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Category: e-Reading Hardware
Walmart is Planning to Launch Its Own Budget Android Tablet
An FCC filing has revealed, and Walmart has confirmed to Bloomberg, that the world's largest retailer is getting ready to launch a budget tablet under its ONN brand. According...
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Amazon Knocks the Basic Kindle Down to $49 (No Adverts)
We are smack dab in the middle of a sale on the Kindle Paperwhite ($99) and Amazon has apparently decided that two sales are better than one. They have...
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Early Look at the Wiskey E-Pad (videos)
The Wiskey E-Pad is an upcoming 10.3" ereader slash notepad running Android 7.0 on a deca-core CPU. We're still two weeks out from the official launch of the E-Pad's...
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Kindle is On Sale for $49, and the Kindle Paperwhite is $99
Good news, everyone! Amazon has put their ereader on sale again. The basic Kindle has been marked down $30, while the Kindle Paperwhite is selling for $99. Kindle Kindle...
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Hands On With the Dasung 7.8″ Not eReader (video)
The Chinese epaper startup Dasung just posted a video of the 7.8" ereader they launched on Indiegogo back in September. The video shows the device running the Kindle app,...
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The Eewrite E-Pad Will Have a 10.3″ E-ink Screen, Wacom, and 4G, and Run Android
In the late ereader era, the major ereader makers (such as Amazon, Pocketbook, Kobo/Netronix, and B&N/Netronix) are sticking to designs so boring that the 7" Kindle Oasis seems novel...
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Boyue Likebook Muses 7.8″ Android eReader Released
Boyue has released an updated version of the Likebook Mars ereader they shipped last year. The new model has twice the storage but otherwise very similar specs. It's called...
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Amazon Put the Kindle Fire Tablet on Sale
Amazon launched another sale the day after President's Day here in the US. They've discounted the Kindle Fire tablets slightly, taking $10 off the price of the Fire 7,...
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Kindle Firmware Update 5.10.3 Enhances Page Turn Speeds, eBook Open Times
When Amazon rolled out the 5.10.3 firmware update earlier this week, all they told us officially was that it was new and free. (Usually the changelog at least mentions "bug...
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Kindle Paperwhite is on Sale for $99
Because nothing says third-century Roman saint more than cheap electronics, Amazon is holding an early Valentine's Day sale. They have dropped the price of the new Kindle Paperwhite to...
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Basic Kindle Now Comes Bundled With Three Months Kindle Unlimited
Amazon is running a long-term special on their entry-level Kindle. Starting some time in December, Amazon quietly bundled a 3-month subscription to Kindle Unlimited. Three months of Kindle Unlimited...
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iPod Touch References Found in Apple Source Code – What, Again?
The hot Apple story this week is speculation that Apple might release a new iPod Tuch to replace the four-year-old model. From TechRadar: If newly unearthed code in iOS...
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Kobo Just Ended Support for the Kobo Wifi
Kobo started cleaning house last night, and one of the affected ereaders is the eight-year-old Kobo Wifi. (Kobo also ended support for the Sony Reader.) Kobo Wifi owners got...
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Kobo is Ending Support for Sony Readers
Remember back in 2014 when Sony exited the ebook market and handed their customers to Kobo? Me neither, but apparently a number of Kobo customers are about to get...
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