The Nook Color was not
the first color eReader by any stretch of the imagination, for all it beat out the Kindles to that point.
More interesting news from the electronic book reader department: shortly after Barnes & Noble announced plans to unveil
the first color eReader, it looks like LG is vying to put out the first solar - powered digital book reader.
We might even get
our first color ereader in summer 2010.
Not exact matches
This aggressive approach is about getting all those millions who are now caught between their old
ereader (or no
ereader at all) and a new
color device to either switch from Amazon or choose one of Barnes & Noble's devices as their
first ereader (one study shows that 15 % of those without an
ereader plan on buying one within the next six months).
I can't answer for the Oasis 2, though will say that my
first tablet was a 7 - inch model (Nook
Color) and
ereading wasn't quite ideal for me, but that is a personal preference, not a universal one.
It is a 9.7 ″
ereader and is the
first to come with a
color E Ink screen.
It's a little pricier than we'd
first heard, but Hanvon's
color e-ink
ereader (the
first - ever
color one) will go on sale in February in China for the equivalent of $ 530 — and may launch in the US at a later date.
As it stands, the Nook
Color is an
ereader first and an Android tablet second.
Volumes of Pre-Loaded Content: The jetBook
Color is not just an
eReader, it is the
first Educational eBook System.
Designed and conceptualized in part by futurist / engineer / inventor Ray Kurzweil, Blio diverges from traditional
ereaders in a couple of ways:
first, it's software, intended to be loaded on a variety of devices, from tablets to iPhones to laptops; and second, it's full -
color, animated and interactive.
Yesterday it was announced that Hanvon, the leading
ereader supplier in China, will be the
first company to offer a
color ebook reader that uses an E Ink display.
Hanvon, the largest
ereader company in China with roughly 78 % of the market share, is set to announce the
first color E Ink
ereader for release in China, which will be available in March of 2011.
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The Hanvon
color ereader will be the
first of its kind, and will feature a large 9.68 - inch display.
At CES this week, Vivitek demonstrated both an 8.2 - inch
eReader and a 13 - inch tablet, among the
first devices ever to use QR - LPD
color ePaper screens.
This
first Fuji
eReader looks a lot like several other
color ereaders hitting the market lately.
When it
first debuted, Barnes & Noble's Nook Tablet went head - to - head with Amazon's Kindle Fire with a great screen, microSD card slot and a stylish design, but the company may have done itself a disservice by pricing its 7 - inch
color eReader $ 50 higher.
Plus the are pretty good at innovating new products with the Nook Glow and they were the
first to do an
ereader tablet well with the Nook
Color.
E Ink Holdings has received initial orders for Amazon's a 6 - inch
color eReader according to DigiTimes, a device that would be Amazon's
first eBook reader to feature a
color E Ink display.
«The market for
eReaders is set to be revolutionised by the availability of high performance
color displays for the very
first time.»
Kyobo Book Centre and Qualcomm have revealed the world's
first ereader to use a mirasol color e-paper display, the Android - based Kyobo e
ereader to use a mirasol
color e-paper display, the Android - based Kyobo
eReadereReader.
The kids are wanting a
color ereader for comics and such, so we might add one of those to our collection after the
first of the year.
In addition to the larger screen the Aura One is also the
first ereader to feature a frontlight with adjustable
color temperature so that you can filter out blue light if you prefer.
When Amazon releases their
first color Kindle
eReader, let's hope that they take it seriously and make it a serious product rather than just jumping to get something on the market to prove to customers that they haven't completely given up on reading in favor of tablet sales.
When
color ePaper was
first unveiled in 2010, it was widely thought that the major
eReader makers would quickly implement this technology into a series of new
color eReaders.
Kyobo's
eReader is the world's
first color Mirasol (5.7», 1024x768) e-reader, which is shipping in Korea for around $ 300.
Well, only hours after my speculation that Amazon might intend to make a huge impact by being the
first company to make the next obvious step in
eReader innovation by jumping in with a
Color Kindle they have leaked some information to the contrary.
The HSN info is the
first official sign of the incoming update and, interestingly enough they describe Nook
Color as a tablet, not as a
eReader (NOOK
Color ™ 7 ″ Reader's Wi - Fi Tablet with Apps).
«We knew the
first generation of
color products we launched would only have application in the text book space and not general purpose
eReader space,» he said.
With the addition of Hulu and Netflix, the NOOK Tablet has become a much more capable entertainment device, as opposed to the
eReader that does a bit more, which is how I originally described the NOOK
Color when it was
first released.
Back then Kindle software 2.0.2 was just released, Amazon was being sued by Discovery Communications and Amazon itself was sending DMCA takedown notes to MobileRead.com, Fujitsu FLEPia was expected to take
eReader market by storm with it's
color eInk and
first rumors about what would become 9.7 ″ Kindle DX surfaced.
Since the launch of the very
first Kindle
eReader, the persistent and constantly repeated complaint has been that it lacks
color.