Ectaco jetBook mini, very cheap e-reader

By Mark Rollins - 09/15/2010 12:04:08 AM
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Remember when I reported on the Ectaco jetBook e-reader a while ago, and I said it was the cheapest. It can support e-Book formats like LIT, MOBI, EPUB, HTML, PRC, RTF, PDB, and PDF. It also has a 5-inch TFT display, an SD card slot for up to 2GB memory, adjustable font sizes, …

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Sharp making an e-book reader

By Mark Rollins - 07/20/2010 5:06:21 PM

I’m not certain if the new AT&T phone Sharp FX is related to the Sharp company at all, but Sharp has a e-book reader coming out. The e-book reader may run on the Verizon network, as it uses Sharp’s own XMDF (ever-eXtending Mobile Document Format) for e-book files for 29,000 titles. Of course, do we [...]

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Elonex 710EB color e-reader now available for pre-order

By Mark Rollins - 07/15/2010 5:01:08 PM
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The last time we covered Elonex, it was their under £100 Laptop. This is the Elonex 710EB e-book reader, and it has a 7-inch color screen. It was announced last April, and it will apparently have a release date set for early August. Originally, it was priced at $152, but the price …

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New version of Kindle to be…just like the old one, apparently

By Mark Rollins - 05/26/2010 12:47:04 PM
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Okay, you would think that with the iPad and even the Pandigital Novel, the Kindle would have a color version coming out soon. That just isn’t the case. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said that the Kindle is a device intended for “serious readers”. He also said that there will be “no color Kindle for …

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Fujitsu color e-book reader

By Mark Rollins - 04/16/2010 7:38:34 PM
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Now that the iPad is out, is anyone interested in a color book e-reader anymore? If you are, then you might want to see Fujitsu’s color e-book reader. This really about all that we know of this device, other than it will be available sometime this year in Japan. It will soon …

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1Cross Tech MIDhybrid has LCD and e-ink screen

By Mark Rollins - 03/08/2010 3:18:18 PM
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What you are seeing here is the MIDhybrid from 1CrossTech, and it is an e-reader with an e-ink screen on the left and a small LCD plus keypad on the right. It’s design is made to shift content from the LCD to the e-ink screen for browsing PDFs, spreadsheets, and so on. It …

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Asus DR900 e-book reader at CeBIT

By Mark Rollins - 03/02/2010 3:25:41 PM
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Asus has officially announced its DR-900 at CeBIT, a 9-inch e-book reader. It has an option of 3G, along with WiFi connectivity. It can also do 10,000 pages on a single charge. Don’t ask me why they chose pages as a measurement for this, instead of hours. It has a Sipix panel …

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Spring Design Alex misses projected release date

By Mark Rollins - 02/23/2010 3:52:18 PM
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The Spring Design Alex was set to make an impression on the e-reader market, and it sort of takes after the Nook. Here’s a little reminder of the Android e-reader’s stats: The Alex combines the ability to read on a monochrome EPD screen while displaying the dynamic hyperlinked information on the secondary screen …

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V-Tech e-book reader for kids

By Mark Rollins - 02/19/2010 3:53:46 PM
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Ah, VTech, thank you for making the stuff that the kids just love. Now, you are giving our young the Flip animated e-book reader. The Flip has an animated touch screen as well as a read-along feature. As you can see, it has a QWERTY keyboard, and will allow your kids to …

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Bookeen Orizon

By Mark Rollins - 02/17/2010 3:20:12 PM
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Bookeen has created another e-book reader in the midst of a crowded market with the Orizon. The Bookeen Orizon is a 6-inch Sipix display with 800 x 600 resolution along with WiFi, 2GB worth of memory, Bluetooth. Its Sipix display does multitouch, and will cost about $250 upon its release in May. Source

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