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by Richard Devine
Sep 06, 2012
Kobo has today officially unveiled their latest attempt at a 7-inch reading focused tablet, the Kobo Arc, which is the successor to last years Gingerbread powered Vox. The Kobo Arc is a much di...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 30, 2012
Barnes & Noble today announced three more UK retailers for the Android-based Nook Simple Touch and Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight. And as the headline suggests, they'll be in Argos, Blackw...
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by Richard Devine
Jul 18, 2012
The slow, global march of new markets receiving Google Play content continues. This time up, it's the turn of France, where as of today, Books are available to download from Google Play.
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by Richard Devine
Jul 17, 2012
Although somewhat late to the party, Barnes and Noble has today joined the ranks of online e-reading solutions, by launching Nook for Web. No sign-in, software download or Nook account is required t...
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by Richard Devine
Jul 09, 2012
Kobo's Android powered e-reader has just gained Google certification. Does that now propel it into the realms of a viable, budget tablet? Or, is it a case of "right place, wrong time?...
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by Richard Devine
Jun 14, 2012
You might not be too familiar with the Kobo Vox, and you would be forgiven for it. With it, Kobo tried to go down the Nook Color / Kindle Fire road -- producing essentially an e-reader that had a fu...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 11, 2012
Amazon made many a reader happy last fall when they introduced the Kindle Lending Library, and they're about to do it all over again. Starting June 19, all seven books in J.K. Rowling's Harr...
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by Richard Devine
Feb 22, 2012
While it may not be the most popular application among the Android faithful, Google Books is still a pretty solid e-reading app. A small update has sneaked out into the Market today, although at pre...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 21, 2012
Barnes & Noble this morning officially took the wraps off of an 8-gigabyte version of the Nook Tablet. Available today for $199 -- $50 less (for half the storage -- and half the RAM, down to 512...
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by Richard Devine
Feb 20, 2012
The world of the E-Reader/Budget Android tablet is a battleground between Barnes and Noble and Amazon. The Nook Tablet is an excellent device with one key drawback. It costs $50 more than the Amazon...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 31, 2012
Koobe, one of the greater China market's biggest maker of e-reader devices, has partnered with Qualcomm today at the Taipei International Book Fair to announce the mirasol display equipped Jin Y...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 19, 2012
Amazon is pushing out Software Version 6.2.2 for the Kindle Fire over the air, and it's also available for manual installation. Here's what's new:
Enhances fluidity and performan...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 17, 2012
Amazon has been quick to tell us how popular the Kindle Fire has been the past couple of months, but we've yet to see any real numbers. Perhaps that will change Jan. 31, when the online retailer...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 30, 2011
Don't blink. If you do, you might miss your Amazon Kindle Fire updating to software Version 6.2. Amazon's not really saying what's new in the update other than "provides improvement...
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by Chris Parsons
Nov 23, 2011
Fora while now Qualcomm has been working on its mirasol display technology and despite rumors of a delay, they've now announced in partnership with Kyobo in South Korea to bring to market the wo...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 21, 2011
The folks at iFixit have done their thing to the Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet. Not a whole lot to learn here -- it's got electronics and stuff inside. You're not likely to be doing any sor...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 16, 2011
Not content with letting that ... other tablet ... ship a day early, Barnes & Noble's dropped word that its new Nook Tablet -- be sure to check out our hands-on -- also has shipped a day ear...
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by Chris Parsons
Nov 09, 2011
Just in case you've not already updated as of yet -- Barnes & Noble is now sending out emails letting everyone know Nook Newsstand has now been added to the Nook for Android app along with a...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 07, 2011
If you loved the Nook Color, which quickly went from e-reader status to beloved hacker tablet, you're going to love the new Barnes & Nobile Nook Tablet. And make no mistake, boys and girls: ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 07, 2011
We're at the Union Square Barnes & Noble store this morning in Manhattan for the unveiling of the next iteration of the Nook, which we last week learned should be the Nook Tablet. Liveblogga...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 05, 2011
Barnes & Noble might be waiting for Monday to drop the Nook Color to $199 as the Nook Tablet takes over, but Best Buy's coming out of the gate first, already shaving $50 off the popular 7-in...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 03, 2011
Will cost just $50 less than the new Nook Tablet
The venerable Barnes & Noble Nook Color hasn't been left out in the cold just because the new Nook Tablet specs and pricing are here. No,...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 31, 2011
Barnes & Noble's whipping up some breakfast on Nov. 7, and it looks like we've got some new hardware in store, too. At the very least, we're promised a "very special announcemen...
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by Richard Devine
Oct 28, 2011
The Nook Color is somewhat of an Android phenomenon, and according to the folks over at The Digital Reader the sequel is potentially just around the corner.
Sources close to them from Barnes ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 25, 2011
Amazon released its third-quarter earnings today. And while the Kindle Fire isn't yet available, CEO Jeff Bezos is pimping pre-orders like they're they lifeblood of the company. And if the r...
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by Richard Devine
Oct 25, 2011
An e-ink Sony PRS-T1 Reader might not be an all-singing, all-dancing tablet-come-e-Reader like the Kindle Fire or the Nook Color. But, as the folks at The Digital Reader have found out, it does run ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 28, 2011
Amazon's big Kindle Fire announcement day has come and gone, and a lot of you may be scratching your head trying to figure out all the news that happened while you were stuck at work or school.&...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 28, 2011
Youtube link for mobile viewing
What do you get when you take a traditional web browser, crunch it through some cloud servers, compress the data and make it more mobile friendly by sharing the loa...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 28, 2011
There it is, folks. The Amazon Kindle Fire. Looking a little more like an e-reader than a tablet -- though it certainly does resemble the BlackBerry PlayBook on which it's based -- the Kindle Fi...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 02, 2011
We've been patiently sitting back and watching the rumors surrounding Amazon's supposed Android tablet, because, frankly, that's all they've been. Rumor and conjecture. But TechCrunch's MG Siegle...
