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Stay in touch with PhysOrg while on the go -- iPhone Apps, Amazon Kindle, Podcasts

(PhysOrg.com) -- As our readers know, PhysOrg constantly strives to be on the cutting edge when it comes to the latest science and technology news. Most importantly, we want to get the news out to our readers ...

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created Mar 01, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast weblog

Rivals moving to take on iPad

US bookstore giant Barnes & Noble added Web surfing and games to its electronic reader Friday as rivals move to break the momentum of Apple's freshly launched iPad tablet computer.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Apr 23, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (9) | comments 6

Interest is growing in e-readers

Jamie Groves has doubled his reading - up to more than 40 books a year - since he began downloading e-books on his Kindle.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 08, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 1

Review: Samsung Galaxy Tab vs. Apple iPad

More than eight months after the release of the Apple iPad, fans of Google's Android mobile operating system finally have a contender in the race for tablet supremacy.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 19, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 1

E-reader faceoff: Kindle or Nook? Here's a comparison

There's a titanic battle brewing in the e-reader market. The Amazon Kindle and Barnes & Noble Nook are leaving competitors in the dust this summer and are locked in a war that has dropped prices by more ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 27, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (8) | comments 5

Amazon cuts Kindle price, adds global version

(AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. is cutting the price of its Kindle electronic-book reader yet again and launching an international version, in hopes of spurring more sales and keeping it ahead of a growing field ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 1

IPad could be Kindle's first big threat in e-books

(AP) -- Amazon.com, which has dominated the young but fast-growing electronic book market for the past few years with the Kindle, could get its biggest threat Saturday, when Apple releases its iPad multimedia ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 29, 2010 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (8) | comments 7

New Kindle Touch is an impressive e-reader

When it comes to reading digital books, tablets are all the rage. But there's a lot to like about simple e-readers, which over the past year have become both a lot cheaper and a lot less clunky.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Amazon's Kindle DX: Not the answer

I am holding in my hands a device that some think could be the salvation of the beleaguered newspaper industry. It's the Amazon Kindle DX, a large-screen version of Amazon's popular e-reader that's specifically ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jul 16, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 7

Sony e-book reader gets 500,000 books from Google

(AP) -- Google Inc. is making half a million books, unprotected by copyright, available for free on Sony Corp.'s electronic book-reading device, the companies were set to announce Thursday.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 19, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Amazon Christmas day e-book sales beat print sales

On Christmas Day customers bought more electronic books than hard-copy books on Internet retail giant Amazon.com, the company said in a statement Saturday.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 27, 2009 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (7) | comments 3

Amazon looking to go 'mass market' with Kindle price cut

Amazon, by slashing the price of the Kindle, is hoping to turn its electronic book reader into a device with mass market appeal, one for "serious readers" distinct from Apple's multi-purpose iPad.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 01, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Sony opens electronic bookstore to self-publishers

Sony opened its electronic bookstore to would-be authors Tuesday in a partnership with two self-publishing companies.

Technology / Internet

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Review: Nookcolor is best dedicated e-reader

(AP) -- When Barnes & Noble Inc. began to sell its first electronic reading device, the Nook, a year ago, I found it as welcome as a bookcase landing on my toe. It was a terrible design - slow, confusing ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 01, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (6) | comments 9

Amazon launches iPad rival, the Kindle Fire (Update 4)

US online retail giant Amazon launched a touchscreen tablet computer, the Kindle Fire, on Wednesday that costs $199, less than half the price of the cheapest iPad from market-leader Apple.

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created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0