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11.22.09

iRex Announces e-Reader with Barnes & Noble Catalog, Verizon 3G

With a larger screen and 400,000 more titles, iRex's DR800SG forces a standoff against the Kindle and the Sony Reader

By Corinne Iozzio Posted 09.23.2009 at 10:18 am 1 Comment

Barnes and Noble first tipped their hand in July, when they announed their new e-book store and its 700,000 titles would be made available on the iPhone and BlackBerry platforms. Then in August, the bookseller announced a partnership with e-reader maker iRex, in addition to love for Plastic Logic and their devices. And today (drumroll, please) the company officially announced the iRex DR800SG reader, the first e-book reader with access to the Barnes and Noble catalog.

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Sony’s New Touchscreen e-Reader Adds Doodle Support

By Corinne Iozzio Posted 08.05.2009 at 10:45 am 3 Comments

Sony can now add a feather to their cap; their new e-reader, the Touch Edition (PRS-600), does something Amazon’s Kindle can’t. The Touch’s 6-inch screen can capture handwritten notes, which are exportable and saveable.

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