Sentences with phrase «e-reader over tablets»

The big advantages of an e-reader over tablets are: the e-ink screen, weight, and battery life.

Not exact matches

The Kindle line is just about synonymous with e-readers, and each device remains a good buy for anyone who'd prefer a longer - lasting, dedicated reading device over a more featured tablet.

Many are leapfrogging PCs and laptops to tablets and smartphones, and our recent polling shows that over 55s are more likely to own an e-reader than younger age groups.

Over three - quarters (77 %) of younger Americans have a smartphone, and many also have a tablet (38 %) or e-reader (24 %).

Patrons will be able to access to over 10,000 eBooks and residents will be able checkout 600 E-readers, 9 laptops and 40 tablets to read them on.

Barnes and Noble has always had their e-readers manufactured by Netronix and over the past four years their tablets were sold in partnership with Samsung.

Barnes and Noble has lost over one billion dollars with the entire Nook division, that includes eBooks, e-readers and tablets.

Tablet computers and e-readers have been garnering mainstream attention over the course of the last few years, and many users are gravitating towards these devices.

Patrons are able to access to over 10,000 eBooks and residents will be able checkout 600 E-readers, 9 laptops and 40 tablets to read them on.

E-readers offer a number of advantages over reading e-books on a tablet or phone.

Online retailing giant Amazon said Monday that sales of its Kindle e-readers and tablets quadrupled on Black Friday over the previous year's annual pre-Christmas national shopping orgy.

Additional features that would make me super happy: — Android (frankly, I wouldn't care about the ability to install other apps if the default pdf reading app was good, but so far I have seen countless e-readers with bad default apps that need replacements); — decent web browser for text heavy websites like Wikipedia or checking e-mail and RSS feeds; — advanced note taking (like on Remarkable tablet); — usable as a monitor (like Onyx Boox Max 2 PRO); — color screen (so far color screens have only 150 DPI resolution, and I don't like that, I prioritize good screen resolution over color, but still, if somebody could make a 300 DPI color screen, I'd be in ecstasy).

That's more than a twofold rise for tablets over December 2011, when tablets and e-readers were level, with 10 % of surveyed respondents said they owned one or the other.

As you will notice by the list above (hover over each entry for more information), there is a decided lack of Kindle Reading Apps for the various «Nook» brand of tablet and e-Reader devices.

It makes sense since book lovers are more inclined to buy or ask for a dedicated e-reader over a multifunction device like a tablet PC which is less suitable for long term reading.

They spoke to 538 libraries all over the US and apparently tablets and smartphones are replacing e-readers.

Target has over 1,800 locations where people will be able to buy the latest generation e-readers and tablets for the upcoming holiday holiday.

We continue to market e-readers directly to customers all over the world and the main advantage with us is that we ship e-readers and tablets to markets where they are normally unavailable.

By the time the holiday buying season heats up, it looks like tablet (and e-reader) shoppers are going to have more options to consider — both in stores, and what's just over the horizon.

During our two week poll over 2,403 people responded and talked about what new e-reader or tablet they have already pre-ordered or will be most likely to buy within the next few months.

The only reason I say this is because, to say that a tablet might «make a good e-reader» kind of blurs the line of why e-ink is preferred over lcd screen (refresh rate and front lit light).

Websites such as Demonoid and the Pirate Bay have combined over 700,000 + books in their database, which is growing exponentially as hardware prices come down and the public is more aware of e-readers and tablets.

This cadre of unlikely players created a digital bookstore that currently has 300,000 titles, an indie author self - publishing system and a number of e-readers and tablets that are currently sold in over 12,500 retail locations.

The Good e-Reader App Store has been going strong for the last five years and we now have over 62,000 apps and games for phones and tablets.

If it's not too soon to revel in the madness, it's worth noting that ebooks are unaffected by the tension over contracts, quite possibly due to the fact that Amazon also sells an e-reader line and a tablet line.

Tablets seem to be the most popular with over 50 % of the reading population owning one and e-readers themselves account for 30 %.

They claimed that over 13 million e-readers and 18 million tablets were sold in 2011 and they expect the number to rise further this year.

There are an estimated one million tablets and e-readers currently being used in Spain, with over 285k e-readers sold in 2011.

Patrons can easily access over 10,000 eBooks and residents will be able read them on one of the 600 E-readers, 9 laptops or 40 tablets that are available for loan.

It looks like Amazon intends on opening 30 new locations all over the United States so people can easily buy Kindle e-Readers, Fire Tablets and Echo Speakers for the holidays.

It looks like Amazon intends on opening 30 new locations all over the United States so people can easily buy Kindle e-Readers, Fire Tablets and Echo Speakers... [Read more...]

The Good e-Reader App Store currently has a library of over 42,000 apps for Android phones and tablets.

Barnes and Noble College Bookstores all over the United States are no longer carrying Nook e-Readers and Samsung branded Nook tablets.

One of the big reasons is the shift towards reading on smartphones and tablets over dedicated e-readers and desktop computers.

Forrester may be proclaiming that the age of e-readers is nearly over and more users have been embracing tablets, but other research is not completely counting them out.

This means e-reader and tablet manufacturers have a long way to go if they want to convert more people over from print.

Prefer to gift a tablet over an E-reader?

«With the clear success of the Kindle e-reader over the past three years, and Kindle Fire possibly succeeding in the low - priced tablet market, we view this as the next logical step for Amazon,» Mahaney said.

In the past 12 months alone, over 250 schools in the region have subscribed to the service.This benefits educational institutions to be able to offer digital content for e-readers and tablets.

With the average sales tax percentage that a U.S. customer pays reaching 9.64 % in 2010 according to a finding published by Vertex, Inc., and considering that residents in some areas of the country pay an astounding 13.73 %, the savings over the holiday on a device that ranges in price from $ 134 for an e-reader to over $ 500 for a tablet can more than cover a few ebooks.

There is an estimated one million tablets and e-readers currently being used in Spain, with over 285k eReaders sold in 2011.

Currently there are over 2.4 million ebooks, magazines, and newspapers you can purchase and sync with your e-reader or tablet.

In a market that is overrun with e-reader devices — there are over forty different e-reader product reviews on GoodEReader.com and more than twenty previews for future e-readers, not to mention the e-reading capable tablets and phones — Aluratek has found its niche in being a one - stop location that meets the electronic needs of a wider market.

The Samsung App Store is installed on 100 million Android devices, SlideMe is installed on 20 million devices, and the Amazon App Store runs on 33 % of tablets in the U.S. Good e-Reader is also the largest app store in Canada with over 80 million visitors in 2013.

In the end, whether be it a tablet or an e-reader, the fact is, the Nook Color is very special to the company which can be summed up in what Riggio had to say about the device: «is the first time in the history of the company we made a technology leap over our competitors.

Good e-Reader has reviewed over 400 different e-readers and tablets over the years and this is our first Chromebook.

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All over the world online retailers sold digital books that were compatible with e-readers, smartphones and tablets.

Tablets, in particular, solved some of our e-reader annoyances but also expanded our e-book reading options via e-reader apps, gave us access to other entertainment options, and allowed us to be productive when reading time was over no matter where we were.

Over time, I found myself preferring the Kindle app on my smartphone and tablet to the e-reader.