EBooks and EReaders

This is a first look at the 9.7″ Samsung e-ink e-reader with Wacom touch input. In the background you can also hear opinions by Nate the great of the mobileread.com forums.

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Asus is showing this 9″ e-reader that uses SiPix and comes with a pretty cool capacitative touch screen for navigation, text input and more. It will come in WiFi and GSM versions.

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The world of publishing is changing. Get involved. Create the future. I’m doing my part, at http://modernevil.com/ – what are you doing?

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Cybook Opus e-reader is a very portable e-reader from Booken that focuses on portability and easy of use. Comes in various colors and also has a touch screen variant version.

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Demonstration of the Stanza app for iPhone and iPod Touch.

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This is a look at the Borders integration with the T-Mobile HTC HD2

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I am not an apple hater or a microsoft fan boy, but I truly think the ipad is overrated. It is an iphone/ipod touch on steroids. It might have a better web/interface interface because of the screen. The only thing special is the ibook store. I think the ibook store might come to the iphone. It looks cool and everyone talks about it because its a freaking apple product. I have an ipod touch and love it. I am getting a mac because I like them too and the high school I want to go to uses them. No one was hyped up about the Sony Ereader or Amazon Kindle. The Ipad does do things the other 2 dont such as Internet, apps, and the media. I might get one, but as a computer, no. It might be good for someone who wants a book, movie, internet on the road. If you want really nice internet, doesnt need to run multiple apps at the same time, and can sacrifice flash player then get it Otherwise get a Touch or iphone.

The biggest problem with the iPad is that it was announced a year late. Originally it was supposed to have been announced last year, when e-readers were all the rage at the electronics shows. Once you look beyond the fanfare, the iPad is pretty dissapointing. It really IS just an iPod Touch with a larger screen. Honestly, it looks like one of those over-sized TV remotes or calculators you see at stores marketed to senior citizens with bad eyesight. It’s ridiculously expensive – $500 for a 16GB model with Wifi!?! Is Apple insane? $500 will buy you an older (Windows) laptop with WiFi, and for $35-40/mo I can get one of those 3G USB modems from my cellphone provider.

The iPad’s main competitors are supposed to be the e-readers, like the Nook or Kindle, but honestly, why bother? Why should I spend $300-500 (or more!) on a device whose primary purpose is displaying nicely formatted text files of books? Oh yes, and I have to purchase these text files too! Sure I may not be able to shove 200 paperbacks into my bag, but even at $8/each I’m still spending less per-book than the suckers who spend $500 for the honor of buying a text file for $15. Also, unlike their electronic counterparts, I can buy and sell used books. I can get paperbacks for $2-5 and hardcovers for $5-10.

Honestly, the upcoming netbooks from ASUS and others that will feature Google’s Chrome OS/Browser is going to annihilate the iPad.

I just got the ereader for my ipod touch and want to get some good books. Any suggestions?
I like thriller type books and comedys ( is that how you spell it) haha XD

Anything by Jane Austen, especially Pride and Prejudice. But this question might be easier to narrow down if you gave an indication of what types of books you like. Romance, adventure, thrillers, what?

This collaboration between The Wonderfactory and Time, Inc. is an excellent example of how tablets will enable the creation of innovative, addictive experiences by publishers, media companies, and advertisers.

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I would like to get an eReader and am looking at the Sony Reader. I am looking at all of them, but have a Sony specific question. Should I get one of the new ones that has a touch screen or one of the older ones? What is the difference between them? Is the older version just as good but just without the touch screen? Is the touch screen more of the type you have to press rather than touch? Thanks!

It all depends if the glare on the touchscreen bothers you or not. Some people hate it and others don’t have a problem with it. The Touch is my primary ebook reader and I love it because the touchscreen is easy to use and I can write notes directly on the page.

It’s not as sensitive as a cellphones touchscreen because it would always be turning pages if you barely touched it, but you don’t have to press really hard or anything.

Some people prefer the 505 over the 600 because it has better contrast; that’s it’s main advantage, having darker text.

The 600 is much faster and is better for PDFs because it can zoom in and pan around the page. It also has a dictionary that I use all the time.

Here’s my review of it, and a video demo.
http://www.the-ebook-reader.com/sony-prs-600.html

One last thing, the 505 is no longer made and can be really hard to find at a decent price. It actually sells for more than the 600 on Amazon right now. If you decide to buy it, I’d suggest calling around to all your local Walmarts, Targets, and other major chain stores to see if they have any left.