LG seems to have hit upon a new technology that might revolutionize the hot new foldable devices segment around the world. Developed by LG Chem, it’s all about a new foldable display that its makers claim is as flexible as plastic while having the hardness of glass. Another huge … | Continue reading
Every single e-reader that is currently on the market are designed and manufactured. The most successful brands such as Amazon, Kobo and Barnes and Noble have design and engineering teams that construct the device and do mockups of how it will look and outsource the manufacturing … | Continue reading
Digital media has come to the rescue of airline operators that has been finding it increasingly tough to deal with paper magazines for inflight entertainment. For them, it turned out to be far more simple to offer a means to download content to keep passengers engaged mid-air. Ho … | Continue reading
Various Kindle models in the United States and around the world have a Special Offers program. This subsidizes the cost of a new Kindle, by around $25 to $30 and in exchange for the discount, adverts were showed on the lock screen and the home screen. Amazon recently pushed out … | Continue reading
An innocent housing campaigner was suspected of hacking after sharing documents he found online. | Continue reading
The Kindle is easily among the lesser attractive targets when it comes to hacking. However, it could still be worthwhile to ensure the highest levels of security to the device considering that it contains such information as your Amazon account details as well as billing info, an … | Continue reading
Color e-paper with the capability to reproduce colors with as much vibrancy as that of an OLED or at least LCD panel has long been the target of display engineers but has always remained elusive. Now, researchers at the Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden claim to have a … | Continue reading
The Onyx Boox Mira Pro is a new 25 inch E INK monitor , equipped with Aragonite's self-developed BSR super refresh technology, with a screen-to-body ratio of 85%. It adopts an all-aluminum alloy body and supports horizontal and vertical rotation. It has 2K resolution and will be … | Continue reading
The Amazon Kindle e-reader has many different models with optional 3G cellular access. These will connect up to the closest cellphone tower that provides 3G data and allow users Kindles to connect up to the bookstore and also Wikipedia. Starting next year, this will be a thing of … | Continue reading
Pre-order the new Hisense A7 CC, the first Android 10 phone to use the second generation E INK Kaleido screen technology. Worldwide shipping! | Continue reading
Amazon Kindle for PC is a program that lets you manage your ebook library in a Windows environment and has been around for close to a decade. There is an option in the settings menu to turn automatic updates off, but Amazon is forcing users to upgrade to the latest version anyway … | Continue reading
E INK has just announced that development kits for Kaleido Color E-Paper will be available from their online store in early 2021. This is the same technology that is found on the Pocketbook Color, Onyx Boox Poke Color 2 and phones from Hisense. These kits will be able to be purch … | Continue reading
The Onyx Boox Max Lumi is simply the best new E INK digital note taking device of 2020. This device can read A4 documents, so you can view and edit PDF files, without having to pinch and zoom. The major selling points is the front-lit display and color temperature system. It sh … | Continue reading
The Onyx Boox Max Lumi is simply the best new E INK digital note taking device of 2020. This device can read A4 documents, so you can view and edit PDF files, without having to pinch and zoom. The major selling points is the front-lit display and color temperature system. It sh … | Continue reading
The Onyx Boox MAX Lumi is a new 13.3 inch e-note that has Android 10 and an all new lighting system. It has white LED lights for the front-lit display, but also amber LED lights for fine turning color temperature. It also has a faster processor and a new type of RAM. The Max Lum … | Continue reading
Amazon is working on a Kindle Paperwhite 5 e-reader and and the big selling point are the amber LED lights, giving it a color temperature system. This is the same warm light system that that Kindle Oasis 3 employs. Amazon should announce this new Kindle sometime before Prime Day, … | Continue reading
Amazon is rebranding their Freetime and Freetime Unlimited programs for the first time ever. They will be known henceforth as Amazon Kids and Amazon Kids+. Amazon has stated that along with the name change, they will be adding new features. | Continue reading
Amazon Book Clubs is a new platform that is in early access. People can join public groups, that focus on specific genres, such as mysteries, romance or science-fiction. Book Clubs can be private and invite only, or public. Each of clubs, has little blurb on the focus, as well a … | Continue reading
Good e-Reader has reviewed every single color e-reader and color smartphone currently available, aside from the Onyx Boox Poke 2 Color, since it was only available for a few hours before it was sold out. The non-uniform grey background color on ebooks and the darker screen, warra … | Continue reading
Should you buy the Remarkable 1 or the Remarkable 2? The first generation is around $100 cheaper, has physical buttons and drawing on a plastic based screen is better than a glass based one. The Remarkable 2 is very hard to buy, the company is taking pre-orders, with ship takes m … | Continue reading
TCL is the company responsible for making budget 4K televisions and all sorts of other devices, such as smartphones and tablets. They have just unveiled a new breed of screen technology called TCL NXTPAPER and they want to compete against E INK for readers eyes. The new TCL NXTPA … | Continue reading
E INK has confirmed with Good e-Reader that they are developing a second generation model of their Print Color E-Paper or the better known marketing name of Kaleido. It will be launched sometime in 2021 and will be able to display more colors and the front-light doesn't always ne … | Continue reading
