One thing is clear–the steady advance of ebooks means an equally steady advance in the technology that drives them. More and more, you see ebooks that aren’t just text but also pictures, animations, even full-on video clips. And as that happens, the power required to run an ebook will steadily [...]

Amazon has taken to the stage this morning, and as expected they have officially announced their latest ereader, the Kindle Fire. The Kindle Fire comes as a new device for Amazon, one that will add some additional competition for the Barnes & Noble Nook Color.

The mobile and tablet industry is about to get shaken up, with big-ticket news currently unfolding in the tablet and smartphone industries. But as Samsung signs a patent cross-licensing deal with Microsoft, what will be the implications to the rest of the Android ecosystem?

The Kindle Fire is not the only official product we’re going to see today from Amazon. CEO Jeff Bezos, taking the stage at the company’s media event, also introduced three new Kindle eBook Readers, priced even cheaper than the current model. We’ve just seen the Kindle Touch earlier but the [...]

Turns out it wasn’t just about the Kindle Fire today at Amazon’s live show, folks, as they also dropped the dime on a new class of Kindle ereader that lets it get into the same class as the Kobo and Nook ereaders. We’re talking here about the Kindle Touch, and [...]

We have been hearing more and more chatter lately in terms of the BlackBerry PlayBook and price cuts. In fact, we had seen several Canadian retailers lower the prices, which was then followed by a few US based retailer doing the same. And well, it looks like RIM has come [...]

RIM had officially announced that Android apps were going to be supported on the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, though while we know that it will be coming, they have yet to offer much in terms of when. Still, we have seen some rumors and leaks surrounding the Android App Player in [...]

Just a few days back we saw the early leaked details that suggested MetroPCS was about to launch the LG Esteem smartphone. And well, coming as of this morning — we have an official announcement from the carrier. The LG Esteem is available beginning today September 28th.

The Toshiba Thrive in a 10 inch form factor has been available for sometime now, and it looks like those interested will soon be able to pick up the tablet in a 7 inch form factor. Or more specifically, those interested should be able to pick up the Toshiba 7″ [...]

When Nokia left the Symbian and MeeGo fold to move to Microsoft’ s Windows Phone 7 platform, Intel lost a partner in developing Meego. Now, it seems Intel has found an ally in Samsung with the development of another Linux-based Project, codenamed “Tizen.”