Posts Tagged ‘e-readers’
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Kobo E-Reader Launches At Borders For $150
Borders bookstore just threw themselves into the e-reader battle and announced that they’ll start taking pre-orders for the Kobo eReader. The Kobo has a 6-inch e-ink screen that measures just 0.1-inch thin and weighs a h...
Deals
Sony PRS-600RC Reader Touch Edition Red E-book E-reader – $249
Vann’s has the Sony PRS-600RC Reader Touch Edition Red E-book E-reader for $299.97 – $51 instant discount + free S&H = $248.97! This reader has a 6-inch screen, red finish, 7500 page turns per battery charge an...
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Sony PRS-600BC Reader Touch Edition Black E-book E-reader – $240 + Free S&H
Dell Home has the Sony PRS-600BC Reader Touch Edition Black E-book E-reader for the best deal on the Web yet! This e-reader has a touchscreen panel, 6-inch monchrome e-ink display, 800×600 resolution and the following sup...
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Viewsonic Joins The E-Reader Saga, Intros VEB620 and VEB625
ViewSonic’s about to offer the Kindle some competition with two new e-readers. The VEB620 and VEB625 are 6-inch, 800×600 resolution e-ink devices with 2GB internal storage. They’re both compatible with PDF, RT...
Science
200 Page Per Minute Scanner Built By Japanese Research Team (video)
With e-books quickly becoming more and more popular, one can forget about the vast amounts of printed books yet to be digitized. Masatoshi Ishikawa, a professor at the University of Tokyo, is trying to get those books scanned ...
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Gadget Rumor: Amazon Kindle 2, Again
Back in November, a rumor surfaced that Amazon was set to release a new version of their Kindle, the Kindle 2. The rumor set release date to happen sometime in Q1 of 2009. Guess what? Yup, folks in the press world have been ...
Amazon Deals
Kindle Wireless Reading Device – $309 Shipped
The Big O’ has spoken and with it comes a discount. For a limited time Amazon has the Kindle E-Reader on sale this holiday. It’s $359 – $50 coupon (OPRAHWINFREY) + free shipping = $309 shipped! Don’t f...
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Amazon Kindle 2 Leaked
If you recall, a few weeks back there was a rumor circulating that Amazon was set to launch a new Kindle, a college friendly Kindle at that. Although there’s nothing in these ‘spy’ shots to confirm that parti...
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Sony Launches PRS-700 Touchscreen Digital Reader
E-readers are nothing new, but Sony stepped it up today with the introduction of the touchscreen PRS-700. Sporting similar dimensions and svelteness of the original Sony e-reader, the PRS-700′s 6-inch screen allows reader...