Tag Archives: eReader

Apple iPad Reaches Over 500,000 Units Sold

Posted 08 April 2010 | By Evan Selleck | Categories: archive | 1 Comment

Well, well, well. Looks like we keep getting the good news, don’t we? A new report from Chitika says that Apple may have almost doubled their 300,000 units sold in just four days, with a firm belief that by the end of the week, that number will be pretty much demolished. We never had a [...]

Apple iPad Causes Disinterest in Other eReaders

Posted 05 March 2010 | By Evan Selleck | Categories: archive | No Comments

There’s no doubt that the iPad is aimed at the eReader market. No doubt at all. Even if it is a tablet, with the ability to play music, play advanced 3D games, and surf the Internet in a versatile manner, it’s also an eReader. And that fact hasn’t been skewed for consumers, who are faced [...]

Thanks to Major Player Amazon, the eBook War Isn’t Going Anywhere

Posted 12 February 2010 | By Evan Selleck | Categories: archive | No Comments

Not that anyone should have thought the eBook war would calm down this quickly, or probably any time soon; but we just wanted to make it clear that Amazon doesn’t plan on giving up. And if trying to make publishers happy with more money isn’t going to work, or trying to keep consumers from paying [...]

Bill Gates Doesn’t Think the iPad is All That Great

Posted 11 February 2010 | By Evan Selleck | Categories: archive | 1 Comment

A few people out there may read that title and may not be surprised at all. After all, Bill Gates is essentially Microsoft, so why would he like the iPad? Well, Mr. Gates isn’t afraid of saying good things about a product, even if he didn’t create it. Back when the iPhone launched, he praised [...]

Everything iPad Week in Review — Week 6 2010

Posted 08 February 2010 | By Evan Selleck | Categories: archive | No Comments

Another week gone by, and talk about Apple’s tablet hasn’t died down. No surprise there, as people start counting down the days until the iPad can officially be in their hands, and a lot of the questions can start being answered. Over the last week, we’ve seen all sorts of things come out of the [...]

Book Publishers Continue Pricing Shuffle in Wake of iPad Announcement

Posted 05 February 2010 | By Evan Selleck | Categories: archive | No Comments

The iPad is an eReader. It’s a lot of other things, too, but one of its primary uses is an eReader. Even if Steve Jobs hadn’t centered on that little bit of information in his keynote, or informed the world of its impending iBookstore, everyone still would have known that this is one of the [...]