I have been covering Android tablets on this blog since the very beginning. I wrote about the first pretty awful Pandigital tablets when they were still locked down as...
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Category: e-Reading Hardware
Barnes & Noble Removes Nook Signage From Stores
When Barnes & Noble started taking the Nook kiosks out of its stores this summer, they moved the hardware to the customer service desk and put up big signs...
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Kyocera Card-Keitai E-ink Phone Runs Android (video)
Aside from a single model made by Onyx, E-ink phones are basically dead as a door nail. Ar at least they were until Kyocera released the Card-Keitai phone in Japan...
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Nemeio is a Customizable E-ink Keyboard
Every so often I hear about a new keyboard design with customizable keys. Usually the design uses OLED or LCD screens under the keys to allow for an infinite...
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The Very Slow Movie Player Runs at 24 Frames Per Hour (video)
Both hackers and ereader companies have devoted many hours to tweaking E-ink screens in order to get the highest refresh rate possible. This next project takes things in the...
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Kindle Paperwhite Audible Bundle Includes $79 Headphones, $129 Kindle Paperwhite
In the past Amazon has offered bundles that included variously a Kindle Fire tablet, case, and newspaper sub; a Kindle ereader and backpack; a Kindle, charger, and case; and...
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Another eReader Company Bites the Dust (No, Not the Nook)
Yesterday's story about the MobiScribe ereader reminded me about a story I had been waiting a few weeks to see if it developed. The ereader importer Icarus has apparently...
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New 6.8″ MobiScribe eReader Clears the FCC
A new FCC filing has brought my attention to a new ereader (and related tech) startup called Team UC. This company just sent a Netronix ereader through the FCC,...
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Sales Must be Slow, Because Amazon Just Put the New Paperwhite on Sale for $99
Amazon rarely puts their newest Kindle ereader on sale (Kindle Fire tablets are another matter*), but it looks like they have made an exception. The two-month-old 4th-gen Kindle Paperwhite...
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Onyx Boox Euclid Runs Android 60, Has a 9.7″ Screen, Costs $397
Onyx has a new ereader, and this time they are going retro. The Onyx Boox Euclid runs a current version of Android on a reasonably powerful CPU, but it also...
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Barnes & Noble Releases New 7″ Nook Tablet After Black Friday
Barnes & Noble has defied conventional wisdom, and is launching its new Android tablet two weeks into the holiday season rather than weeks before. They've just announced a new...
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Amazon’s Black Friday Sales Begin Today – Here’s What’s Good
As promised, Amazon's Black Friday deals start today, and they are so good that they are well worth tearing yourself away from the table. Amazon doesn't have either of...
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Kindle Voyage is On Sale Today at Woot – $99 (refurbs)
Have I got a deal for you! Woot is selling refurbished Kindle Voyages for $99 today. This is $40 off of Amazon's price for the discontinued Kindle (and Amazon...
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Samsung Veiled a Folding Smartphone (video)
Rumors have been circulating for several years now that Samsung was working on a folding smartphone, but up until yesterday all we had were rumors. Now we have rumors...
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Remarkable Writing Tablet Updated With Remarkable Handwriting OCR Feature
The Remarkable writing tablet was an unremarkable device when it launched last year, but it has been progressively getting better and better with each update. With the latest update,...
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