Here we go. E-book reader wars are in full swing. Amazon's gone and fired off the first few salvos and trying to up stakes a little more with a cheaper Kindle ($139 WiFi only and $189 with 3G). Both models are reported to have a higher contrast ratio than the previous models, use less power, pack more memory, all while being slightly smaller and lighter.
I'm impressed to say the least (the..... [ read more ] Jul 29
Here we go. E-book reader wars are in full swing. Amazon's gone and fired off the first few salvos and trying to up stakes a little more with a cheaper Kindle ($139 WiFi only and $189 with 3G). Both models are reported to have a higher contrast ratio than the previous models, use less power, pack more memory, all while being slightly smaller and lighter.
I'm impressed to say the least (the..... [ read more ] Jul 21
I'm learning to "like" e-books. Really. Every time I get to play with one, I start to enjoy it a little bit more. It's growing on me. Slowly, but surely.
It's not like how iPod changed the way I listen to music sexy fast, but it's getting there. Give me a few more months and I'll probably end up with an e-Ink based reader (probably one from Sony).
Admittedly, I'm slow to change how I..... [ read more ] Jan 15
What's there to say about our favorite e-Book reader from CES? Not much really. Sony's Reader Pocket Edition was the best in our opinon. It wasn't particularly new or sexy looking, but it did the job better than any other device we looked at. It was the only e-Book reader (not including the other readers in Sony's line-up) that tricked us into thinking..... [ read more ] Jan 11
This is the fourth of 4 articles on e-books at CES 2010.
There were not a lot of things at Sony that we thought was compelling. That's not to say we're not fans of Sony gear, we are, but we expect a lot from one of our favorites.
Let's be clear right now, Sony's e-Book Reader is our favorite line of readers. Hands down, no questions asked. All..... [ read more ] Jan 11
This is the third of 4 articles on e-books at CES 2010. Joanne Li contributed to this article.
We weren't joking in saying that there were a ton of e-Book readers at CES. Our list included over 10 vendors (not counting the major consumer folks) that we wouldn't normally look at. In general, they were all very similar and we tried to sum them all..... [ read more ] Jan 11
This is the second of 4 articles on e-books at CES 2010. Contributing to this article: Sara Baker and Joanne Li.
We haven't heard of Astak until this week at CES. They're a Chinese company that manufactures e-book readers for private labels as well as their own brand. Price points are around $230-$250, but this thing packs features some of the..... [ read more ] Jan 10
This is the first of 4 articles on e-books at CES 2010.
Besides having perhaps one of the coolest TVs at CES this year, Samsung also put their hat into the e-book reader ring.
Screen Quality
Pictures really don't do e-Ink screens any justice and Samsung's case is no different. The touchscreen has really good viewing quality..... [ read more ] 
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