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Image Gallery: A walk around the Astak EZReader Pocket PRO 5 inch

Amazon and Sony have the most popular ebook readers available today, but there are other very competitive devices available too. Astak's latest device is the EZReader Pocket PRO 5 inch unit that supports Adobe Reader Digital Edition content and much more. You can enjoy book content, music files, audio books,...

Tags: Astak, E-books, Personal Technology, product photos, ereader, ebook, eink, book, Matthew Miller

Image galleries 2009-09-07

Image Gallery: First look at the Sony Reader Touch Edition PRS-600

Sony recently announced a couple new Reader eink electronic books, the Sony Reader Pocket Edition and Touch Edition that are both now available. The Daily Edition is coming in a couple of months and will be a bit larger with wireless capability. The Touch Edition is the same size as...

Tags: Sony Corp., Sony Reader, Touch Edition, Daily Edition, Keyboards, E-books, Wi-Fi, Monitors & Displays, Wireless And Mobility, Hardware, Peripherals, Personal Technology, Components, product photos, ereader, ebook, sony, eink, Matthew Miller

Image galleries 2009-09-03

Gallery: Sony unveils trio of Readers

In an assault on Amazon's entire product line, Sony unveiled three new e-book Readers: a $199 model that undercuts the cheapest Kindle by $100; a more fully-featured touchscreen model at $299; and a $399 Wi-Fi, 3G touchscreen model that is smaller than the Kindle DX by two inches but also...

Tags: Touch Screen, Sony Corp., Keyboards, Monitors & Displays, 3G, E-books, Wireless And Mobility, Hardware, Peripherals, Components, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, e-reader, ebook, Sony, Jason Perlow

Image galleries 2009-08-25

Image Gallery: M-Edge Prodigy and Platform Jacket cases for the Amazon Kindle 2

The Amazon Kindle 2 is now available, however no case ships with the device like what Amazon provided with the Kindle 1. You therefore need to buy a case through Amazon or another 3rd party. M-Edge creates some of the best Kindle cases, that also work with their lighting solution...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Prodigy Communications, Amazon Kindle, M-Edge, Amazon Kindle 2, product photos, amazon, kindle, ebook, case, Matthew Miller

Image galleries 2009-03-10

Image Gallery: Amazon Kindle iPhone application brings Kindle content to your phone

Amazon just started shipping the Amazon Kindle 2 to buyers last week. In their February launch event they mentioned that the Kindle software with Whispersync would eventually come to other devices. Well, that time has come MUCH sooner than anyone anticipated and you can now download the software and read...

Tags: Phone, Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, E-books, Personal Technology, screenshots, iphone, apple, ebook, amazon, kindle, Matthew Miller

Image galleries 2009-03-03

Image Gallery: Amazon's Kindle 2 has several improvements to lead the ebook reader field

The Amazon Kindle 2 was recently announced and is now shipping to consumers with a sleek new form factor and some other hardware improvements to make it the most compelling ebook reader on the market. The Whispernet wireless service and on-device Amazon store front set the device apart from the...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, E-books, Personal Technology, product photos, amazon, kindle, ebook, sprint, Matthew Miller

Image galleries 2009-02-25

Kindle's identity crisis

ZDNet senior editor Sam Diaz briefs correspondent Sumi Das on the newest version of Amazon's electronic reader: what's changed, what hasn't, and just what exactly the online giant is trying to achieve with Kindle 2.

Tags: Sam Diaz, Amazon, Kindle, ebook, reader, iPhone, Sumi Das

Videos 2009-02-10

Image Gallery: M-Edge Executive Leather Case and e-Luminator for Amazon Kindle

The Amazon Kindle comes with decent black leather case, but it doesn't do a very good job of holding the device securely in place when the front flap is opened. There is also no backlighting on the Kindle so you need good lighting to read with the device. M-Edge has...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., M-Edge, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, product photos, amazon kindle, ebook, accessories, Matthew Miller

Image galleries 2009-01-18

Additional Resources

Barnes and Noble eReader 1.0.1 (Windows)

Barnes and Noble eReader downloads of your latest Barnes & Noble eBook purchases and samples automatically, access to download eBooks from your Online Library anytime, bookmarks, note taking, and highlight functionality, portrait or landscape display modes, customizable font, margins, and page gestures.

