At this point, Sony is about
the only ereader company that doesn't offer an ebook reader with a frontlight, which is ironic considering they were the very first company to release an E Ink ebook reader with a built in light.
Perhaps, at some level, Sony doesn't even realize that it's
the only eReader company that is doing nothing with wireless and Cloud services.
Not exact matches
The end result will have to be that schools will either head in the direction of
ereaders or textbook
companies will have to not
only lower the costs of textbooks in order to compete, but will also have to find a way to stay current with downloadable supplemental chapters.
Kindle DX is the
only large screen
eReader, based on eInk, available from the top 4
eReader companies (Kindle, Nook, Kobo, Sony).
Kobo wasn't the
only company to announce the release of new
ereaders yesterday, B&N also announced the release of a new Nook.
This
company has a good reputation for decent hardware and software, but I have
only encountered their Android
ereaders.
As the
only (to our knowledge) dedicated
eReading company that works with local partners around the glob, they were caught between the rock of WH Smith and the hard place they delivered to their authors.
Now, It's really a shame that the
only interest of Sony
company in the
Ereaders market it's related to price.
QUE
eReader is one of those devices that had a tumultuous history behind it, announced and then delayed several times
only to be canceled, but the
company behind it, Plastic Logic, is far from being dead, just announcing they where to open a second manufacturing facility based in Russia.
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
company currently offers two versions of its popular Kindle
eReader — a Wi - Fi -
only version for $ 139 and a 3G - equipped model for $ 189.
The
company's Kindle eBook readers led to a boom in the
eReader market, and then Amazon became the
only company to contend with Apple's iPad lineup by offering solid tablets at rock bottom prices.