Category: E-Books
New iPad-beating Amazon Kindle on the way?
Competition in the e-reader market stepped up a notch or two with the news that Apple's iPad was going to tout an iTunes-like book ebook store called iBooks. Feeling the pressure, it looks like Amazon are set to launch a…
Top six tablet PCs / iPad alternatives –
While the temptation to splurge out on an iPad is probably hitting fever pitch right now, it's worth remembering that it isn't without its own problems. There's no multi-tasking, no camera and no flash support. Plus, the extra £130 it's…
Apple to spark e-book pricing war with the Tablet?
With the Apple Tablet's reveal all but inevitable, the Wall Street Journal are now reporting that Apple are trying to nab a number of publishing houses for a new e-book pricing scheme. Putting the Tablet in direct competition with Amazon's…
BeBook Neo joins the e-reader fight
Endless Ideas are today launching their new eBook reader, the BeBook Neo. This latest addition to the BeBook family features built in Wi-Fi, and basic web access to sites such as Google and Wikipedia, as well as a WACOM touchscreen….
Third-party apps headed to Amazon's Kindle
Finally realising that there's enough power buried in the Kindle to do more than just read books, Amazon have today announced that they will be opening up the hardware to third-party app developers. The development kit has gone live, and…
Asus's Kindle-killing DR-570 OLED e-reader unveiled
Amazon's Kindle DX may only just be hitting our shores, but Asus have already knocked the wind out its sails with the announcement of their own DR-570 e-reader. Not content to just add another product to the growing e-reader pile,…
Survive the snow with these cool gadgets
If you live in the UK and look outside your window today, odds on the world around you is covered in snow. It may have been a good laugh when you were little, hiding stones in snowballs and peeing your…
CES 2010: Final Thoughts
The Consumer Electronics show, the behemoth of tech, the Valhalla of gadgetry, has come and gone for yet another year. But this time, rather than arriving with a bang, it slinked into sight with something more like a whimper. CES…
CES 2010 – Plastic Logic's Que Pro ereader
Here's a video I shot for Best Buy of the Plastic Logic Que Pro ereader, one of the best models at the show. You get a glimpse of how newspapers might look on an ereader with a large sized…
CES 2010: Day 2 Round-Up
It may have gotten off to a dull start thanks to the lacklustre showing from Microsoft, but CES 2010 today threw up some really nice surprises. Keep an eye out for the Light Blue Optic's Light Touch here in today's…
