Amazon Reveals New Kindle eReaders, Including Kindle Touch

By Valerie Sarnataro | 9/28/2011

Amazon has just unveiled its first Kindle eBook reader with a touchscreen, appropriately dubbed the Kindle Touch. But that is not the only new addition to the Kindle family of devices.

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Amazon Announces Kindle Fire Tablet

By Grant Hatchimonji | 9/28/2011

Amazon is the next to step up to the tablet plate, and it looks like it's trying to do it right, as it unveiled its Kindle Fire tablet at an event in New York today. The Kindle Fire is a compact tablet, sporting a 7-inch screen, Android OS, and dual-core processor.

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Barnes & Noble to Launch Another Nook Tablet

By Valerie Sarnataro | 9/26/2011

Barnes & Noble will be launching a new, more expensive tablet under the Nook name, according to the new report.

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Amazon Considering eBook Subscription Program

By Valerie Sarnataro | 9/12/2011

Amazon may be considering launching an eBook "streaming" service, similar to Netflix, where subscribers would be charged an annual fee for content access, according to a new report.

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Sony Announces World's Lightest eReader

By Valerie Sarnataro | 8/31/2011

Sony has revealed a 6-inch eReader, which the company boasts to be the lightest digital reader yet, weighing 5.9 ounces.

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Tablet News Bits: Apple Working on New Chips, Xoom 4G Upgrade Finally Hitting Customers

By Valerie Sarnataro | 8/27/2011

Three weeks, three huge tablet news stories. First Google buys Motorola, and then HP kills off webOS and the TouchPad. Finally, Steve Jobs resigns as Apple CEO earlier this week. What else could have possibly happened in the tabletsphere?

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Barnes & Noble Pushing eTextbooks for Back to School

By Valerie Sarnataro | 8/15/2011

Barnes & Noble wants students to know the book seller has eTextbooks.

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Tablet News Bits: Apple Blocks Samsung, HTC Puccini Coming Soon?

By Valerie Sarnataro | 8/10/2011

The tablet news is breaking at a fast and furious pace and it is difficult to keep up. Just like our tablet spec cheat sheet, consider this your tablet news cheat sheet.

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Amazon Launches Web-Based Kindle Reader

By Valerie Sarnataro | 8/10/2011

Though Amazon initially complied with Apple's recent change to the iOS terms and removed a link to the Amazon eBookstore from the iOS Kindle app, it appears the online retailer was working on a web-based alternative.

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Amazon Prepares for Kindle 4

By Valerie Sarnataro | 8/5/2011

With Amazon slashing prices of its refurbished Kindles, the company is gearing up for a release of a fourth-generation eReader.

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Tablet News Bits: Google Goes Tablet Friendly, Apple Might Buy B&N

By Valerie Sarnataro | 7/30/2011

It's been a busy week for tablets, with Google designing a tablet-inspired search page, a few new tablets sneaking through the FCC and rumors of Apple buying Barnes & Noble.

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iRiver Story HD eReader - the First with Native Google eBookstore Support

By Valerie Sarnataro | 7/11/2011

The iRiver Story HD, which will appear in all Target stores and online July 17, is slated to be the first eReader integrated with the Google eBookstore.

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