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  • IWOOT launches Foxit eSlick ebook reader

    IWOOT launches Foxit eSlick ebook reader

    6-incher available for £189 5 November 2009 15:43 GMT

    IWOOT has launched a new ebook reader into the UK market with the online introduction of the Foxit eSlick.

    The 180 gram device is slim and lightweight and offers a 6-inch, E-Ink, 600 x 800 pixel resolution display.

    The eSlick gets a 512MB internal...

  • Spring Design sues Barnes & Noble over Nook ebook

    Spring Design sues Barnes & Noble over Nook ebook

    Claims "features copied" 3 November 2009 4:37 GMT

    Spring Design, the maker of the Alex dual-screen ebook reader is suing Barnes & Noble over claims that the bookseller copied ideas and features in releasing its own ebook, the Nook.

    "We showed the Alex e-book design to Barnes & Noble in good faith with the intention...

  • Bibliofile ebook reader concept design revealed

    Bibliofile ebook reader concept design revealed

    With flipper section to turn the page 26 October 2009 16:19 GMT

    The ebook reader marketplace is becoming rapidly populated as manufacturers rush to produce a gadget that not everyone's got yet.

    Some potential purchasers are said to be put off from making the leap from hardback to ebook due to the electronic version not offering...

  • Amazon to offer Mac version of "Kindle for PC" software

    Amazon to offer Mac version of "Kindle for PC" software

    Apple users won't be left out in the cold forever 26 October 2009 15:00 GMT

    While PC-owning book worms wait for Amazon's release of its new "Kindle for PC" software, it seems Mac users have not been forgotten, confirming to the Fast Company magazine's blog that it will be offering a similar software solution for Macs.

    With the short...

  • Amazon announces Kindle for PC

    Amazon announces Kindle for PC

    For those that "don't yet have a Kindle" 23 October 2009 9:19 GMT

    Amazon.com has announced "Kindle for PC", describing the release as "a free application that lets readers around the world enjoy Kindle books on their personal computers".

    The US Kindle Store currently offers over 360,000 books, including new releases and most...

  • Amazon Kindle International edition gets price cut

    Amazon Kindle International edition gets price cut

    $20 off days after official availability 22 October 2009 20:17 GMT

    Amazon has quietly dropped the price of the Kindle international edition by $20 to bring it in line with the original Kindle price in the US.

    UK customers wanting to sign up for the ebook reader that was announced just weeks ago, and only just available this week,...

  • PHOTOS: Barnes and Noble Nook

    PHOTOS: Barnes and Noble Nook

    Hands on with the new two screen ebook 20 October 2009 21:43 GMT

    Barnes and Noble today confirmed rumours of its ebook, and with it took the fledgling device market into overdrive, Pocket-lint was on hand to grab a play and some pictures.

    Up until now ebooks have featured just the one screen, this Nook takes this to the next...

  • Barnes & Noble Nook released

    Barnes & Noble Nook released

    Website announces details early 20 October 2009 20:26 GMT

    Barnes and Noble has let slip details of its much rumoured ebook launch on its own website hours before an official announcement.

    In what seems like a slip up, the book seller has detailed the features of the new product including images, and price ($259).

    Called...

  • Barnes & Noble Nook leaked. Gadgets, ebooks, Barnes and Noble, Amazon, Amazon Kindle, Spring Design, Plastic Logic, eBook readers, Barnes and Noble Nook 0

    Barnes & Noble Nook leaked

    New ebook expected to be launched Today 20 October 2009 16:05 GMT

    Barnes & Noble is expected to launch a new ebook, called the Nook, today in New York according to sources who've seen a yet unannounced advert.

    According to both the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, the device will feature a colour touchscreen display...

  • Spring Design Alex dual-screen ebook reader announced

    Spring Design Alex dual-screen ebook reader announced

    6-inch E-Ink reader with integrated Android phone 20 October 2009 10:02 GMT

    The ebook reader product releases continue apace, but this time round there's something a little different on offer with an Android phone incorpoated into an ebook reader.

    Spring Design has announced "Alex", the first e-book reader running Android with full...

  • Plastic Logic announces "Que" ebook reader for January launch

    Plastic Logic announces "Que" ebook reader for January launch

    Barnes & Noble-powered device creates "proReader" category for business-folk 19 October 2009 15:35 GMT

    Plastic Logic has announced a new ebook reader, the "Que", that's due to be launched at the CES show in January 2010.

    Describing the device as the first "proReader" designed for business professionals, the Que wants to "connect its users with their business...

  • Google Editions ebook store announced

    Google Editions ebook store announced

    Half a million titles to be available in the first half of 2010 16 October 2009 9:34 GMT

    Google has revealed plans to launch its own online ebook store, due to open its virtual doors in the first half of 2010.

    Although the online giant is currently embroiled in legal wrangles over its Google Books book scanning project, it hasn't stopped it from...

  • Barnes & Noble ebook pictures supposedly appear

    Barnes & Noble ebook pictures supposedly appear

    Caught on render if rumour is to be believed 14 October 2009 19:41 GMT

    Gizmodo is claiming to have exclusive pictures of the Barnes and Noble ebook expected to be announced on 20 October in New York.

    Although details are sketchy and the images themselves are artist renders probably more at home on Yanko design, nonetheless what ebook...

