Compared to 10 per cent in mid-December, over 19 per cent of US adults now own a tablet, according to Pew. There was an identical trend with ereaders, too, and there’s not as much overlap as you might expectr: 29 per cent own one or the other. That is a lot of new iPads and Kindles. [Pew via Electronista] More »
Unsurprisingly, Black Friday was pretty successful for Amazon, which is shipping out Kindles at a staggering rate. As usual, though, we have no idea what that rate is. You dark horse, Amazon. More »
Google eBooks just got upgraded with real time translation. This feature is another step towards the destruction of language barriers that limit worldwide cultural sharing. Something that, eventually, will deeply change the core of the human species while preserving our tribal identities. More »
The Notion Ink Adam sports an impressive Pixel Qi “transflective” display and latent potential galore, but we haven’t really seen much from the delayed tablet/ereader combo this year. With the arrival of this silent demo, however, that changes a bit. More »
And lo, the slim and cheap Sony Readers we heard about have arrived, and only the flagship Daily Edition dons a 3G coat. All models have new Pearl e-ink displays, and 2GB of memory. More »
The New York Times is curiously listed as newly available for digital subscription via Barnes & Noble’s eReader app while at the same time deemed “temporarily suspended”. Barnes & Noble claims the delay is due to an impending software update. More »
The story of the Plastic Logic Que, a huge-screened ereader, reads like a tragedy. The latest in its saga? All pre-orders of the Que have been cancelled and there’s no timeline for release. Yeah, it’s looking like vapourware. More »
From now until the end of June, all Nooks will come with a free $US50 Barnes & Noble gift card. That’s not quite three books, last time I checked B&N’s prices (last week when I wanted to buy a book but it was $US18 in their digital store and cheaper elsewhere).
It was threatened, and thus now available. Hit up the BlackBerry App World to download the free Kindle app now – but only if you live in the US. And are happy paying up to a tenner to read a book on a 2.44-inch screen. [THINQ]
