Two things that almost every consumer electronics manufacturer is doing these days is to develop their iteration of an App Store and an e-book reader. Acer’s not different too as Jim Wong President of IT Products division has confirmed that they’re indeed planning to launch it in middle of this year. Acer’s App Store […]
Asus DR-950 e-book reader looks ready for primetime
Asus has been spilling timely details regarding its e-book reader plans but today their UK office dropped some ogle worthy pictures of its 9-inch DR-950 reader. The design looks slick and with the specs it carries, it surely can give International Kindle DX some hard time. The last we heard the 9-inch model will […]
Asus preparing two more e-book readers
DR-570 is not the only e-book reader Asus is working on. Asus confirmed to Register Hardware today about two more reader models. First is a 5.7-inch DR-750 model that is similar to DR-570 but sports a monochrome display, although it’s not clear if it will be an e-ink or OLED. The next model is […]
Asus to launch DR-570 e-book reader, touts 122 hours of battery life
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 […]
Intel Reader takes pictures of text and reads it aloud
Intel has introduced Reader, a nifty gadget for people affected with reading disabilities, dyslexia or partial blindness. The rugged Intel Reader consists of a camera, OCR engine and a screen that takes pictures of the printed text, converts and displays/reads aloud the scanned text. It also plays MP3s and converts the scanned docs into […]
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 […]