Tag: kindle
MWC 2010: Qualcomm set to bring colour video to the e-reader market
Qualcomm, Qualcomm, Qualcomm; first you supercharge our smartphones with your Snapdragon processor, and now you're looking to beef up our e-readers too. How can we ever thank you? By writing this gushing post, obviously. Qualcomm have been working away…
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…
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…
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,…
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: Day 1 Round-Up
With CES 2010 now well under way, it can be pretty tough keeping track of all the latest announcements. Here's Tech Digest's round-up of the of best Day 1 at CES 2010 so far, including all the news from the…
CES 2010: Brits get the Amazon Kindle DX from January 19th
It's been on the cards since the device first launched early on in 2009, and the news was all but confirmed when a link for a global device popped up and then quickly disappeared on their website yesterday. But now…
Foxit eSlick e-reader now available from IWOOT.com
MP3 playback will allow users to listen to their favourite tunes whilst running down the e-reader's respectable 8,000 page-turn battery-life.
Spring launch for ASUS Eee Reader
The ASUS Eee Reader is also set to feature Wi-Fi, 3G and WiMax connectivity, and (rumour has it) web-browsing and Skype-like functionality.
