Barnes & Noble has recently held their press conference to introduce their new NOOK e-reader, the ‘Simple Touch Reader’. After some information was leaked they finally confirmed that it is a ’squat, black, touch-screen e-ink reader’ which will be priced at $139. More »

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Manufacturing upstart PocketBook has announced it will present a new line of e-readers, the so-called Pocketbook Pro. Consisting of 5 exceptional models, one of these will also be a tablet: the Pocketbook IQ — sporting a 7” TFT touchscreen display, with 3 different case colors and Android 2.0. With the IQ, Pocketbook offers a device that provides entertainment on the field of video, internet and social media at its best. More »

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Following Borders and their newly released e-Reader app and bookstore, Barnes and Noble has announced that it will soon release an e-Reader app of their own. This was apparent as a general email was sent to staff members announce it’s arrival. In addition, the image above stating that the B&N app will arrive soon was added to the Android market place. More »

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With access to Barnes & Nobles‘ e-book store, Pandigital’s Novel e-reader has a 7″ color screen (800×600), 1Gb memory (along with an SD-card slot), ARM11 CPU, and wireless for $200 in June. Although sexier for multimedia, color LCDs are hardly as appropriate as e-ink for reading. More »

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Not just on any Android phone, but the mighty HTC Droid Incredible is the choice to use for previewing Amazon’s Kindle app that is coming in the summer. By which time, your Android smartphone may replace your need for an e-reader. More »

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From Ziggytek: Spreading the written word on as many devices as possible, Amazon is releasing a Kindle application for Google Android machines that run 1.6 Donut and above. More »

Spring Design’s Alex eReader is a duo-screen Android media player and EPD e-reader on a slate, not a folder like the enTourage eDGe, but rather akin to the Barnes & Noble Nook. The Alex shipped a few weeks ago. Two reviewers praised it for relatively fast performance but denounced its $399 price and tiny selection of books. More »

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A somewhat different take on the e-reader, Spring Design’s Alex is a handheld that operates Android with a 3.5” color LCD touchscreen (for browsing and graphics) and a 6” EPD screen for text. More »

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