US bookstore giant Barnes and Noble jumped into the electronic book reader market dominated by Amazon’s Kindle, unveiling a week ago, a wireless touch screen device called the “nook.” This latest gadget may not be the first wireless ebook reader we’ve seen, but with its dual display, color touch screen, compact form-factor and Android OS, it is perhaps the most distinctive. Let’s talk about its features thoroughly, shall we?
nook, the first e-book reader to run Android, Google’s operating system written for mobile devices, features not only a 6-inch E-ink screen but a color touch screen that allows you to navigate content and also can turn into a virtual keyboard for searches. Nook is also the only e-book reader to offer both 3G and WiFi. In a neat trick that takes advantage of Barnes & Noble’s brick-and-mortar stores, the nook lets you read entire e-books for free in-store.
Meanwhile, you can also send your own copy of an e-book [which can be accessed through PCs or smartphones] to other users for two weeks at a time, using the LendMe feature. The nook will integrate with Barnes and Noble’s eReader app for iPhone, iPod Touch and BlackBerry, saving not only your place in the e-book but showing any notation or markings you’ve left on any platform. Those notations can include bookmarks, notes from the on-screen QWERTY keyboard or highlighting.
With nook, you can also get endless shelf space. With 2GB of memory, you can store up to 1,500 e-books, newspapers and magazines. Need even more space? Just add a memory card for storage of up to 17,500. An entire library light enough to take with you everywhere, so you’ll never be without your favorites.
Priced at $259, the nook is expected to begin shipping next month, you can pre-order it now!
If you have heard of Amazon Kindle – one of the most popular electronic book readers out there, then either you probably own one already or are dying to get one. To those who want one but still on the “saving-up†stage, then good news. You may live the Kindle experience earlier and at no cost too, because of the upcoming beta version of Kindle for PC. With this free Windows application, fans of this device can read and access more than 360,000 Kindle books even if they don’t have their reader with them or don’t have one yet.
– a wireless reading device from Amazon. About 1/3 of an inch in width with a 9.7†diagonal display that has 16 shades of gray, the Kindle DX is just the perfect reading companion. The auto rotating screen changes from portrait to landscape as you rotate the reader for a better view of images and websites. This slim yet powerful reading device can store up to 3,500 books, periodicals, documents, and .pdf files. It’s basically a whole library! The fun starts with its 3G connectivity. More than 285, 000 e-books and even newspapers, magazines and blogs can be downloaded directly to your Kindle DX in less than 60 seconds. The device also features long battery life and with the text-to-speech option you can easily rest your eyes and go for a story telling-like experience.
is the official cover for the 2nd generation Amazon Kindle. The classy black leather exterior is for protection while cover hinge (patent pending) secures the reader in place. Soft charcoal grey suede lines the interior to guard the screen from scrapes and nicks.
by Stephen Windwalker is already available. You are now a proud member of 30, 000 enlightened Kindle owners able to maximize the device’s features. Thanks to the 50, 000 words worth of information at your fingertips by Windwalker.
has in-depth news, interesting opinions and broad feature pages to your fancy. The Kindle Edition subscription is more compact than the print in terms of sections and images and is wirelessly sent automatically every morning.
– blogs, reviews and previews about the biggest, hottest and best of Amazon which is pretty much everything under the sun. To keep you up-to-date, the blogs are updated to your Kindle throughout the day.
For some brain teaser, a mystery novel that could keep you guessing until the end might just be in order like the e-book 
by Carla Neggers. A story of an FBI agent returning to the crime scene of her husband’s murder 7 years ago only to find out that the plot thickens as she try to solve the mystery.
That’s right, believe it or not, Amazon is actually helping out the environment by churning out another Kindle, just months after the latest one. Apparently, the Kindle 2 is not enough for avid newspaper readers and magazine subscribers. So to save more trees, they rolled out the Kindle DX.
