E-book readers were found aplenty on the CES showfloor but one company that refrained to show their creation was Asus. However, they’ve now decided to spill some details as well as a picture of their e-book reader, dubbed as DR-570. The DR-570 is expected to hit the retail shelves by the end of this […]
Zii Mediabook mockup UI video
Someone attempted a brave move by capturing supposedly secret UI presentation of the Zii Mediabook, which we told you yesterday. Though it’s difficult to tell if the Mediabook is powered by Android, the UI does emphasize on three areas – Explore, Experience and Engage, hinting a user will get a lot of interactivity options […]
Creative entering e-book market with Zii powered MediaBook
The e-book reader market is about to get hotter as Creative has announced their entry by showing a working prototype at an AGM held in Singapore. Unlike most of the e-book readers in the market, Creative’s attempt will be very different as its e-book reader will do more than books. Tentatively named as MediaBook, […]
Bridgestone develops flexible e-book reader
Bridgestone predominantly makes tyres but they have a penchant to develop technologies related to e-paper. They have shown couple of innovative e-paper technologies in the past and now they’ve unveiled an e-book reader that is unlike Kindle and the likes. This prototype features a flexible e-paper, effectively allowing the reader to bend to some […]
MSI prepping Tegra-based e-book reader
It seems the e-book reader market is following the same trend as the netbook market. Every company wants a piece of the market and though each product is more or less the same, they’ll try to offer some distinguishing factor over the other one. We’ve already seen a number of companies selling their e-book […]
Barnes & Noble’s Nook goes official – Android e-book reader for $259
Keeping its weird name debate aside, bookseller Barnes & Noble announced its Nook e-book reader yesterday. Nook has been priced as same as Kindle ($259) but scores on a lot of fronts than Amazon’s offering. The most visible change is the integration of two screens – e-ink display for reading and a color touchscreen […]
Barnes & Noble e-book reader to be known as Nook, will retail for $259
Barnes & Noble will be making their e-book reader official today but WSJ who got an early sneak peek shares some details. The B&N reader that was spied last week will be called as Nook and will go head to head with Kindle in terms of pricing, which means around $259. The e-book reader […]
Barnes & Noble e-book reader leaked, has an e-ink and multi-touch LCD display
The e-book reader market has become so big that apparently every company wants to make some money out of it. Barnes & Noble will also be delving into it and is expected to go official next week. Gizmodo has got some pictures of the upcoming B&N reader and it looks like other e-book readers […]
Sony announces PRS-600, PRS-300 e-book readers
Sony has unveiled two new e-book readers to take on Kindle in the US market. Off the two, the PRS-300 Pocket Edition aims for the budget friendly crowd that gives the freedom to store hundreds of books at an affordable $199 price tag. It sports a 5-inch screen and easily fits in a jacket […]
Samsung e-book reader announced in South Korea
Pardon our limited capacity to understand Korean but it looks like Samsung is out with an e-book reader of its own in their home market. The SNE-50K reader has been created in association with Kyobo, South Korea’s largest bookstore. The 200g and 9mm slim device features a 5-inch display, ability to take notes with […]