  • Barnes and Noble to announce new e-Reader. Gadgets, ebooks, Barnes and Noble, eBook readers, iRex, Plastic Logic, Barnes and Noble Nook 0

    Barnes and Noble to announce new e-Reader

    Major event 20 October 14 October 2009 2:29 GMT

    Barnes & Noble will announced details of its own e-Reader next week, the company has confirmed.

    Invites are slowly making their way to journalists asking them to join them to a "major event in the company's history".

    The Wall Street Journal has already...

  • UK Kindle owners to be charged 40% more for content

    UK Kindle owners to be charged 40% more for content

    Books will cost $13.99 compared to US price of $9.99 9 October 2009 17:04 GMT

    Amazon has u-turned on its launch promise not to charge international Kindle users more than it does US consumers, in a rip-off Britain move familiar to UK-based gadget fans who often suffer from inflated pricing.

    Despite Amazon stating that "there are no additional...

  • Barnes and Noble to offer colour ebook reader

    VIDEO: Barnes and Noble to offer colour ebook reader

    Plastic Logic device due spring 2010 9 October 2009 10:18 GMT

    American bookseller Barnes & Noble has revealed it is to offer an ebook reader with a colour screen as early as spring next year.

    The revelation was made on video to JBruinSan and concerns an unnamed Plastic Logic device.

    In the video, Barnes &...

  • Amazon Kindle DX UK bound too

    Amazon Kindle DX UK bound too

    Not just taking the one ebook reader overseas 8 October 2009 23:00 GMT

    Amazon in the US and UK has confirmed that it plans to take its other Kindle, the Kindle DX, international next year as well.

    In the US the comments come from Amazon.com spokesman Drew Herdener who when asked simply said: "sometime next year".

    Meanwhile...

  • Amazon: International Kindle owners won't have to pay roaming charges

    Amazon: International Kindle owners won't have to pay roaming charges

    No $1.99 download fee per book for UK 7 October 2009 19:59 GMT

    Amazon has confirmed to Pocket-lint that International customers won't have to pay for roaming charges on the new Kindle International edition.

    "No they won’t", a spokesman for the company from the UK office told Pocket-lint after we asked if the company...

  • International Kindle will cost £217 to import

    International Kindle will cost £217 to import

    Get your currency converters out as content to be bought from US only. 7 October 2009 9:29 GMT

    Following the news from Amazon that it is to offer an "International Edition" of the Amazon Kindle in 200 countries, Amazon's UK homepage is promoting the pre-order of the device, due to launch 19 October, with a "letter" from the founder of the etail site, Jeff Bezos.

  • Amazon Kindle comes to UK

    Amazon Kindle comes to UK

    International Edition launched 7 October 2009 5:33 GMT

    Amazon has announced that it is launching the Amazon Kindle in the UK and around the world as we reported it would last week.

    "We have millions of customers in countries all over the world who read English-language books", said Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com Founder and...

  • Disney Digital Books site launches for kids

    Disney Digital Books site launches for kids

    Interactive online rather than downloads 30 September 2009 12:28 GMT

    Disney has made a big move into the ebook market in the States with the launch of Disney Digital Books.

    A new subscription-based website, families can access more than 500 interactive, electronic replicas of Disney books for $79.95 a year, but only on the PC.

  • Bookeen Cybook Opus ebook reader announced

    Bookeen Cybook Opus ebook reader announced

    Lightweight 5-incher flung into the rapidly growing market 24 September 2009 13:02 GMT

    The growing ebook reader market is due to get decidedly crowded if launches continue apace.

    This latest launch from French company Bookeen brings the Cybook Opus, the company's fourth-gen ebook reader.

    Weighing a "featherweight" 150 grams (roughly...

  • PHOTOS: iRex DR800SG ebook reader

    PHOTOS: iRex DR800SG ebook reader

    Hands on with the new device expected October 23 September 2009 17:42 GMT

    iRex has entered the consumer ebook reader space with the launch of the DR800SG and Pocket-lint was hands on at the New York launch to give it a quick glance over to grab some photos.

    The device sports an 8-inch screen, 3G connectivity for downloading books...

  • iRex DR800SG, how does it compare to the other ebook readers?. Gadgets, ebooks, eBook readers, iRex Technologies, Verizon, Barnes & Nobles, Qualcomm, 3G, iRex DR800SG, Amazon, Kindle, Sony, Sony Reader Daily Edition, Amazon Kindle DX, Amazon Kindle 2 0

    iRex DR800SG, how does it compare to the other ebook readers?

    Put up against the Sony Daily Edition Reader and Amazon Kindles 23 September 2009 16:32 GMT

    iRex is the latest player to enter the ebook market with the launch of the iRex DR800SG, but how does it compare to the other main competitors on the market?

    In an attempt to boast an open approach and show you how it fairs against the other digital readers,...

  • 8.1-inch iRex DR800SG ebook reader officially announced

    8.1-inch iRex DR800SG ebook reader officially announced

    Hitting Europe in first half of 2010 23 September 2009 16:32 GMT

    A new ebook reader has hit the American market as iRex Technologies has officially announced the launch of its 8.1-inch DR800SG - a direct rival to Amazon's Kindles and Sony's Readers.

    With a pen-based touchscreen and 3G wireless capabilities for OTA downloads,...

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