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Hanvon D21 ePaper gets reviewed

By Wayne On August 31, 2009 · Leave a Comment

The Hanvon D21 has recently been reviewed (in Chinese), and currently it is only available in China. In terms of the specs, it has a 5 inch E-ink display with a 4:3 aspect ratio. The resolution is claimed to be 800×600. As you can see from the picture, it adopts a QWERTY keyboard, like [...]

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Since when everyone is making digital readers?

By Wayne On August 27, 2009 · Leave a Comment

It is likely that Asus is going to make its own ebook reader device under the Eee brand, reported by Digitimes. This Eee reader could be seen on the market possibly by the end of this year. It is also implied by the report that another Taiwan based company, MSI plans to expand its [...]

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Sony’s new Daily Edition Reader

By Wayne On August 25, 2009 · Leave a Comment

With a 7 inch touch screen, a 3G modem, and full content support from NYPL, the Daily Edition is set ready to compete with Amazon Kindle DX. This new unit will be available in December at $399. Still you need some patience to have your hands on this hot gadget.

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Sony Reader get free NYPL digital contents

By Wayne On August 25, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Sony just announced that the NYPL (New York Public Library) will offer its digital content free of charge to Sony e-reader users. Along with this announcement, Sony also launched the new 3.0 ebook Library Software, including the feature to print the notes made on the touch screen.

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Mysterious Daily Edition Reader from Sony

By Wayne On August 25, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Sony just keeps moving on. A new ebook reader called “Daily Edition” now appears on Sony’s ereader website, with a “Coming Soon” label on it.

Rumor has it that the new daily edition ebook reader will finally adopt the wireless network for digital content access, but yet this is just a rough guess [...]

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Sony to adopt common format for ebooks

By Wayne On August 14, 2009 · Leave a Comment

It is obvious that Sony is keen on its ebook reader, and we have been seeing a lot of news from Sony Reader lately, which almost surpasses the heat of Amazon Kindle. Now Sony is trying to push its ebook product line to another level with the introduction of common format for ebook readers.

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Sony Reader homebrewed

By Wayne On August 13, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Nigel Whitfield recently wrote a detailed guide on the hacking of the Sony Reader PRS-505.

The PRS-505 employs the MontaVista Linux, making the customization possible and actually rather easy. With the universal flasher, the firmware of the system can be updated to offer more customizations, and even running homebrew applications on [...]

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Sony new readers revealed

By Wayne On August 5, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Several days ago, we expected the new readers from Sony, the PRS-300 and PRS-600. Now they are officially announced by Sony, at the price of $200 and $300, respectively. Sony also gives these two devices with more friendly (or boastful) names: Sony Reader Pocket (PRS-300) and Sony Reader Touch (PRS-600).

The PRS-300 is so far [...]

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