New e-reader lets users write in margins, highlight text and save bookmarks for later use and share content with other users
At a splashy event in New York's Time Warner Center, Samsung dove headlong into the electronic book market with the Samsung eReader, a US$299 device which allows you to take notes in the margins and share content with other Samsung eReaders.
ITRI showed off a 4.1-inch flexible color OLED screen for smartphones and small devices
Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) showed off a number of flexible display screen technologies in Taipei on Thursday as part of a show promoting e-readers and e-paper.
The Reader Daily Edition will be shipped between Dec. 18 and Jan. 8, Sony says
When Sony unveiled the Reader Daily Edition, its first e-reader with a wireless connection, it said it would be available in December in time for the holidays.
Available Tuesday, the Intel Reader can scan books and read them back
On Tuesday, Intel will start selling a nifty new e-reader that can snap pictures of books and newspapers and then read them back to people who have a hard time reading the printed page.
Device, due out by year's end, the Alex e-reader would have two screens
Android is known for smartphones but the mobile platform will also power the new Alex e-reader from a Fremont, Calif., company called Spring Design.
