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Kindle for PC beta
The wait is over. The beta version of Kindle for PC is finally out. Currently the reader only supports Windows OS. Mac users should also expect it coming within a few weeks.
Note that Kindle newspapers, magazines, and blogs are not currently available for Kindle for PC.
The ebook business never looks so hot in the last few weeks. First, Barnes & Noble releases their own eBook Reader devices. Amazon, on the other hand, introduces its international version of Kindle and also cut its retail price. Not to mention other massive ebook devices appearing on the market.
Kindle for PC
Now, feeling all the pressures from Sony, Google, B&N, or whatever, Amazon apparently wants to gain more market share for its Kindle format, not only from its Kindle device customers, but from everyone who owns a generic personal computer. This new
Kindle for PC project aims to spread more than 360,000 Kindle books over Windows PCs first in the United States. Yes, you don’t need a Kindle for that.
So, ebook “pirates”, are you ready for this?
iRiver Story eBook reader
Don’t call it another Kindle clone? But this is exactly an Amazon Kindle DX wannabe. The Korean company, iRiver, renowned for its MP3 players, now gives the world a surprise with its Story reader. It sports a full QWERTY keyboard, a memory card slot (SDHC) content with up to 32GB, and a 6 inch E-ink display. The Story supports a wide range of ebook format: PDF, EPUB, plain TXT, DOC, XLS, and even PPT from Microsoft. The unit will be on sale this month priced at about $300.
Hanvon D21
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 the Amazon Kindle DX. The whole white unit is measured about 10 mm thick, which is quite remarkable for such entry-level reader targeted at the entry-level market. The
review found the battery life time for the D21 is outstanding. You can even leave it powered on for a couple of days. It is also possible to make some notes on the screen with the attached stylus. An add-on feature is the text-to-voice capability, which not only can read aloud the English content but also in Chinese. This is similar to what we have see in Amazon Kindle DX. Of course, You don’t have to worried about the content formats: PDF, plain txt, and even the JPG (maybe for some scans) are supported. Meanwhile we are not sure if it can read the EPUB document.
Given all these favorable features, this unit is sold in China at about US $400. It is not so low-end after all, isn’t it?
