Kobo Touch 2.0 eReader Launches in Canada
Earlier this year a Kobo firmware update dropped hints that the ebook company had two new ereaders in the pipeline. Codenamed Pika and Alyssum, one turned out to be the $129 Kobo Glo HD, and the other...
View ArticleSony DPT-S1 Writing Slate Available Soon From BH Photo
Reports that Sony was retiring its 13.3" e-ink writing slate took a turn for the ridiculous today with the news that Sony has a new retail partner. Word is coming in from MobileRead that B&H Photo...
View ArticleKobo Officially Launches the Touch 2.0 eReader
Last week's leak may have let the cat out of the bag, but Kobo is making the best of situation. This Toronto-based ebook company has just announced its second new ereader for the year. The Kobo Touch...
View ArticleB&N Launches a ReBranded Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 Nook 8″ Tablet, Now Selling it...
As I predicted two weeks ago, Barnes & Noble has announced a new Nook device today. Samsung and B&N have just launched the Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 Nook. This $400 tablet features an 8" screen and...
View ArticleAlcatel One Touch’s New Tablet is So Huge It Has Its Own Kickstand
Alcatel One Touch has joined the obelisk-class tablet makers today with its new Xess tablet. This smartphone maker is showing off a 17" Android tablet at IFA Berlin this week, a tablet which is so...
View ArticleHands On With the Pocketbook CAD Reader Flex (video)
Pocketbook's 13" ereaders are still months if not a year away from reaching store shelves, and today they gave us another reason to be patient and hopeful. Lesen.net caught up with the ereader maker at...
View ArticleAmazon to Release a $50 Tablet This Fall, As Well As 8″ and 10″ Models
The WSJ may have the inside scoop on that new Fire tablet that showed up on the FCC website a couple weeks ago. Greg Bensinger reports that Amazon is planning to launch an even cheaper 6" Android...
View ArticleApple to Launch the iPad Pro on Wednesday
One of the crazier iPad Pro mockups from 2013 We're two days out from Apple's next press event, and the leaks are coming together. 9to5Mac has posted their list of the goodies Apple will be unveiling...
View ArticleWaterfi’s Waterproof Kindle Now Available on Amazon
A new listing for a waterproof Kindle Paperwhite has turned up on Amazon this week, just in time to miss the peak beach-going season here in the US. The product itself has been around for a couple...
View ArticleAmazon’s Next Fire TV Box Has Cleared the FCC
Amazon is expected to update both of its TV products this fall, and it looks like at least one of those gadgets has shown up on the FCC website. A company by the name of Quill Royal LLC has filed the...
View ArticleAmazon’s Next Couple Tablets Clear the FCC, Have Micro SD Card Slots
Earlier this week we learned that Amazon was planning to launch three new tablets this year, including a budget 6" model and 8" and 10" models. One of the three tablets went through the FCC late last...
View ArticleDid Specs for Amazon’s $50 Tablet Just Leak?
Do you know that ultra-cheap 6" tablet that Amazon is expected to launch later this year? The specs may have been leaked by Amazon. A new listing has turned up on the GFXBench website that purports to...
View ArticleLEAKED! Specs, Image for the New Fire Tablets Show Up Online
Amazon's PR campaign for its next tablets entered the nmext stage today with the planned release of a "leaked" image and hardware specs. That ten inch Fire tablet which was hinted at by WSJ and then...
View ArticleYota Devices Inks Deal With ZTE to Make Dual-Screen Yotaphone 3 in China
Yota Devices plans to release a US version of their dual-screen smartphone may have fallen through, but their plans for the next-gen Yotaphone are progressing nicely. The Russian gadget maker has...
View ArticleAmazon Has a 4th Tablet On the Way (Possibly a Smaller Model)
It looks like Amazon wasn't done leaking their new tablet hardware when they gave us specs and an image this morning, because new images have come to light. AFTVnews has discovered four thumbnail...
View ArticleAmazon Launches Three New Fire Tablets, Reinvigorates the Fire HD 6
Amazon had a couple surprises in store for us today. They've launched their new tablets, only it is not quite what we were lead to expect. There are three new tablets, not four, and we already knew all...
View ArticleAmazon Echo Now Reads You the Top News Headlines
There are times when it is just too much effort to pick up a tablet and catch up on the news, and Amazon's Echo household assistant is here to help. Slashgear and Engadget report that over the...
View ArticleThe Omate TrueSmart+ is a $169 eReading Device for Your Wrist
An obscure gadget maker by the name of Omate is back in the news again with the launch of latest and most powerful smartwatch. Most smartwatches are less smart devices than they are smartphone...
View ArticleNoteslate Shiro Writing Slate Delayed Until Next Spring, iOS and Android Apps...
When we first saw the Noteslate in 2011, it turned out to be one of the more interesting pieces of vaporware of the year. The Noteslate Shiro, which was supposed to ship this fall, is turning out to be...
View ArticleTolino to Launch Two New eReaders at Frankfurt Book Fair?
With B&N's new ereader still in the pipeline and Amazon's hardware launches come and gone, the time has come to turn our attention to new ereaders that could be launching soon in Europe. Lesen.net...
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