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Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet specs and pricing revealed

By Cory Gunther
on 3 Nov, 2011

Well folks, it looks like the full specs and details regarding the new NOOK tablet have been leaked a bit early. The NOOK 2 announcement event is set for November 7th but apparently it will be called the NOOK Tablet and will be available come November 16th, just in time to compete with the Kindle Fire.

Pocketbook Mirasol “accidentally confirmed”

By Sam Koutroulakis
on 5 Jan, 2011

A new e-reader named Mirasol (after mirasol paper technology) will supposedly be running Android OS at this year's CES event according the picture below.

Adobe Reader for Android

By David Junior
on 25 May, 2010

This is a rare occurrence, Adobe news for Android that is not Flash related. Although we all love having Flash on our devices, Adobe does have a few other good tools and one of which is Adobe Reader. Adobe Reader is now available for Android. There are a few requirements to use this app, you need to be on Android 2.1 or greater and it has at least 256 MB of RAM and a 550 MHz and 4.3 MB of available disk space.

“Adobe Reader for Android offers multi-touch gestures, like pinch-and-zoom, as well as double-tap-zoom, flick-scrolling and panning. We’ve also added a reflow mode, which will take text-heavy documents with wide margins, and automatically wrap the content for easy viewing on smaller screens,” explains Adobe.

This app is by far the best PDF viewing solution available for Android. It’s even faster than HTC’s Quick Office app that some of you may be familiar with. This app allows you to open PDF files in the browser and the ones that have been sent to you in an email attachment. It also features advanced multi-touch gestures like Pinch zoom, Double tap Zoom, Flick scrolling & panning. Also, it auto fits PDF files to fit your screen. Scan the QR Code below and try it out for yourself.

Pandigital Novel, $199 Android eReader

By David Junior
on 24 May, 2010

Pandigital is known for manufacturing some of the best digital photo frames. This time around they are offing a very affordable Android powered eReader dubbed the Novel. This device will set you back a mere $199 and ships in June.

1 Cross MID “hybrid” Concept

By David Junior
on 3 Mar, 2010

This will be the first MID in a series of products from 1 Cross. It's Android based and is a mix between an e-reader and a tablet. 1 Cross will name this hybrid the ShuBook which is Chinese for book. When closed it looks like a traditional book, open it up and you will reveal dual screens. One e-reader and a smaller screen with a built in qwerty keyboard.