4:15 PM, Jul 7th, 2010 
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Barnes & Noble struck first with a brilliantly thrown sucker punch followed up by a groin shot to hit Amazon where it hurt — right in the bottom line. Less than three weeks ago the eReader market was a familiar place with established price points. We were eeking down to the $99 eReader with the [...]
4:07 PM, May 13th, 2010 6 Comments
The people have spoken: they want to buy tablet devices, but not at the current prices. A recent survey done by Boston Consulting Group sampled a global audience and found that 49% are planning to buy a tablet in the next three years. Over half of those are looking to buy one in the next [...]
12:26 PM, Mar 4th, 2010 0 Comments
Daza Electronics has introduced the E-002 and E-003 eReaders at the CeBIT show.
The Daza Electronics E-002 features a 6-inch 800 x 600 resolution E-Ink display with 16 levels of grayscale, a 2500mAh battery and support for ePub, PDF, TXT, HTML, XEB and CHM formats. The case looks very close to the JetBook Lite or Aluratek [...]
9:48 AM, Feb 3rd, 2010 0 Comments
The Aluratek Libre eBook Reader Pro perked a lot of eBook reader’s ears when it was announced due to its low price of $179 (currently $149 at Amazon). Basically a rebranded JetBook Lite with 100 free eBooks, the Aluratek Libre has the same reflective 5-inch LCD screen, SD card expandable slot, weight of 8 [...]
11:06 AM, Jan 6th, 2010 2 Comments
New screen technologies are helping to evolve the tablet concept and make it more affordable and useful to the consumer. In the past we’ve talked about Pixel Qi, LPD (liquid powder display) and Mirasol displays and how they could bring eReaders (specifically) into a bright and more colorful future.
Now a company called Liquavista has [...]
3:21 PM, Dec 30th, 2009 0 Comments
Chinese manufacturer Owen released some specs on their new E1 eReader today. It looks to be a 5-inch E-Ink screen with MP3 player capabilities.
Owen is used to making PMPs for the Asian market, so we’re interested to see how their new foray into eReaders goes. Instead of typical resolution, the E1 lists that it [...]
2:28 PM, Dec 9th, 2009 0 Comments
It’s time to finalize our eReader Holiday Gift Guide ($300 and up) for 2009 with the heavyweight division: the Amazon Kindle DX, Sony Daily Edition Reader and iRex DR800GS. These big boys pack a large screen size and tons of extras to match their higher price tags.
See our previous eReader Holiday Gift Guide posts for:
Lightweight [...]
11:18 AM, Nov 19th, 2009 6 Comments
The Aluratek Libre eBook Reader Pro is another (rare) entry into the sub-$200 eReader category.
Joining the JetBook Lite, BeBook Mini and Sony Pocket Edition (PRS-300) Reader — see our eReader Holiday Gift Guide to see them compared — the Libre may look a little familiar to some. It uses a monochromatic LCD screen as [...]
1:32 PM, Nov 9th, 2009 7 Comments
The Holiday season is fast approaching and, if the analysts are correct, eReaders will be the big gift item this year. But where to start? It seems that new eReaders have been popping up nearly every other day in the last couple of months. Who can keep track of this stuff? Best Tablet Review, [...]
12:07 PM, Oct 18th, 2009 0 Comments
Ectaco showed off their new jetBook Lite eBook at the Frankfurt Book Fair. As you can see from the above video it looks to be a very simple eReader with a five inch TFT monochromatic screen. It’s chock full of menu and selector buttons and instead of charging with a traditional internal battery, the jetBook [...]
