Barnes & Noble Releases NOOKcolor Software Update

By Mark Calley | 1/28/2011

Barnes & Noble has announced that they will be providing NOOKcolor users with software version 1.1.0, which provides a mass of small updates.

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OtterBox Rolls out Rough-and-Tumble Line of eReader Cases

By Mark Calley | 1/27/2011

OtterBox's "Commuter Series" line of cases is now on sale, offering users piece of mind when it comes to their eReaders.

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Goodbye NOOK 3G?

By Mark Calley | 1/25/2011

The 3G NOOK is singing its swan song, as it turns out that national bookseller and eReader extraordinaire Barnes & Noble will phase out the product.

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eReader News Round Up: B&N Newsstand a Hit, Sony and Plastic Logic Make News

By Mark Calley | 1/24/2011

It's been a busy week for eReaders, as Barnes and Noble NOOKnewsstand showed potential, Sony delivered on a promise, an intriguing slate came out of the woodwork, and Russia put their foot in the door of the eReader market.

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M-Edge Launches Site for Creating Personalized eReader Jackets

By Mark Calley | 1/7/2011

It's wintertime, and your eReader is probably going to need a jacket. M-Edge, an eReader accessory provider, has announced a forthcoming service that will allow users to bundle up their Nooks, Kindles, or iPads with fully customized covers.

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eReader News: Kindle Getting Tablet Apps, OverDrive Release eBook App

By Grant Hatchimonji | 1/4/2011

The pervasiveness of eBooks grows stronger as two more means for users to download and read the digital medium have recently been introduced by Amazon and OverDrive.

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Sharp Galapagos Coming Stateside

By Jamison Cush | 12/30/2010

Remember the Sharp Galapagos, the Android-powered eReading tablet coupled with its own cloud service? Well, it's coming to America in 2011.

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Amazon Kindle Becomes Highest-Selling Product in Company's History

By Grant Hatchimonji | 12/27/2010

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows has been dethroned as the best-selling product in Amazon.com's history, as the company stated in a press release that the third generation of its very own Kindle eReader has now taken the number one spot.

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Fujitsu LifeBook T580 Now Available

By Jamison Cush | 12/21/2010

Most probably don't recall the Fujitsu LifeBook T580 launch because it occurred on Labor Day weekend, just about the time the Samsung Galaxy Tab was making headlines. It seems Fujitsu now has another shot at tablet headlines because the convertible notebook with near-netbook specs, or "netvertible" is finally available on the Fujitsu online store just in time for Christmas.

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Amazon Brings News to Android Kindle App

By Jamison Cush | 12/17/2010

Amazon updated its Android Kindle app to enabled users to buy, read and sync Kindle newspaper and magazine content. The Android Kindle app is the first Kindle application with the news and magazine feature, and according to Amazon, "Kindle for Android is the first major eBook app to offer periodicals on the Android platform."

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NOOKcolor Getting Froyo, But Not Android Market Access

By Jamison Cush | 12/14/2010

Barnes & Noble can claim the NOOKcolor offers "the ultimate reading experience," but at TabletPCReview, we know it's an Android tablet by another name.

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Google eBookstore: How Does It Stack Up?

By Jacqueline Emigh | 12/8/2010

Do eBookworms really need another eBookstore? Google seems to think so as this week the tech-giant launched Google eBooks, a web-based platform for purchasing and reading both classics and best sellers. So, what does Google eBooks offer that Amazon and the other eBookstores do not?

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