e-Reading Hardware

Onyx Boox Chronos Runs Android 4.2, Costs $346

20 September, 2017 // 2 Comments

Onyx just launched the next "why even bother ereader in Russia. The Boox Chronos has a 9.7" Carta E-ink screen, and costs 19,990 rubles (about $346). The Chronos is the first ereader to use a 9.7" [Read More ...]

Boyue Likebook Plus 7.8″ Android eReader Now Listed on Aliexpress

20 September, 2017 // 19 Comments

The Icarus Illumina XL HD is a 7.8" ereader that runs Android 4.2 and uses the same sized screen as the Kobo Aura One. It was supposed to ship last month, but hasn't yet. Fortunately, we now have [Read More ...]

Amazon Updates the Fire HD 10 Tablet with a Lower Price and a 1080p Display

19 September, 2017 // 12 Comments

For the past several years Amazon has been shaving the price of their new Fire tablets without significantly improving the specs. They bucked that trend today with the launch of the new Fire HD 10 [Read More ...]

Remarkable E-ink Writing Slate Reviews – Great Tablet, But Not Ready for Prime Time

17 September, 2017 // 2 Comments

If that early buzz for the $600 Remarkable tablet had you wishing that you had gotten in on the early pre-orders, I have good news for you: It's not ready yet. A handful of reviews were posted on [Read More ...]

What Applend Today in Cupertino

12 September, 2017 // 11 Comments

To no one's surprise, Apple launched a bunch of new devices today in the Steve Jobs theater at the Apple spaceship docking station in Cupertino. The new gadgetry includes: the iPhone X, a thousand [Read More ...]

Amazon’s Next Tablet Just Cleared the FCC

11 September, 2017 // 4 Comments

One might think that the two tablets Amazon launched back in May were all they planned to release this year, but you would be wrong. A new Amazon tablet cleared the FCC today. As pr Amazon SOP, we [Read More ...]

Sony and E-ink Launch New JV, Linfiny, to Develop E-ink Notebooks (But Possibly Not Laptops)

4 September, 2017 // 1 Comment

So it turns out that "E-ink laptop" briefly mentioned last week in an interview of E-ink CEO Frank Ko is, if not yet a real device, may actually be on the development road map. Digitimes (of all [Read More ...]

How to Get the Most Out of Your Dasung Paperlike, or Other E-ink Monitors

3 September, 2017 // 6 Comments

Dasung Paperlike Pro, with an iPhone E-ink monitors like the Dasung Paperlike Pro are still a niche product, and an expensive one at that. This unfortunate combination means that users will have [Read More ...]

No, Amazon ISN’T Teasing Alexa on Kindles

27 August, 2017 // 9 Comments

The usual disreputable source is making stuff up again. In the past they've claimed that sources told them that Amazon would release a Kindle with a Liquavista screen (an outright fiction), or that [Read More ...]

Sony to Produce Laptop With E-ink screen (?)

25 August, 2017 // 6 Comments

There's a story going around that Sony is working on an E-ink laptop, but if you double check the original source you'll see that the usual disreputable blog is telling tall tales again. the Onyx [Read More ...]

Demo Video: Dasung Paperlike Pro + Youtube

20 August, 2017 // 5 Comments

The Paperlike Pro is basically the be-all and end-all for E-ink monitors. It's the only model on the market with an HDMI port and it has the best software drivers, and even works well with an iPhone. [Read More ...]

Nook App to Come Pre-Installed on E-Fun Tablets, with Free Magazine Issues

18 August, 2017 // 1 Comment

Back before 2013, when Amazon was still contesting the ebook market with Nook, Kobo, and Google, it was common for device makers to announce they were shipping their Android tablet or smartphone with [Read More ...]

Dasung Paperlike Pro + iPhone (video)

14 August, 2017 // 2 Comments

I am still working on new videos for my review of the Dasung Paperlike Pro, but in the meantime I would like to share this video from Sol Computers, Dasung's retail partner here in the USA. Chris [Read More ...]

Two-Thirds of Polish eBooks Users Use Kindles

10 August, 2017 // 9 Comments

Despite of hopes to the contrary, Amazon has largely ignored the Polish ebook market. It has no local Kindle Store there, and doesn't even support Polish as a language option in KDP. A new survey [Read More ...]

Comparison Video: Dasung Paperlike E-ink Monitor, New vs Old

8 August, 2017 // 14 Comments

When Dasung announced the Paperlike Pro E-ink monitor a couple months ago, they said that it was significantly faster than the previous model. As you can see in the following demo video, that isn't [Read More ...]

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