The latest reader from iRex, on sale in the US from 2 January 2009, takes the biggest-is-best route and features an almost-A4 size display with touchscreen functionality. As you can see from the Kindle comparison, it offers plenty of space and still weighs in at a modest 550 grams. At this price, you can get [...]

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The eSlick ebook reader is set to debut in the US in February at US$259 (US$229 introductory), costing a third less than Sony’s latest reader. It shares the light weight, paperback size and E-Ink display of its more expensive competitors along with the long battery life, claimed to be 8000 page turns on a single [...]

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Sony has added a second option to its ebook reader line-up with the announcement of the PRS 700, slated for late November release in the US. No word on any international releases yet. Among the new features of the PRS 700 is a touch screen with a stylus and on-screen QWERTY keyboard, the ability to [...]

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Google has now officially launched its new Android-based mobile, an ‘iPhone killer’ or, certainly, a good enough debut to put some real excitement into the mobile phone sector. Unlike the iPhone, Google’s Android is an open software platform that will be available to any hardware of application provider who wants to create products for it. [...]

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Here’s a quick video that shows how the iPhone works as a digital publication reader. In this case, the publication is a magazine rather than a book and it uses the Texterity system which was originally ported to the iPhone in July 2007. Texterity and Zinio (also due for release on the iPhone) are a [...]

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