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Barnes & Noble Inc., E-books, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-19

Wow! Top execs say they are influenced by social networks

What this means for B2B marketers:Trade publishers have tried, unsuccessfully, for years to build such on-line communities which they could control and mine. As it turns out, customers (C-level execs) like everyone else want to own and control their own networks. If customers are increasingly turning to each other for...

Tags: NETWORKING, social networking, network, social media, Astak

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

eReader for Google Android now available

I am an ebook fan and like to have the same software across multiple platforms, which is why my preferred reader has been Mobipocket for a couple of years. eReader has been expanding on devices and just launched their Google Android software so now I am going to go all...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Android, eReader, E-books, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-11-18

Barnes & Noble Nook to make debut November 30?

Release date wasn't my problem...I was in the market for an ebook reader. I really wanted to purchase the Nook, and I didn't care that I would have a little bit of a wait. I liked the features, and I like Barnes and Noble. I ended up...

Tags: Wireless LANs, B&N, Barnes & Noble Inc., Nook, Nov, Sony Corp., Christmas

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 1.0 (Mobile)

Quotes from the ebook: Preface and beginning of first chapter.PREFACE I HAVE endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me. May it haunt their houses...

Tags: Mobile, Scrooge, Keyboards, E-books, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Peripherals, Personal Technology, Components

Software downloads 2009-11-16

Calibre 0.6.24 (Windows)

Calibre is program to manage your e-book collection. It acts as an e-library and also allows for format conversion, news feeds to e-book conversion, as well as e-book reader sync features and an integrated e-book viewer. Calibre's features include: library management; format conversion all major ebook formats; syncing to e-book...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Kovid Goyal, Calibre, E-books, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-16

iBird Explorer 15 for iPhone 1.7 (Mobile)

iBird Explorer 15 for iPhone is an interactive guide to 15 bird species. This innovative ebook, designed specifically for the iPhone and iPod touch, contains illustrations, photos, bird calls and comprehensive facts to help you identify and enjoy some of the most popular birds in North America. It includes playing...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Bird, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-16

iBird Explorer North for iPhone 1.7 (Mobile)

iBird Explorer North for iPhone is an innovative field guide to 376 birds of the northeastern states of North America. A self-contained ebook for the iPhone and iPod touch, iBird Explorer North for iPhone thousands of pages of expert birding information at your fingertips, and offers hand drawn illustrations, professional...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-16

CHMate Lite for iPhone 1.1 (Mobile)

CHMate Lite for iPhone is a CHM Microsoft Compiled HTML Help document and ebook reader for iPhone and iPod Touch, and aiming for improving experiences for small screen reading, especially on: reflowing document to fit devices screen size, customizable text formatting, and reading by tapping, also can scrolling depending on...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Lazy Apps, E-books, Smart Phones, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-11-16

CHMate for iPhone 1.1 (Mobile)

CHMate for iPhone is a CHM Microsoft Compiled HTML Help document and ebook reader for iPhone and iPod Touch, and aiming for improving experiences for small screen reading, especially on: reflowing document to fit device's screen size, customizable text formatting, and reading by tapping, also can scrolling depending on your...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Screen, Mobile, Lazy Apps, E-books, Smart Phones, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-11-16

Calibre 0.6.23 (Mac)

Calibre is a one stop solution to your e-book needs. It is free, open source and cross-platform in design. Calibre is meant to be a complete e-library solution and thus includes library management, format conversion, news feeds to e-book conversion, as well as e-book reader sync features and an integrated...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Kovid Goyal, Calibre, E-books, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-13

It's a girl! (or Ed Tech, 6 years hence)

Regular readers and followers of my Twitter feed will know that yesterday was pretty eventful. My wife and I (well, mostly my wife, but I did make some moderate contribution) had a baby girl who currently remains nameless (we're leaning toward Penelope, but she was delivered by c-section so...

Tags: Web Application, Social Media, E-books, Semantic Web, Cloud Computing, Personal Technology, Internet, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-11-10