up if they want to stay on top. Announced today, Kindle now has an improved battery life when the wireless connection is turned on. Compared to its previous 4-hour battery life, the Kindle can [...]

Following their announcement late last month, set-top box maker Roku  announces 10 new content channels available in their newly-launched Channel Store. For those who are not familiar with Roku, this is the company that makes a wireless device that allows content to be streamed directly to any TV screen from the web. In addition to [...]

Is this finally the device to challenge the Kindle’s reign in the eBook reader market? It sure looks like it, as Barnes and Noble, distributor of the Nook eReader, announced that it is experiencing production delays because of the huge demand for the device – and they haven’t even started shipping the devices yet. Compared [...]

I’ve said this a couple of times, and I’m gonna say it again, Amazon is really serious in maintain their status as the reigning ebook reader provider. After unveiling the international version of the Kindle just a couple of weeks ago which was sold for $279, Amazon decided to take away twenty bucks from its original [...]

Another player in the Ebook market dominated by Amazon’s Kindle and Sony reader will be coming in from Plastic Logic. Yesterday, the company announced that they are preparing to release an ebook reader that’s aimed at business professionals. Prototypes of the QUE were demonstrated last month at the DEMOFall 08 conference. The device is set [...]

With the holidays fast approaching, Amazon sure knows they’ll be more last-minute shoppers than any other season so they’re rolling out their newest service – same-day shipping. Not everyone will be catered to this service though as there are of course distance matters to take into consideration so if you live say, in San Francisco, [...]

Amazon.com announced today the new “U.S and international” Kindle which will enable users to wirelessly purchase electronic books from Amazon’s U.S. eBook store even if they are in their home countries. Unfortunately, the Kindle 2 world version isn’t available for all countries in the world, including a handful that may have been significant markets, including [...]