I found another Netroix clone yesterday. This one has an unusual D-pad, but aside from that it looks like any other Netronix clone. It was released in December with a retail of 1799 yuan. The e6101 will probably not be available outside of China. PCPop
Entries from January 27th, 2010
Hanvon N516 first impressions
January 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment · hardware reviews
My N516 arrived today from Fry’s. I thought I’d take a few minutes and tell you what I think. The full review will come later; I am waiting on a response from Hanvon. It’s the 5″ E-ink model without a touch screen. I like the simple pared down elegance of the design. There are 11 [...]
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Digital Book World roundup
January 27th, 2010 · No Comments · conferences & trade shows
Since I couldn’t get a press pass to DBW, I can’t cover it live. But I’m following the feeds of a couple people who did get in, and I want to share what I found. TeleRead DBW Keynote: Shiv Singh of Razorfish, engaging readers in the digital age Biggest Opps in netbooks, not dedicated e-readers [...]
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Lulu to sell Wattpad ebooks
January 27th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
from the press release: Raleigh, NC, January 26, 2010 –(PR.com)– Wattpad, the world’s most popular ebook community, has partnered with Lulu, the leader in open publishing, to provide Wattpad writers with a Wattpad branded marketplace on Lulu.com to print, sell and promote their works. … The Wattpad Marketplace on Lulu.com” is available at www.lulu.com/partners/wattpad.
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Introducing the Teclast K3
January 27th, 2010 · 3 Comments · hardware news, teclast
Teclast just announced an ebook reader. The K3 has a 6″ E-ink screen, 4GB storage, accelerometer, and (based on the formats listed) uses FBReader for reading software. The expected retail price is 1499 yuan (about $220). The K3 also has broad support for audio formats as well as TTS and recording capability. source You know, [...]
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Delta Electronics to launch color epaper reader in 2010
January 27th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
ComputerWorld is reporting: Taiwan’s Delta Electronics plans to start marketing a new 13.1-inch color touchscreen e-reader and an 8.1-inch monochrome touchscreen device around the end of the second quarter, which use e-paper technology from Japan’s Bridgestone. … Hui Lee, director of the e-Paper business program at Delta, said her company is still open to finding [...]
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BenQ launch e-book platform
January 27th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
I can’t find an original source on this, so here is what DigiTimes had to say: BenQ has announced the launch of eBook Taiwan, an online integrated digital content platform for e-book readers, in the Taiwan market. The company also recently launched the own-brand nReader K60 at a recommended retail price of NT$8,990 (US$281). BenQ [...]
$14.99 for an ebook? Awesome!
January 27th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Apple
The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that the deal Apple signed with had 2 price points for best seller ebooks: $14.99 and $12.99. This is good news. If your first thought was that you refuse to spend that much on an ebook (I know I won’t), then you are looking at it from the wrong [...]
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New ebookstore opened – EbookPie
January 27th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
This ebookstore just opened with over 235,000 ebooks in stock. It sells ebooks in MSReader, Mobipocket, Adobe DE, and eReader. In this day and age a new ebookstore needs something to set it apart. eBookPie has “eChapter”. They’ve worked out a deal with certain publishers so the customer can buy certain chapters in a book [...]
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QuokkaPad
January 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment · hardware news
This reader was just announced a couple weeks ago. It’s Australia first native ebook reader, and it’s basically an 8″ Linux tablet. I just heard back from Ubis, and the retail is expected to be $400 (US) and $450 (AUS). They’re currently seeing an 8 hour battery life. The projected release date is the end [...]
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