E Book Reader
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Big software plans for Amazon's Kindle?
News Amazon.com's buying and hiring signal that many more Kindle apps may be on the way and software to put Amazon books on other mobile devices.
Tags: Business applications, Development/design, Applications and tools, Business Strategies & Functions, Mobile, Smart Phone, E-book Reader, E-book, Amazon.com Inc., online retail company
Sony Reader PRS-505
Reviews Sony's Reader PRS-505 is the best-designed e-book reader we've seen. However, it's still unlikely to be an everyday replacement for paper.
Tags: Battery, Adapter, Sony Reader, E-book Reader, E-book, SD card, E Ink Corp., Sony Reader PRS-505, Reader PRS-505, software
E-reader trend needs common standards
News More players eye piece of e-reader market, but consumers benefit only if readers are built to support one common standard, say industry players.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Standards, E-book, Spokesperson, Standards, Korea, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., digital-rights management, public domain, Notebooks and tablets
Creative is latest to tackle e-book readers
News Maker of Zen MP3 players is said to be readying an e-book reader, tentatively named the MediaBook, that will harness videos, pictures, text, and services for a "media-rich experience".
Tags: Consumer Technology, Handhelds, Peripherals, Zen, e-reader, Creative, Amazon.com Inc., Bridgestone Corp., E-book Reader, Video
Sony's e-reader goes wireless
News With the new 3G-equipped Reader Daily Edition joining two other models, Sony reinforces the message that it's not ceding the market to Amazon.
Tags: Consumer Technology, GPS, Sony Reader, E-book Reader, E-book, Wireless, Touch Screen, Sony Corp., GPS, Consumer Technology
Apple changes mind on rejected e-book reader app
News App Store initially rejected the Eucalyptus app because it offered access to a text-only version of the Kama Sutra.
Tags: Smart phones, Mobile applications, Apple Inc., Twitter, App, E-book Reader, Eucalyptus, phone, Apple iPod, Apple iPod Touch
Amazon goes global with new Kindle
News New edition of the e-book reader that can wirelessly download books in more than 100 countries. Also: a price cut for U.S. consumers.
Tags: Handhelds, Forrester Research Inc., e-reader, e-reader sale, eReader, Sony Reader, U.S., Amazon.com Inc., Sales, online retail company
Google brings e-books to browser
News Google to launch online e-book store, challenging e-readers by taking e-books directly to browser.
Tags: Handhelds, Google Inc., Barnes & Noble Inc., e-reader, Amazon.com Inc., E-book Reader, Web Browser, E-book, handheld, online store
Xerox hopes to print computing smarts on fabric, plastic
News Company says its new silver-based ink can be used to print electronic circuitry on everything from flexible e-book screens to pill bottles.
Tags: Handhelds, Xerox Corp., Computing, desktop printer, silicon chip, Smith, Conference, E-book Reader, Manufacturing, Inkjet Printer
Barnes & Noble may face Kindle-type dilemma
News When the bookseller releases its e-reader devices next year, it may not be able to avoid having to remotely delete e-books, as Amazon did last month.
Tags: Copyright, Digital media, E-book Reader, Safe Harbor, Wireless, Singapore, Jeff Bezos, Digital media, Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle
More questions than answers on Google Books
News Google insists it has the best of intentions following its settlement with book rights holders, but there is a strong undercurrent of distrust in the publishing community.
Tags: Data Management, Databases, Settlement, Class Action, financial, knowledge, asset, University of California at Berkeley, director, Data Management
Bookeen Cybook Gen3
Reviews Compact, lightweight and usable, the Cybook Gen3 is currently the best e-book reader on the UK market. It could, however, still benefit from a few tweaks.
Amazon earnings miss a beat
News Online auction site disappoints Wall Street expectations, blaming a one-time payment to Toys "R" Us for the decline in profits.
Tags: E-commerce, Earning reports/forecasts, Video Game, eBay Inc., Video, Stock, Sales, Stephen Baker, Amazon.com Inc., Earnings
Amazon's Kindle device out of stock
News Despite early skepticism on the part of observers about the looks and marketability of the e-reader, consumers seem to be giving it the thumbs up.
Tags: Development/design, Digital rights management (DRM)
Talking browser speaks to blind Net users
News WeMedia launches a talking browser with oversized buttons and print to make Internet surfing easier for the blind and the visually impaired.
