By Adriana Lee |
Wearable tech is one of the buzziest buzz phrases going these days. So in a world where major multinational companies are investing heavily in glasses, bracelets and other gadgets, you’ve got to give credit to a little shop that manages to grab a ton of…
By Todd Haselton |
Wow, here’s something we don’t see often: a phone with two displays, one standard screen on the front and an e-ink display on the back. Oh wait, yeah, we’ve never seen this. Apparently Yota recently built the device, complete with Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, LTE support,…
By Brandon Russell |
It’s amazing what a little light can do to alter the landscape of an entire market. Here we are thinking, “Ok, the e-reader is on its last legs. Time for the tablets to come in and clean up shop.” But these old stalwarts are alive…
By Todd Haselton |
You know the feeling when you pick up a good book and just, for the life of you, can’t put it down? You read it on the subway, you read it on the sidewalk at risk of running into people and lampposts, and you read…
By Mark Hearn |
Amazon is reportedly working on a new front-lit Kindle e-reader, which the company plans to release in July. The unannounced device is said to feature an E ink display, Reuters said Monday, and will carry a price tag close to Amazon’s existing Kindle e-reader. Amazon’s Kindle has…
By Adriana Lee |
Let’s face it: As tech enthusiasts, we sometimes make fun of our often non-techie parents. They use Jitterbugs. They call it “The Facebook.” And they leave embarrassing messages on our walls when they’re there. But once in a while, their lack of techie-ness can actually…
By Sean P. Aune |
According to reports, the regular old Kindle from Amazon is going to be getting a splash of color this year. It seems that Amazon may finally be ready to launch color e-ink technology in the second half of this year. According to industry sources speaking…
By Brandon Russell |
A new leaked image suggests Barnes & Noble is preparing a NOOK Simple Touch said to be launching with a front-lit E ink screen called “GlowLight.” The technology will reportedly be embedded over the display and distribute light across the entire screen, making it easier…
By Todd Haselton |
Amazon has reportedly placed an order for 6-inch color screens from E Ink, suggesting that the company has a brand new eReader in the works. Amazon already offers a whole family of Kindle eReader devices, including the Kindle Fire, which offers a color LCD display,…
By Jon Rettinger |
Despite Amazon’s decision to jump into the tablet foray, the company has made it clear it’s still very much invested in the e-reader game – Kindle, Kindle Touch and Kindle Keyboard. We brought you our impressions of the barebones fourth-generation Kindle, and now we’ve gotten…
By Sage Lane |
Like many, I firmly believe that the future of education lies with the tablet. These days it seems to be the conventional wisdom that tablets will become ubiquitous in the classroom and will eventually supplant the book as the essential tool of aspiring students everywhere.…
By Emily Price |
Yesterday Barnes & Noble put the Wi-Fi dual-screen Nook up on eBay for $99, $50 less than what it charges for the device on its own site. The price drop and sale was the company’s way of getting rid of old stock, in anticipation of…
By Noah Kravitz |
It’s coming. Trust me, it’s coming. I mean, I don’t know for sure, but I’m bettin’ ya that the stuff Sean wrote about a week or so ago and the stuff I speculated on back in March are gonna happen. The Amazon tablet, she is a…
By Sean P. Aune |
One aspect of e-readers that has been cited time and time again as being a drawback from the devices reaching their true potential has been a lack of color. While it has been clear that E Ink leads to a superior reading experience as compared…
By polrid |
With e-Readers exploding onto the global market, paper books and magazines now seem so old-fashioned. But how do manufacturers get the displays to look so similar to paper? Let me explain.…
