D Streitfeld, in a f/u to his previous article on the faults of the Kindle Fire, ran the cricisms by computer how-to author Peter Meyers. His comments: The Fire suits its target audience of non iPad users/nontechies admirably well, albeit it needs fixing and further refinement. It would not, per Mr Meyers, have passed Apple [...]
D Pogue pens in today’s NYT (“Moving Forward in E-Readers”) that the technology has leapt forward this week with B&N’s new “All-New Nook” and the Kobo “Touch” additions to the e-reader marketplace. Both use EInk, as does the newest Kindle, but they best Kindle physically by eliminating the space and weight of the keybard by [...]
Barnes and Noble launched its Simple Touch Reader on e-mail ads today, and it looks quite attractive. Competitively priced at $139, it is thin and trim (6″ screen, 8 oz wt), uses E-ink, has touchscreen keyboard and navigation, and a long battery charge life. It continues the Nook Lend Me book swapping, in-store free reading, [...]
Kindle • Cost: starts at $139 • Pros: The best e-reader if your top priority is reading purchased books and newspapers. The Pearl E Ink quality is exquisite, and the battery lasts a full month. It’s also well-priced, light, thin and easy to hold for a long time. The keyboard is delightful for those of [...]
The Nook Color trumps the Kindle 3 when it comes to display technology and file support. The Kindle 3, on the other hand, wins out in the price and portability stakes. If you’re looking for a gadget that can do a variety of multimedia tasks, plump for the NookColor. If you just want an affordable [...]
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It’s gotten to the point where everybody and their grandmother, quite literally in most cases, has their own page on the Facebook, Twitter feed, or something similar these days. You might even post to them from your Kindle from time to time. Whole network news stories have formed based off of memes and rumors spreading across [...]
The Barnes and Noble Nook Color just came out to mixed reactions. It looks like a battle of book store against book store, but not e-reader against e-reader. Read on to discover the features of the new Nook Color. The Nook Color has something that the Amazon Kindle does not have; color! The Kindle is [...]
Barnes & Noble has introduced the new Nook Color e-reader this week, hoping to gain an advantage over the rival Amazon Kindle in the quickly growing e-reader market. The Nook Color will use an IPS LCD screen, the same type of display used by the Apple iPad. Read the full story on After Dawn. Related [...]
If you’re in the market for an e-book reader, the past couple of weeks have considerably changed your options, and for the better. Barnes & Noble’s and Amazon’s new products and price drops have made their e-book reader hardware considerably more affordable, and you now have excellent options available in the $149 to $199 price [...]
