Barnes & Noble may have had strong enough sales of the Nook Color to make itself table player, suppliers argued on Monday to the Digitmes. The company has reportedly shipped three million since it launched the fall, one million of which shipped in the last few weeks of the year. Demand was reportedly such that […]
Barnes & Noble today confirmed that the Nook Color would get full apps. The company is planning a “major update” for April that will give it new apps, e-mail, and other features. It didn’t say whether this would include third-party app support. Most believe the upgrade is actually a revision to add Android 2.2. The […]
Many users complained about the weird Kindle page numbering system using locations instead of real page numbers. While we know Amazon had a good reason for since Kindle books can be read at different fonts sizes and on different screen sizes; the truth is that we are used to have real pages and the current numbering system is hard […]
Hottest holiday gifts, according to Ask.com users, include: Grab Your Joysticks: Gaming wins overall this holiday season, with more than five percent of all Ask.com questions being about the Xbox. Gamers asked almost 5 times more questions about the Xbox than the Sony Playstation, with the Nintendo Wii falling between the two. Wizards vs. Vampires: […]
Amazon has posted a public thank you in the Kindle Community part of their web which gives insight into the high demand for the new third-generation Kindle e-book readers. The company shipped “millions” of the e-readers in the past 73 days. It sold more Kindles in these 73 days than in all of 2009. The […]
Amazon late Monday said it would preview a version of Kindle for the Web on Tuesday that will show full books. Previously limited to samples, the embedded technology won’t insist on reading offline and will also decentralize shopping. The change is a direct response to the Google eBookstore, which went live on Monday and is […]
Asus has officially launched its Eee Reader DR900. First unveiled in March this year at CeBIT, the 9-inch Eee Reader offers 2.25 times the reading area when compared to the popular 6-inch e-reader size. It offers near instant page turns via its SiPix electrophotoretic display, which draws power only when changing its image. As the […]
Kobo has announced new value-priced Kobo eReader bundles just in time for the holiday season. Starting today, customers can purchase a new Kobo Wireless eReader pre-loaded with any one of five exclusive eBook bundles at www.koboereader.com. Customers can save up to $30 and give the perfect gift for readers -“ an eReader already loaded […]
Amazon has announced that just in time for the holiday season, customers can give Kindle Books as gifts to anyone with an e-mail address–no Kindle required. Kindle Books can be read on Kindle devices and free Kindle reading apps for iPad, iPod touch, iPhone, Mac, PC, BlackBerry and Android-based devices. For more information or to […]
Barnes & Noble today promised a major Nook update that would give the e-reader an update just before it goes into the holidays. The 1.5 patch should “dramatically increase” the page turn speed. Sync has also been improved and should fully remember book positions across the Android, computer and iPad/iPhone apps as long as they […]
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