Tag: e-readers
Borders Officially Seeks Chap. 11 Protection
As expected, bookstore chain Borders Group filed a petition for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It hopes to reorganize by...
LG Joins Hanvon w/Color ePaper Display
Color e-paper displays aimed at eReaders got some support from LG as well as Hanvon this week. Chinese...
1 Million Nooks Sold, Could Double
Barnes & Noble revealed yesterday it sold 1 million Nook eReaders to date, as it announced a color...
12% Plan to Buy an eReader Soon
One in 10 online Americans (8 percent) use an electronic reader of some kind, says a new Harris...
Kno Super Tablet Gets Financing
Kno, which is developing a dual-screen eReader/tablet that made a splash at the AllThingD conference in June, is...
Kobo Outperforms at Borders
Borders, which is stepping up efforts to market eReaders, said sales of the Kobo eReader as well as...
New Sony eReaders Start at $179
Sony introduced a new eReader lineup of lighter, slimmer models which all now feature an improved optical touchscreen,...
Staples Gets the Kindle
Amazon is slowly offering its Kindle eReader through other leading retailers—the latest of which is office supply chain...
Kindle 3 Ships Today; Outsells Past Models
Amazon said its new Kindle 3 models are the fastest selling Kindles to date. In the four weeks...
Google Gingerbread Tablet by Motorola Reported
Some of the first reports of Android 3.0 (Gingerbread) tablets due in Q1 2011 are issuing from Taiwan...
New Nook eReader Apps
Barnes & Noble updated its eReader apps and has switched most of them the Nook brand rather than...
Notion Ink iPad Rival Could Ship December
The much anticipated Notion Ink Adam tablet—a possible rival to the iPad—may be available by the end of...
Sony Said to Ready New eReaders
Sony is expected to offer this fall two new eReaders with touch screens including a WiFi model called...
Amazon Kindle Gets Patent: Watch out Nook
Amazon has just been granted a U.S. patent for a dual screen eReader; and the patent appears to...
Kindle App Gets Video, Audio
The Kindle eReader may not be able to play video embedded in eBooks, but the Kindle app for...
Plastic Logic Cancels Pre-orders
It's been a cruel spring for eReaders. First iRex goes bankrupt, then the bottom drops in pricing, and...
Kindle Drops to $189 in Price War with Nook
A price war is raging between booksellers Amazon and Barnes & Noble over their 3G eReaders. Shortly after...
Nintendo May Be Next eReader Competitor
Nintendo may be the next company to jump into the eReader market…sort of. It’s 3DS portable gaming device...
LG, iRiver in eBook Venture
LG Display (LGD) entered a joint venture with iRiver (which makes the $300 Story eReader) to develop OEM...
QUE Preorders to be Filled in June
Plastic Logic is blaming the delayed release of its high end plastic QUE eReader on a shift in...