portable reading device
Buy Amazon Kindle DX In UK & Europe!
January 23, 2010
First there was the Kindle which became the first mainstream ebook reader when released over in America, this was followed by the Kindle 2 which boasted a whole series of improvements and which finally made it across the Atlantic to us wannabe Kindle 2 users in the UK and Europe.
Amazon also released the larger Amazon Kindle DX, again initially it was only available to those in America, however you can now buy a Kindle DX in the UK and Europe too!
But first a quick overview of the Kindle DX which was revealed to the American market all the way back in May last year. It’s got a 9.7” screen which uses the same digital e-ink technology that has made the Kindle 2 (6″ screen) so popular as it allows the text to be read in the same way as paper making it a lot easier on the eyes than staring at a backlit LCD screen which can perhaps tire your eyes with extended sessions of use.
Continue reading »WikiReader – A Dedicated Wikipedia Reading Device
October 22, 2009
If you had to choose one website that you could keep with you 24/7 (except of course Zath!) then one of the most popular answers would most definitely be Wikipedia – the answer to pretty much every question ever asked.
So OpenMoko have taken the initiative and released the WikiReader which will make the complete catalog of Wikipedia pages (over 3 million at the last count) available wherever you are whenever you are.
This is done via a pretty nice gadget which looks very similar to the Mintpass person media player that we saw earlier this week: it has a little black-and-white square touchscreen, three buttons and pretty much nothing else. For the record those three buttons are ’search’, ‘history’ and ‘random’ all of which allow easy access to the three principle functions of Wikipedia.
Continue reading »COOLER eBook Reader (Kindle Alternative)
October 21, 2009
I spotted the COOL-ER eBook Reader over at Firebox, and I’ve got to say I’m pretty smitten. Described as the “iPod of eReaders”, the COOL-ER comes in a range of gorgeous colours and weighs in at just 176 grammes, so very, very light. With 1GB of memory it’s capable of holding up to 800 titles, and also doubles up as an MP3 player. The glare-free screen is designed to replicate the appearance of real paper, making it easy on the eye and more attractive to traditionalists who don’t enjoy reading from a screen. The battery lasts for 8000 page turns, which is the equivalent of reading War and Peace five times, apparently – but without the accompanying wrist pain.
Buy Amazon Kindle 2 In The UK & Europe!
October 19, 2009
The original Amazon Kindle has been around since 2007 and finally a version later it’s jumped the Atlantic and we can now buy the Amazon Kindle 2 in the UK and Europe after we suspected it was a possibility a few months ago – now it appears just in time for the most lucrative season in the year – Christmas!
It’s essentially the same as the version of the Kindle 2 that was released in the US earlier this year, and in fact it is named the “US and International Wireless” Kindle – but bizarrely despite the fact that it has now been released over here it is still only available to buy via the American site, only shipping is now available over the borders for the fee of roughly $4 (about £2.50, which is good by most measures).
Continue reading »New York Times To Charge For Online Content?
May 13, 2009
If you start to look at who has suffered most from the growth of the internet over the last decade then the first thing you would probably think of would be the music industry, which is surprising as you would have thought that Newspapers would have been hit the hardest (who needs to pay for news when you get it for free on the internet?).
However thanks to a combination of tradition, wanting to have news ‘on the go’ and numerous other reasons they have managed to hang in there, and the industry would appear to be still going strong, the vast majority also have thriving websites.
But unfortunately for the newspapers their popularity is declining, and the most obvious solution would be to exploit the capabilities of the internet and generate revenue via online means as well as (or maybe in the future instead of) the paper version.
Amazon Kindle DX Revealed
May 9, 2009
What do you do when you’ve made the leading product in the market, you’re onto your second version and you’ve sold an estimated 500,000 units? Make it bigger of course – and that is what Amazon have done with the Kindle DX which was released this week.
Back in February we saw the release of the Amazon Kindle 2 and now it’s back, with an extra 3.7” of screen size, a host of extra features, and a load more publishing partnerships that promise to widen the range of texts available on the Kindle.
So, what makes this different from the previous Kindle? Well the most obvious thing is that it is a significant amount bigger (9.7” as opposed to 6”) which makes using it a lot more practical: you need to turn the page less which is an advantage if you’re just skimming through, you can have bigger text and it’s better for sharing with other people.
Continue reading »Amazon Kindle 2 Release In UK & Europe?
February 25, 2009
A few weeks ago we brought you news of the Amazon Kindle 2 release, the new electronic book reader from Amazon which was the successor to the very successful Kindle. However this didn’t mean an awful lot to us UK dwellers because despite the Kindle’s success we haven’t even seen a glimpse of it this side of the Atlantic.
Due to several reasons the Kindle has not come to UK, Europe or anywhere else outside of USA, and the Amazon Kindle 2 looked set to continue this trend. However when iFixit got hold of it they tore it apart (or rather they disassembled it) and had a look at what was inside: and to their surprise there was what looked like a space for a SIM card.
Continue reading »Amazon Kindle 2 Released
February 10, 2009
The appeal of electronic book readers such as the Amazon Kindle are both obvious and numerous: what could be more convenient that having hundreds of books at your fingertips wherever you are, and being able to download new ones whenever you feel like it? And when you can also get the latest newspapers from across the globe and magazines as well there is understandably a massive appeal to get an electronic book reader.
One of the first to enter this market was Amazon.com (more famous for their online shopping prowess) with their Kindle and they have been followed by many big names including Sony’s ‘Reader’ as well as some more obscure ones like iRex’s iLiad. But the Amazon Kindle has arguably been the most successful so it was time for version two.
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