It’s August 27, and here in New Zealand we’re first to see the new day and last to see the Kindle. But finally it’s on its way. Almost a year after its global release, and as the third generation Kindle rolls out, Kiwis can finally order theirs here with delivery slated for mid September. Vodafone—the [...]

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This ZDNet article is the first review of Kobo’s forthcoming ebook reader I’ve read. We should see it in New Zealand and Australia when the Kobo store launches here in a few weeks. Here’s a the reviewer’s conclusions. I only spent about 15 minutes using the Kobo eReader, but was very impressed with the form [...]

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Kobo Books, which launches its ebook store in Australia and New Zealand in a couple of months, has just announced its own ebook reader. The Kobo eReader is a nice-looking but bare-bones device (no wireless or mobile web connection, touch screen, colour or other fancy bits). At US$149, the Kobo eReader is pretty well priced, [...]

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