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Romur: Android Amazon Kindle ereader app on its way?
It looks like an Android version of the Amazon Kindle reader tool is on its way. According to Dell Mini 5 promotional materials that Engadget published, the Kindle ereader application will launch along with a mobile version of Amazon’s Video on Demand service. It looks like the app could launch along with the Dell Mini [...]
Barnes & Noble to Launch iPad eBook Reader App
Image via CrunchBase Barnes & Noble announced plans to release and e-reader application for the iPad, which will most likely compete with Apple’s iBookstore app. The bookseller already has an iPhone application, released last July, and now offers more than 1 million books. They are planning to launch an iPad version app when the device [...]
Amazon: Kindle for BlackBerry App Coming Soon
Amazon.com plans to release a new, free Kindle for BlackBerry mobile application in near future, according to the company’s Kindle Web page. The online retailer didn’t specify when exactly the app will be released, but its Kindle page currently shows a BlackBerry icon atop the words “coming soon.”The news of a Kindle for BlackBerry app [...]
Barnes & Noble Nook E-Reader Has Been Rooted
Image via CrunchBase Barnes & Noble’s e-reader, “Nook,” has just been rooted by the NookDevs.com modding team. They announced that they discovered a DNS hack, and followed through by reverse-engineering the e-reader to see how it works. They eventually learned the Nook OS runs from the SD card, and Tweeted soon after: “We have root.” [...]
The Nook: EW’s hands-on review of the new e-reader
Is Barnes and Noble’s Nook this year’s Kindle killer? Nearly: The sleek e-reader offers some notable improvements, but it’s still plagued by problems common to the Kindle and similar devices. Perhaps that’s not a ringing endorsement, but don’t close the book on the Nook just yet. Look and feel: At just under 12 oz., the Nook weighs about [...]
My Nook tryout at the local B&N: A sluggish e-reader with confusing navigation
Teleread’s Jean Kaplansky has a review of the Nook. Jean is an XML pro and violin-lover who lives in upstate New York with her husband, three dogs and five cats. “I’ve been doing the e-book thing,” Jeans writes, “since the emergence of Peanut Reader for the Palm way back in the ‘90s.” Why not visit [...]
