Why is Good
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Not exact matches
Just as Apple is about to
launch its new
tablet computer — complete with e-books, magazines, and other multimedia —
e-reader market leader Amazon is venturing into Apple's territory with a new app platform for the Kindle, Amazon announced in the New York Times.
Apple's April 2010
launch of the iPad media
tablet and its runaway success gave
e-reader manufacturers a scare.
The patent approval comes just days before the company is planning a press event in Los Angeles on Sept. 6, where the company is likely gearing up to
launch its next - generation Kindle
e-reader and Kindle Fire
tablet devices.
Two new Kobo
e-Readers, the Kobo Glo and the Kobo Mini, are scheduled for release October 1, 2012, and the 7 - inch
tablet Kobo Arc should be
launched in November, 2012.
Touting this milestone is more indication that the company is likely gearing up to
launch its next - generation Kindle
e-reader and Kindle Fire
tablet devices.
We at Good
e-Reader certainly approve of great
tablets and gadgets taking less time to reach us and are eagerly looking forward to getting our hands on the first
tablet RIM has
launched.
Also make sure you subscribe to the Good
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launched next month if you do not wish to be left out of all the latest developments from the world of
e-readers,
tablets, slates and so on.
In the last few years Barnes and Noble expanded into that market and the latest Kindle
e-readers and
tablets launch earlier there, than the rest of the world.
There are better alternatives available, like the Kindle 2 or the DX or even the recently
launched iPad, but then all of these do not provide twin screens for an
e-reader or the
Tablet.
Tamblyn was asked about some of the current trends in
e-readers and
tablets, especially regarding the several new
launches we saw this week in the e-ink device market, and explained where Kobo stands on both their families of
e-readers and
tablets.
It really looks like the current executive team sees no value with
launching e-readers,
tablets and an online bookstore properly in Europe.
It is very interesting that Barnes and Noble has the Nook Glowlight Plus
e-reader ready to
launch and but they intend on releasing yet another
tablet first.
Asus has unleashed two
tablets and an
e-reader upon the world, while MSI has
launched its own
tablet named the WindPad.
Netbook pioneer Asustek Computer plans to
launch its own
e-reader and a
tablet PC to rival Apple's iPad in the second half of this year.
While all the tech world might be hooked on to the
tablet devices keenly awaiting the plethora of
launches that is all set to hog the limelight during the last few months of this year, Amazon has quietly started shipping their latest Kindle
e-reader.
Amazon had one of the most memorable product
launches of the year when they announced three new
e-readers and the new Kindle Fire
tablet.
It lags behind as of now in their
launch schedules for we already have Nook
e-Reader by Barnes & Noble Inc followed by Apple Inc, who has already
launched their iPad
tablet.
We saw the Kobo
e-Reader application and ditto with the Barnes and Noble Nook App, no word if this will ship with the unit, but normally when a
tablet launches they don't normally bundle competing applications against each other.
Kobo and Amazon have either
launched or are in the process of
launching devices that can be both an
e-reader as well as a
tablet.
Chile is the name of a Chinese company and they have
launched a
tablet that sports the looks of an
e-reader.
We should have the complete details by next month itself, which is when Panasonic intends to
launch the
tablet /
e-reader device.
This holiday season the bookstore chain will have their work cut out for them as Amazon is planning on
launching a new
tablet computer and a new color Kindle
e-Reader.
Introducing the Good
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launched.
Good
e-Reader has
launched their first Android
tablet!
One of the big problems with Shelfari is that it was
launched before
e-readers and
tablets became popular.
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Initially, we
launched our Android App Store with the mandate of helping all of our readers with Android
tablets and
e-readers get a solid source of applications.
Amazon said Tuesday that sales of its Kindle
tablets and
e-readers have more than doubled over the key weekend
launching the holiday season, but provided no specific sales figures.
