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Barnes & Noble lights up e-reader screen

(AP) -- Barnes & Noble says it's tackling one of the shortcomings of black-and-white e-readers, by creating a screen that can be read in the dark.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Middle school boys who are reluctant readers value reading more after using e-readers: study

Middle school boys rated reading more valuable as an activity after two months of using an e-reader, according to a new study.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Guns and Androids: Pakistan air force making iPads

(AP) -- Inside a high-security air force complex that builds jet fighters and weapons systems, Pakistan's military is working on the latest addition to its sprawling commercial empire: a homegrown version ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Feb 20, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Technology, costs, lack of appeal slow e-textbook adoption

Textbooks are often a luxury for college senior Vatell Martin. The accounting major at Virginia State University got by in several courses with study groups and professors' lectures. "It's not that I didn't want to buy," ...

Technology / Other

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Tablets, e-readers closing book on ink-and-paper era

Tablet computers and electronic readers promise to eventually close the book on the ink-and-paper era as they transform the way people browse magazines, check news or lose themselves in novels.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 6

Review: Gift guide to e-readers, tablets, $99-$500

Flat, hard packages will be welcome this year. Tablet computers are extremely popular, and electronic reading devices such as the Kindle have matured and come down in price.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Qualcomm challenges LCDs through new e-reader

A new electronic display is poised to challenge power-hungry LCDs after U.S. mobile chip maker Qualcomm Inc. teamed up with a South Korean bookseller to introduce a new e-reader.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 24, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 7

Review: Kindle Fire sacrifices to get under $200

The Kindle was always an odd product name. Amazon used a verb to name a thing, raising the question: Kindle what? Now we have the answer: Kindle Fire.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

Consumer's guide to downloadable gifts

Remember when gifts were objects, purchased or crafted and wrapped with a bow, then presented with a flourish?

Technology / Other

created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

E-paper unplugged is key draw at Japan show

(PhysOrg.com) -- Yet another flexible e-paper display? No. Something special. This concept e-reader has no ho-hum signs of boring repetition. The concept e-reader was shown at last month’s FPD International ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Nov 01, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (15) | comments 4 | with audio podcast report

AT&T sponsors Kindle 3G price cut

Online retail powerhouse Amazon on Wednesday began selling a cut-price version of its Kindle 3G electronic reader sponsored by US telecom carrier AT&T.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jul 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google eBooks reader to debut in US

The first electronic book reader designed to tap into Google's vast online library will debut in the United States on Sunday.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jul 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

12 percent of US adults own e-readers: survey

Ownership of electronic book readers such as Amazon's Kindle has doubled among US adults over the past six months, from six percent to 12 percent, according to a survey published on Monday.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jun 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Review: 5 e-book readers for less than $175

(AP) -- When Amazon.com's ground-breaking Kindle e-book reader came out in 2007, it cost $399. Now, some e-readers, including the most recent Kindle entry, can be had for just north of $100.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jun 15, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 5

Which e-reader is best for me?

It's the question I field most often from readers: Which e-reader should I buy?

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jun 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 7