E-Reader Feeder

Many newspapers and magazines are struggling these days partly because of the recession but mostly because of all the free news and blogs online. As many as half of all newspaper readership is now online and I predict that as tablet PCs like the iPad or e-Readers like the Que, Skiff, DX and E101 become popular, most of the educated classes will be reading digitalized news instead of on newsprint. How will publishers adapt to the changes? By the way this photo is a fake with photoshop editing, it was so awesome that I had to squeeze it in.

e-Readers & Tablet PCs mentioned on this site

1. Aigo EB-6301
2. Airpaper 50T e-Reader
3. Archos 9 Tablet PC
4. Amazon Kindle 1
5. Amazon Kindle 2
6. Amazon Kindle DX
7. Apple iPad Tablet
8. Apple iPhone & iPod
9. Asus DR-570 e-Reader
10. Asus DR-950 e-Reader
11. Asus eee Tablet
12. Barnes & Noble Nook
13. Bookeen Cybook Gen3
14. Bookeen Cybook Opus
15. Bookeen Orizon
16. Brother DV-70
17. Camangi Webstation
18. Copia Ocean 9
19. Copia Tidal 6 & Ocean
20. Dell Tablet PC
21. Delta Electronics Reader
22. Ectaco Jetbook
23. eClicto e-Reader
24. eBookwise 1150
25. Elonex e-Reader
26. Endless Ideas BeBook/ Astek EZ Reader
27. Endless Ideas BeBook Neo
28. Entourage Edge
29. Foxit eSlick e-Reader

The Mustek MER-6T has an six inch display with 800×600 px resolution and 16-gray levels. he device has support for most popular eBook formats, including PDF (Free/DRM, ePub (Free/DRM), TXT, RTF, FB2, PRC,/MOBI, and HTML. It also has a built-in 2GB memory that will hold 1600 books with a SD card slot. It does not have wireless capability, pricing or a release date.

This is the Lenovo’s first eBook reader with a pre-release name of Tianji iBook EB-605. Powered by a 400Mhz Samsung ARM CPU, the device equipped with 6-inch e-paper display packed in a 178mm x 128.4mm x 9.9mm body.

 Priced at around $300, it can read DF, CHM, EPUB, TXT, HTM, HTML, RTF, PDF, DJVU, MOBI, PRC ebooks in multi-laguages. It's also likely to be Wi-Fi & possibly 3G enabled.

30. Fujitsu Flepia
31. Fujitsu Tablet PC
32. Gajah Readers
33. Gii Nii Movit
34. Hanvon Wise Readers
35. Hearst Skiff
36. HP Tablet PC
37. Interead Cool-er
38. iRex iLiad eReader
39. iRex Digital Reader 1000s
40. iRiver Story e-Reader
41. Italica e-Reader
42. Joo Joo (Crunch Pad)
43. Lenovo iBook EB-605
44. Lenovo U1 Netbook PC
45. Microsoft Courier
46. MSI Tegra2 Tablet
47. Mustek MER-6T
48. NUUT2
49. Onyx Boox
50. ONN E1
51. Paradigm Shift
52. Plastic Logic Que
53. Pocketbook 301
54. Pocketbook 360
55. Pocketbook 901
56. Palm Pixi, Pre & Treo Pro
57. Qualcomm Mirasol Reader
58. RCA Lexi
59. Readius Pocket Reader
60. Samsung E6 e-Reader
61. Samsung E101 e-Reader
62. Samsung Papylus
63. Sony Pocket Reader PRS300
64. Sony Touch Reader PRS600
65. Sony Daily Reader PRS900
66. Sony PRS505 Reader
67. Sony PRS700 Reader
68. Soribook e-Reader
69. Spring Design Alex
70. Sungale Cyberus
71. Teclast K3 e-Reader
72. TXTR e-Reader
73. LG "Flexible Reader"

Asus is known for making quality computers, laptops, netbooks and accessories so we are expecting some well designed e-Readers when they come out in mid  2010. 

Asus new 6 inch OLED color screen e-Reader (DR-570) looks interesting because reports say it will  run for 122 hours on one charge, and is capable of running Flash video over a Wi-Fi or 3G connection.

The 6" e-ink Neo is next generation Wi-Fi enabled BeBook which addresses the main shortcoming of the original BeBook, which could only take downloads with a USB cable.
Another improvement is the addition of the WACOM annotation & note taking feature, otherwise it has similar specs as the first BeBook.On the other hand, theNeo looks and feels much like it's competitor the Onyx Boox. (below)

The 6" Onyx Boox, despite it's unusual name, can do everything the BeBook Neo can since they have the same specifications. 

Boox's WICOM screen scribble feature lets you search, annotate, highlight and input text with a stylus pen easily that simulates real handwriting experience. Boox does everything a normal Wi-Fi e-ink Reader will do - two week battery life & sharp, easy to read displays.

The Hearst Skiff Reader plans to come out swinging with a large 11.5-inch size and a high 1200 x 1600 pixel screen resolution, powered by 3G Sprint.

