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If you’ve visited any of the popular eBook forums/blogs over the last year or two you’ve likely seen plenty of debates discussing how eBook Readers will only hit the mainstream once they get down below $100, although in more recent months a $50 number has been bantered around (£50 on our side of the pond). [...]
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Better known for their photo-frames, Pandigital is trying for the second time to break into the eReader market. Their first attempt; a full colour 7-inch touch screen reader, was beleaguered with poor performance and an unresponsive touch screen. Their new model, the Novel Personal eReader takes a more traditional approach, using a 6-inch E-Ink touch [...]
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A few days back WHSmith released their own Apple iPad app, beating Waterstones as the UK’s first integrated eReader/Store app on the iOS platform. The overall look and feel of the app is very nice, reflecting the same dark blue colour scheme from their website, and with other aspects of their user interface looking very [...]
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A little while ago I’d heard on the grapevine (I forget where now) that Waterstones, the UK’s biggest bookseller, was going to release their own Apple App. This wouldn’t be the first time Waterstones would be breaking new ground as they were also the first UK store to start selling the Sony Reader and eBooks [...]
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