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LibreDigital to Deliver Electronic Content to Sony E-Readers

Sony and LibreDigital has entered into a content delivery deal whereby the later will be delivering digital newspapers and magazines such as New York Times, The New Yorker and PC Magazine. The Sony device which will get these content is the newly released Reader Daily Edition.

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Oppo Enjoy E-Reader Full Specs

Here’s another e-book reader running on Android OS – the OPPO Enjoy E-Book Reader.  Aside from running on Android OS, this device boasts of a 6-inch 800×600 e-ink display with 16 shades of gray, 2GB of storage and microSD card slot that supports up  to 16GB of storage.

The Oppo Enjoy E-Book Reader supports TXT, HTML, CHM, EPUB, PDF, Microsoft files including doc, xls, and ppt. It can also render jpg, jpeg, bmp, png, GIF as well as playback mp3, wma, wav, ogg, aac and flac audios.

The device battery can max you out 8000 page turns. Pricing and release date is still unknown.

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Samsung E6 E-Reader Available in the US this Spring

Remember the Samsung E6 E-Reader which was previewed during the CES 2010 in January? Well, it’s heading to the U.S. market pretty soon,  Spring soon actually. And guess what? Samsung was able to snag an e-book content distribution deal with Barnes and Noble.
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Runwei A50 is a e-Book Reader with LED Display

Having a LED display instead of e-ink is one of the reason why the Apple iPad may not be fit for long period of reading e-books. But this didn’t seem to stop the makers of the Runwei A50 device which is designed for ebook reading and yet does not utilize e-paper.

But if you can bear the eye strain may cost you, you might want to consider this e-book reader.  It is running on a 500Mhz ARM9 processor, has 5-inch display in 800×480 touchscree, 2 GB of RAM and running on Windows CE OS.

In addition, the Runwei A50 supports  TXT, HTML, PDF, WORD, XLS, PPT, ZIP, CHM, UMD.It can also display videos, audios, and pictures.

It seems like a pretty cool device, right? Un fortunately, there are no words on pricing and availability yet.

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Sony Offers Up Free E-Books for All Mothers Who Buy Their E-Reader

With Mother’s Day approaching, Sony is offering a special gift for buyers of the Sony PRS-300  Reader until March 14.  Sony is giving away free e-books ready to be loaded to the E-Reader.  So, if you purchase the e-reader for your mother, all she needs to do is to send in the receipt and claim form that come with the package and she’ll receive a voucher for claiming ten free e-books.

Here are the titles of the free e-books:

  • Joanne Harris’ Chocolat,
  • Ruth Rendell’s End In Tears,
  • Chris Ryan’s Firefight – is this really a book for mums, Sony?
  • Jessica Hart’s Cinderella’s Wedding Wish,
  • Sarah Morgan’s Powerful Greek, Unworldly Wife,
  • Abby Gaines’ The Rebel Tycoon’s Outrageous Proposal,
  • Carol Mortimer’s Pregnant with the Billionaire’s Baby,
  • Sophia James’ Knights of Grace,
  • Kate Hardy’s The Children’s Doctor’s Special Proposal and
  • Margaret Leroy’s The Drowning Girl.

As a bonus, your mother will also get a purple or tan lether case for the e-reader

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Asus DR-950 Eee Reader Shows Up at CeBIT

The folks at Engadget managed to get a quick hands-on of the much awaited Asus E-reader device, which is now officially called the Asus DR-950 E-Reader. The DR-950 sports a 9-inch SIPIX panel and features Wi-Fi, 3G option and multitouch feature.

This is in addition to what has been known so far about this e-reader namely, 4GB of storage, 3.5mm headphone jack, and support for various formats including PDF, TXT, MP3 and ePUB.

Unfortunately, no words on pricing and availability yet. Are you excited or what?

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Kindle App Goes to BlackBerry Devices

There you go, Amazon’s latest offering for all you Kindle-loving mobile phone users – Kindle for BlackBerry. If you’ve been waiting for this since Amazon released Kindle for iPhone and Kindle for PC – you’re in luck. You may now download the app on your BlackBerry Devices by simply pointing your phone’s browser to – www.amazon.com/kindlebb.

And will you be able to do with Kindle for BlackBerry? Same thing that you can do with Kindle e-Reader, and all the other apps for various platforms. These include: Continued…

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iRex DR800SG e-Reader Available at BestBuy for $399

IREX  has released its wireless eReader DR80SG and you can now purchase it from BestBuy.com starting today. The eReader combines paper-like reading experience, readability, portability and 3G wireless capabilities. It also has direct tie-up with Barnes and Noble eBookstore for quick access to ebook contents.

Major features of the IREX e-Reader include:

  • Purchase content on the go –
  • 8.1-inch screen equipped with e Ink’s Vizplex imaging
  • Easy navigation features
  • Customized reading

The IREX DR800SG retails for $399.99.

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New Bookeen Orizon E-Reader Gears Up for a May Debut

If you’re planning to buy a new e-reader right now, you might want to hold up until May as the new Bookeen e-reader called Orizon is about to be released then. With a price tag of $250, this e-reader is definitely a good deal.

For the price you’ll get an e-book reader with 6-inch SiPix multitouch  display, 1GB of memory, micro-SD slot, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, accelerometer, mini-USB and support for ePub and PDFs.

The Orizon e-book reader will start hitting both U.S. and UK stores in May 2010.

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Sony Offers Up the Reader Touch Special Valentine’s Day Bundle

If you’re looking for a nice gadget gift for your significant others on Valentine’s Day, look no further than the Sony  Reader Touch Valentine’s DaySpecial Bundle. Currently available at the Sonystyle USA, this package comes with the Reader Touch Edition, a matching red cover with light and download code for free ebook.

It would certainly put a smile on your loved ones this Valentine’s Day. This Special Edition Valentine’s Day Bundle of the Reader Touch goes out for $329 at the Sonystyle.

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