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Unboxing Live 074: Amazon Kindle (2011)
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Features, Handhelds, Videocasts
We give you a first-hand look at the newly updated Amazon Kindle. The company just announced a new family of Kindle for the holidays, one of which started shipping immediately. We were able to get our hands on one of the new $79 Kindle ebook readers, and we hit you with an unboxing of the unit in this episode, along with some thoughts on the look and feel of the device.
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Bleeding Edge TV 386: Nook Simple Touch Reader
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Full Episodes, Gizmatic, Features, Handhelds, Podcasts, Product Reviews, Videocasts, Videos
We talk to Michelle Warvel, the Barnes and Noble Nook User Experience and Design Lead at GDGT Seattle. Michelle talks to us about the new Nook Simple Touch Reader, the first real mainstream touchscreen e-ink ebook reader to hit the market, shows how it all works, and then tells us about how they settled on the unique shape and design of the Simple Touch Reader product. We will have more videos from the GDGT event.
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Brother SV-100B Document Viewer
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Corporate News, Misc. Tech
Brother’s SV-100B Document Viewer is a mere 15.5mm thick and weighs 600g. It has a 9.7-inch black and white display (1200x825) that can be viewed under direct sunlight and a miniSD card slot. A 2GB card can support up to 10,000 pages of information and its lithium-ion rechargeable battery will run up to 83 hours. At a size of 237×247×15.5 mm, Brother claims its reader has a life span of 5 years or 37 million pages.
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| Fareast Gizmos
Computer Magnifier and Carson E-Z Reader
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Household, Misc. Tech
Tired of squinting at fine print? The Computer Magnifier mounts on your 17 or 19-inch display and gives you 2x glare-free images. Available in beige, it is priced at $109.98. The Carson E-Z Reader is even simpler. Plug the 10 ft. power cord into a wall outlet and another cord in your TV RCA input, place it over your book, newspaper or photos and the magnified image appears on the screen. The reader’s price is $109.98.
Read More | Full of Life
iKids Play - For Those Long Car Trips
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Games, $2.99
You get to play with your iPhone or iPod touch apps all the time, so next time you go on an extended trip, instead of hearing “Are we there yet?” pass your brats the phone with one of the iKids Play titles installed. One of the applications has 5 activities that include a coloring book, stories, finger painting, reading/recording aloud and a hidden image game. The company claims that it promotes tactile, listening and motor skills, visual/spatial coordination and color recognition as will as reading. More books will be available later, and for the introductory price of $2.99 at the App Store, it is definitely worth the mini-cost.
iKids Play titles:
Read More | iKids Play Caterpillar's Dream
Foxit eSlick Reader
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Music, Portable Audio / Video
Foxit has introduced its first e-book reader that they have dubbed the eSlick. With a mere 0.4-inch thickness and a weight of 6.4 oz., you can view PDF files or convert any printable document to PDF. The device also has a built-in MP3 Player. It comes with software, a 2GB SD card and earphones. Foxit says it will be arriving “very soon.” You can pre-order now for $229.99 and you will save $30.00.
Read More | Foxit
Sony PRS-700 Reader Digital Book
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Corporate News, Misc. Tech
Sony has announced that their new PRS-700 eBook will soon be available for all bookworms. Similar to their PRS-505, the Reader’s expanded memory can store about 350 digital titles and is compatible with MS-Duo and SD cards. It has a 6-inch display, weighs only about 8 oz. and can handle 7,500 pages of reading on a single battery charge. There are 5 pre-set text sizes, and the reader has a built-in LED reading light. Due out next month, the PRS-700 has a $400.00 price.
Read More | Sony
Plastic Logic E-Newspaper
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: CES, Corporate News, Misc. Tech, Wireless / WiFi
Plastic Logic’s black-and-white bendable plastic substrate e-newspaper is about to be sprung. Larger than the Kindle and eReader, it has a full 8.5 x 11-inch display and works by gesturing. The device can be continuously updated wirelessly and can both store and display hundreds of books, documents, and newspaper pages. It is compatible with Word, Excel and Powerpoint files as well as PDFs. Available during the first half of 2009, the price and name should be announced at the next CES.
Read More | The New York Times
Fictionwise Offers Free eBooks
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Handhelds, Hot Deals, Internet, Misc. Tech
After reading that Fictionwise is releasing 3 free Stephen King ebook novels for free with rebate if you pay with credit card or Paypal, we went more in depth and found that they are also offering others at no cost. Selections include the classic “Around the World in 80 Days” by Jules Verne, “Ghost Rider: Stories” by Jonathan Lowe, and a sample of the Oxford Paperback Thesaurus ( 348 pages.) Join their club and there are more hot deals. Most books come in eReader, Mobipocket, and Microsoft Reader.
Read More | Fictionwise
LazyLibrary Searches for Short Books
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Internet, Misc. Tech
There is never enough time to read these days, at least not for those of us that spend most of our days writing. So we are exceptionally pleased at this new site that must have been designed with us (and partying college students) in mind. LazyLibrary searches for books that are 200 pages or less. Type in your subject and the site will show you books with total pages, the exact page number that information can be found on, and consumer ratings. You then can pick your purchase from Amazon’s selection of either new or used books by link.
Read More | LazyLibrary
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