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 Christmas day, [...]
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 not [...]
Posted on December 16th, 2009 in Tech News
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 firm [...]
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 now [...]
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 to Amazon’s [...]
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 price [...]
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 to make [...]
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 Canada, [...]
Remember when the net was all abuzz when Kindle remotely deleted copies of George Orwell’s novels “1984″ and “Animal Farm” from customers’ Kindles in July? Remember when after that, Amazon founder Jeffrey Bezos called the move in addressing the problem “stupid, thoughtless and painfully out of line with our principles”?
Well, apparently it wasn’t enough for [...]
And this isn’t just like any other reader too.
Asus, the company who first launched netbooks, is doing it again and is now planning on releasing a low-cost gadget alternative for electronic book readers they’ve dubbed the Eee Reader.
According to Jerry Shen, Asus president, two versions are set to be available in the market by the [...]
