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By now we all know that the iPad is being released on April 3, with pre-orders coming on March 12.  Now seems like a perfect time for a study to come out saying people want to buy the iPad.  This study comes from ChangeWave, and largely deals with those who… Continue Reading »

The Que Reader has been teased to us for almost too long it seems.  The super thin, standard paper touchscreen reader seems to have been constantly looming in the horizon.  Today at CES Que has finally taken the wraps off the reader. As shown before, the Que is in fact… Continue Reading »

At the Samsung press event yesterday, Samsung announced it’s line of eBook readers.  There’s a total of four readers in a variety of sizes.  Samsung had each of them on display, allowing anyone to get a feel for the devices. Spending most of my time with the largest of the… Continue Reading »

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Just a few days back we were happy to hear that at least some of those people who pre-ordered a Nook were going to have it in time for Christmas morning, well it seems that may not have been all that good of news for everyone. It appears that there… Continue Reading »

Just in case you were thinking about placing a pre-order for the Barnes & Noble Nook, you may want to slow down a little bit because at this point there is virtually no chance of seeing one for Christmas. That is unless you find someone willing to sell theirs rip… Continue Reading »

When the Nook was first shipped out to reviewers and customers earlier in the month, there were a lot of complaints.  There were issues with the e-ink display’s refresh rate, the touchscreen was slow at best, laggy more often than not among others.  Barnes & Noble unofficially said an update… Continue Reading »

Barnes & Noble looks to be having a bit of difficulty with releasing its first gadget.  There certainly has been no dearth of pre-orders, people seem to really want to get their hands on the Nook.  The trouble seems to be Barnes & Noble itself, not communicating well with customers,… Continue Reading »

This week stands out for me and my mobile phone addiction.  Big announcements in the tech world get us all excited until we stop to ask some questions.  Then we get kind of pissed off and start turning on the hype.  Behold the gems I turned up this week: Sears… Continue Reading »

The ebook reader market certainly looks to be heating up quite a bit as of late.  There’s the new international version of the Kindle 2, Plastic Logic teasing us with a new reader, Sony’s new readers and tomorrow’s Barnes & Noble announcement among others.  Today, we can add another name… Continue Reading »

Take it with some salt, but over at Amazon the ebook version of “Lost Symbol” by Dan Brown is outselling the hardcover.  Could this be the watershed moment for publishers looking to cut back on production costs of books?  Could it be consumers have finally fallen for the diminutive ebook… Continue Reading »