It will also be on the svelte side at just over a quarter-inch thick and just over a pound — the thinnest e-Reader on the market to date. The Skiff Reader is also notable for using an entirely new technology to power its display. Unlike the glass screens that are the hallmarks of the current generation of e-Reader devices, the Skiff uses a flexible display based on a thin sheet of stainless-steel foil.
Read more about the Skiff at the CES 2010 >>>>

The e-Reader that is said to have been the inspiration for the Nook was showcased by Spring Design at the CES.

It’s a dual-screen system running Android, similar to the nook, with a 3.5″ color LCD on the bottom and 6″ EPD electronic ink screen on the top. Very simple design with only four navigation buttons and a sync button to show ebooks or websites on both screens.
more >>>>

Copia will release six models this spring, three 6" displays called Tidal, one 6" version called Ocean and two 9" eReaders, the Ocean 9 3G and  Ocean 9 without 3G.

From mobime.net, Jan 27, 2010 Taiwan's Delta Electronics plans to start marketing a new 13.1-inch color touchscreen e-reader and an 8.1-inch monochrome touchscreen device around the end of the second quarter, which use e-paper technology from Japan's Bridgestone.

The launch of Delta's products will move Bridgestone's technology center stage in the battle over e-paper technology. Bridgestone, known more for its tire business, showed the 13.1-inch e-paper technology off last year. The device was designed to be the size of regular piece of A4 paper so it could be used in place of business documents.

Based on several lists of the top hundred classic books in English literature plus download popularity rankings on manybooks.net, I have made my own library of the very best ebooks you can download for free.  The list is now at 150 titles and is on nine pages with over four hundred links to five different free ebook sites  (stores like Kobobooks.com and  non-profit organizations like Project Gutenberg & Manybooks.net).

If you enjoy reading great English literature like Charles Dickens' Great Expectations & Oliver Twist, or Jack London's White Fang & Call of the Wild, or maybe Jane Austen's Emma & Mansfield Park, then this list is bound to have a book you will enjoy reading.

These books no longer have copyright protection so you may download these eBooks legally and with no cost to you. (American readers only, other countries may have different rules or titles) >>>>>

Praised for their style, function & durability, M-Edge makes a variety of covers for the Kindle, Nook & Sony e-Readers.

You could carry your phone, laptop, phone or gaming device in their original black, silver or white cases or you add some personality & protection by adding decal skins from ZAGG, DecalGirl & Skinit.

I like their designs so much, we have created fan pages displaying all of their cool designs. Some of the hottest artists have created some beautiful designs which you can see on the left-hand side and also these three pages: ZAGG Skins,  Skinit Decal & DecalGirl Skins

We would to introduce a Blogger who enjoys portable gadgets as much as we do.  A life-long technology enthusiast, Chicago Cubs and Bears fan, Stephanie Vaughn Hapke writes for the Huffington Post and her own blog www.geekgirlstl.com/blog. Working with computers since the early 80’s, Stephanie is President and CEO of GeekGirl Consulting LLC, a computer consulting company, in suburban St. Louis, Missouri.

She likes our little web page and we will be running her e-Reader reviews for the Huffington Post concurrently on e-Readerfeeder.com.
Look for future reviews on devices like Spring Design's Alex & Plastic Logic Que (if she can get her hands on them). I really hope Steph can review the new Apple iPad soon.

Read Geekgirl's current articles:   

1. Amazon Kindle 2 Review   
2. Sony Pocket Edition Reader Review          
3. My Top 11 Picks from the CES 2010

Why I think the Nook stole the Kindle's thunder (before B & N's problems with hackers & distribution problems due to high demand)...

Sony has been making special deals with publishers to compete with Amazon's content network.

Sony's second e-Reader released in 2009 (out of three) has full touchscreen navigation >>>>>

Read about all the features & functions of the Kindle 2 and find out why it's 2009's most talked about e-Reader >>>>>

Amazon made a big screen display for a reason, read all the extras the DX has over the 6" Kindle 2 >>>>>

Palm's phone/PDA is not just for making calls or keeping track of appointments, there are several great e-Book applications as well >>>>>

Sony's got a great starter e-Reader named the Pocket Edition Reader which is going places >>>>

Ectaco is known for making electronical translators  and dictionaries so the Jetbook e-Reader is a logical step >>>>>

The French have their own e-Book Reader and it is called the Cybook Opus >>>>>

iRex's iLiad is one of the older e-Reader but it's large screen still makes it a player >>>>>

One of the iPhone and iPod Touch's 90,000 applications is the Stanza e-Reader and it is free as well >>>>>

Find out why everyone in publishing is talking about the all new Barnes & Noble Nook >>>>>

It's not the most famous e-Reader but is the most colorful gadget on the market with eight colors to choose from >>>>>

iRex is known for making large and luxurious e-Readers and the Digital Reader is nice looking device >>>>>

This is just one of four Apple iPad videos here & my favorite of the over  seventy videos in e-Reader Feeder. This guy talks FAST but packs a huge amount of information in 4:20.

The British are very different from Americans, they drive on the left, they drink tea rather than coffee (usually),  they have that accent we don't have.

Another difference is that while the British don't have the Kindle DX or the Nook, the UK does have the Elonex Reader & iRiver Story, e-Readers which have not been released in America >>>>> takes you to another website