Barnes & Noble has
launched the latest salvo in it ongoing
e-reader and
tablet war with Amazon by releasing its new Nook HD + and Nook HD
tablets.
The
launch of the Amazon Kindle Fire, with its low price point when compared to other
tablets, is a good example of a competing device that could upset the current situation for
e-readers.
Good
e-Reader is live at the Kobo
launch event today, in which the company is expanding their
tablet line with the unveiling of the Kobo Arc 7 HD.
Chinese manufacturer Hanvan has already stolen the march by revealing their intention to
launch a whole new
tablet /
e-reader in Germany.
At the January 2011 CES expo in Las Vegas, Chinese
e-reader and
tablet developer Hanvon teasingly announced the upcoming release of their color e-ink reader; ditto their presence at BEA in late May, but those devices, originally slated to
launch in China in March and release to North America later this year, are as of yet still unavailable to consumers eagerly awaiting the opportunity to use the technology that they got to experiment with briefly at those events.
Pandigital has upped the ante with the 9 inch
tablet and
e-reader device that it had
launched a while ago.
We
launched a dedicated section recently that gives you alternative android app stores that you can install directly on your
e-reader or
tablet.
As the
e-reader and
tablet wars heat up, Amazon.com Inc. is
launching a digital - book lending library that will be available only to owners of its Kindle and Kindle Fire devices who are also subscribers to its Amazon Prime program.
The device combines the simplicity of a wireless
e-reader with
tablet functionality, said William Lynch, CEO of Barnes & Noble, during a
launch event for the device in New York.
Kobo announced today that it will
launch its
e-readers and
tablets in the country and will be collaborating with major retail chains to stock its devices on their shelves.
Amazon has
launched a new sale that includes nearly all of its own hardware, including the Echo Dot, Fire
Tablet, Fire TV Sticks, Kindle
E-readers, and more.
The news comes after Barnes & Noble announced last week that it would partner with John Lewis, Blackwell's, Foyles and Argos to sell two models of its Nook
e-reader, the Touch Screen and the Glowlight, in October, and in anticipation of an announcement from Amazon in a press conference in Los Angeles later today (6th September) that it will
launch further devices, including a
tablet in the UK.
With a price point $ 50 more than Amazon's Kindle Fire, and a
launch schedule that appears a bit rushed following Amazon's splashy Fire reveal a few weeks ago, what will make the Nook
Tablet stand out among an expanding group of
e-readers and
tablets?
Barnes & Nobles» NOOK Color...
launched with Android 2.1 but you probably won't notice since the interface has been heavily modified and you're basically restricted to using this
tablet as an
e-reader, with a game of chess on the side.
The 10 - inch Hollywood
tablet is expected to
launch alongside colour Kindle
e-readers before the end of the year, providing movie access for a limited time to buyers of the device, offering access for free to Prime customers.
On October 29, 2012, [42] the rival Blackwells and Foyles bookshops, the John Lewis department stores, the Waitrose and Sainsbury's supermarket chains and high street catalogue retailer Argos
launched the Nook
e-reader in the UK — and, from November, the Nook HD and Nook HD +
tablet computers went on sale in the stores.
Barnes & Noble will
launch a new member of the Nook family of
tablets and
e-readers, the Nook
Tablet, on November 16 for $ 249, according to leaked presentation slides published by Engadget.
It's been about a year since Amazon
launched the front - lit Kindle Paperwhite, and the company plans to introduce new
tablets this fall, so it wouldn't be surprising if it announced a new
e-reader then as well.
Amazon has
launched its Kindle
e-reader and Kindle Fire HD
tablets in India.
Sony and Sharp upped the rivalry stakes in the heated
e-reader and
tablet market with the head - to - head
launch on Friday of their latest devices in Japan, along with tens of thousands of e-book titles.
The
launch of the new
e-reader — available from October — comes as new data from Nielsen, reported by the Bookseller, shows that
tablets are overtaking
e-readers as the preferred digital reading device.