The difficulties in producing flexible e-papers caused Plastic Logic to cancel plans to release the Que E-reader but that hasn’t put off LG. They are entering difficult territory as they plan to start the “mass-production of 19-inch flexible E-papers and 9.7-inch colour E-papers” by the end of the year.
The main problem faced by the company [...]
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LG Set to Produce 19 Inch Flexible Epaper by End of Year
Amazon opens the doors to the UK Kindle Store
The Amazon Kindle is set to hit our shores on the 27th of August and Amazon have put the wheels in motion by today opening the official Amazon Kindle UK Store for customers who have already purchased the iPhone, Android, Mac or PC versions of the eBook readers to buy local books.
(Is a repeat of [...]
Amazon announces 2 new Kindle eBook readers
Amazon has just announced two new Amazon Kindle eBook readers on its online store.
Yes, Amazon has placed 2 brand new Kindle eBook readers up for pre order on both its Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk and has introduced us to the updated, smaller, lighter and cheaper eBook readers.
Both the new Kindle models will be 21 per cent [...]
Amazon Kindle Launches on Android
Amazon have finally launched their Kindle book store for Android phones and will now be available on the Android marketplace.
E-book fans have been waiting for a while, and to rub salt in the wounds of their users, it has been on the iPhone for a while now.
The Android version is similar to the iPhone [...]
Amazon Kindle App coming to Android
We at the Gadget Helpline don’t normally write about Apps being released for whichever application based system but with news coming in that the is an Amazon Kindle app on its way for Android handsets, we thought it was a special case.
Amazon announced that they have teamed up with the Google Android operating system to [...]
Kindle for Mac Unveiled by Amazon
Amazon has launched its Kindle for Mac application, bringing its range of e-books to Apple enthusiasts around the globe.
The free application can be downloaded from Amazon’s website, and will let you buy, read and organise your Amazon e-books, available from the Kindle store.
The Kindle store currently boasts over 450,000 e-books.
“Kindle for Mac is the perfect [...]
Amazon Takes Over Touch Screen Company
In an inspired move to corner the market in touch sensitive technology, Kindle makers Amazon have just bought out TouchCo a company that manufacturers some of the highest quality touch screens around, what’s more, they’re more advanced and cheaper than the competition.
Amazon’s plan is to merge TouchCo technology with their own Kindle, leaving the competition [...]
Hackers Break Amazon Kindle Copyright Protection
Hackers from around the world have said that they have successfully cracked the Digital Rights Management copyright protections on the Amazon Kindle eReader. The hack will allow Kindle eBooks to be transferred to other devices.
The eBooks can now be exported as a pdf file, allowing it to be easily shared around the Kindle community and [...]
Amazon.com Release Free Kindle App For The PC
Amazon’s Kindle for PC has arrived and Amazon says that a Mac version is coming soon. The Kindle was originally an electronic book reader about the same size as a large novel. It has a crisp easy to read grayscale display and can download books from Amazon’s Kindle store. However the Kindle concept has expanded to include 3 different models of reader, and iPhone app and now the PC version. The Windows software allows you to read books from the Kindle store on your PC and, if you have one, also sync with your Kindle device.
Google Editions: e-Books for Mobile Phones
eReaders have taken off recently with Amazon set to launch it’s Kindle eReader in the UK in coming months, and other companies jumping on the electronic book bandwagon. The most noticeable is Google with the launch of Google Editions.
Google’s foray into the eBook market is set to make an impact, with the tech giant offering [...]
