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The new Kobo Aura HD has been launched at an invite only event in Millbank Tower, Central London. The new eReader is being launched as not just the rival to the Amazon Kindle series, but also as an alternative to a multitude of multimedia tablet-computers that are now so prevalent in everyday life.
There's an increasing crossover between tablet and eReader, with companies like Samsung, Apple, Amazon and even Kobo, offering each other's services. But the Aura HD looks to distance ...
It's a brand better known for producing budget alternatives to original E-Ink-based Kindleet al, but can the all-new Arc tablet take the fight higher to theKindle Fire HD and even the Nexus 7 and iPad Mini?
If you've seen Kobo's previous tablets, it's likely you were in WHSmiths, which actively promotes and sells all Kobo tablets and eReader in its high street shops – including the Arc.
The headline feature on this 7-inch, 1280x800 pixel tablet is a 1.5GHz dual-core processor, though ...
The Nook HD from bookstore giant Barnes and Noble makes some big claims for such a small tablet, as it looks to steal the limelight at the budget end of the market.
With the likes of the similarly priced Google Nexus 7 and Amazon Kindle Fire HD for company at the £159 price point, plus the slightly more expensive iPad mini, the Nook HD really needs to bring the fight if it wants to succeed.
Out of the blocks it seems impressive, boasting the title of 'the ...
To say that Amazon has been the single most powerful catalyst in the ebook revolution would not be an exaggeration. Before the introduction of the Kindle, many who adored the printed page universally scoffed at ebook readers, claiming that such devices would never replace the traditional reading experience.
But Amazon's hardware has been a real game changer, enough to force even the most ardent ebook critic to admit that Amazon's take was genuinely impressive, perhaps begrudgingly.
Yet in the recent years, the competition ...
The Nook Simple Touch GlowLight joins the pack of backlit e-readers launching at the same time, and takes on Amazon's Kindle Paperwhiteand the Kobo Glo.
Produced by US book store Barnes & Noble, Nooks have only crossed over to the UK for the first time this year, and haven't yet made it to Australia, so our discussions of the Nook Simple Touch GlowLight with less tech-savvy friends were often met with blank expressions.
Priced at £109 in the UK (around AU$169) or $139 ...
Amazon's E-reader culling initiative has claimed its latest victim. Gizmodo reports the online internet retailer will be discontinuing the production and sale of its Kindle Touch device.
This follows the recent discontinuation of its larger-screened Kindle DLX last week.
The Touch, which retailed for US$99, has been removed from the Kindle product lineup, making way for the US$119 Paperwhite, which made its debut on 1 October.
The Kindle Touch is unavailable on Amazon's website, with a link to the new Paperwhite in its ...
A load of gadgets recently came into the 'burn offices. You'd think we’d be a little jaded by now, but we still tend to act a little like small children on Christmas morning. The boxes were unpacked with glee, I was handed the action camera...I had requested it after all. A moment later, the collective heads of the editorial team popped up in unison. "You don’t really do any kind of action activities do you?", said one member of the ...
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