The Remarkable 2 is one of the best e-notes on the market, it has the most advanced note taking features, handwriting recognition, can view and edit PDF files and ebooks. There are very few devices that can successfully compare against it. The main competitors against the Remarka … | Continue reading
This year E INK released Kaleido, a new form of color e-paper that was designed for e-readers, e-notes and smartphones. Most of these devices have 300 PPI to read black and white content, such as ebooks. These devices can display 4,096 different color combinations up to 100 PPI. … | Continue reading
The Sony Digital Paper division might be in trouble in Japan and the United States. The USA division was started by Daniel Albohn and Bob Nell, in 2015. Both of them quit or retired from Sony in 2018 and 2019. Sony suspended their relationship with Laruepr in early 2020 and curr … | Continue reading
The Pocketbook Color is a six inch e-reader that has a solid entry price of $219.99. You are getting a very consumer friendly product, although I know many people wish Pocketbook would develop a series of color e-readers with larger screens. I had high hopes for this e-reader. I … | Continue reading
Hisense has been slowly gaining a reputation for making high quality E INK smartphones. They have released six different models in the past two years and have just released their first tablet, the Hisense Q5. This product is using an RLCD display screen, which does not have a fro … | Continue reading
The Sony Digital Paper DPT-RP1 is discontinued in the United States. Official distributors such as Adorama, Amazon and B&H all show the product is either out of stock or discontinued. This 13.3 inch e-note initially came out in 2017 and is getting long in the tooth. The DPT-RP1 f … | Continue reading
The Kindle Cloud Reader has been a viable browser based reading solution since 2011. You can read ebooks via all major internet browsers for desktop, mobile and tablets. Many people read comics, graphic novels, and ebooks when they are at work or school, since many organizations … | Continue reading
Amazon has just deleted all of the Kindle Active Content apps and games from their online store. This was a system where developers would write software that would work on an E INK screen. Some were free and others cost a few dollars. It originally launched in 2010 and every Kind … | Continue reading
Amazon Fire tablets have a very low price point and every year, new devices are issued. The Fire HD 7 and Fire HD 8 are very popular and all have been refreshed. There is a new way you can install Google Play and many of the best Google apps on your Fire HD, without having to go … | Continue reading
The Hisense A5 PRO CC features a single screen E INK color display with a very fast refresh rate. It is capable of 4096 colors and has a front-lit display to read in the dark. Underneath the hood is a Unisoc T610 processor (2 x 1.8 GHz ARM Cortex A75 + 6 x 1.8 GHZ ARM Cortex-A55) … | Continue reading
The Authors Guild has accused Google of promoting ebook piracy in their search engine results and paid services such as Adwords. Piracy is rewarded with millions of dollars in revenue from the Adsense program. The US Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property is looki … | Continue reading
Hisense has just unveiled their first color e-paper smartphone that utilizes the new Just Print technology that the upcoming Pocketbook Color and Onyx Boox Color are using. The new Hisense phone is a budget device and it will be joining the Hisense A5 Pro, which has a B&W screen … | Continue reading
Barnes and Noble has shuttered over 500 of their 600 bookstores in the United States and the bookseller has announced they are no longer going to be ordering new magazines and will cease carrying them altogether. “It will probably be a bigger deal for smaller publishers who count … | Continue reading
There are a handful of color e-readers that have been announced and more will be released over the course of the year and many people are confused on exactly what the underlying technology is. There are terms batted around such as Color E INK, Kaleido, Just Print Color and JustPr … | Continue reading
Good e-Reader has exclusively learned that the Kobo Nia is a new device that is going to be coming out soon. I believe the Nia is going to either replace the Kobo Aura or Kobo Clara HD. This e-reader should be available in the next month or two. Netronix has filed an FCC applica … | Continue reading
This year the big trend in the e-reader industry is color E INK. There are a few devices that are already available and everybody is working on a color device to be released later this year. In 2020 you can expect a big new product by Kobo, that is unlike anything they have relea … | Continue reading
The UK has just passed a resolution that will eliminate all VAT on ebooks and digital newspapers on December 1st 2020. The old 20% tax on these types of content will be completely abolished, but for some reason audiobooks will still be charged the old tax rate. Physical books and … | Continue reading
A couple of weeks ago Amazon released a new firmware update that would introduce a slew of new features in the coming weeks. It looks like this file is causing problems for some people who have older Kindles. The library view and home screen have disappeared, the only way to fix … | Continue reading
The Audie Awards put the spotlight of the best audiobooks of the past year and it gives listeners a ton of recommendations if they are looking to discover something new. The Audie Awards recognize outstanding achievement from the authors, narrators, publishers, and producers of t … | Continue reading
Kobo is having some problems with their website and all of their mobile apps for iOS and Android are not working. The company has been experiencing downtime for the majority of the day and on the weekend they have a skeleton staff at the office so it is likely everything will con … | Continue reading
There is a growing number of people who simply aren't reading books anymore. There are no set reasons why this occurs, some are forced to read books in English class and simply don't read anymore. Others don't read books, but read news articles and blog posts online, but not book … | Continue reading