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About Portable Electronics: Borders Launches eBook Store; Sony Cuts Prices

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From Jason Hidalgo, your Guide to Portable Electronics
Lots of action on the eReader front these days. For starters, Borders finally enters the eBook market in full force with the launch of its eBook store. Meanwhile, Sony responds to eReader price cuts by rivals Amazon and Barnes & Noble, lowering prices on its line of Reader devices. We've also got a study on just how fast folks read on eReaders vs. old-fashioned books. Guess which one's faster?

Borders Launches eBook Store
Remember that eBook store Borders talked about last year? Just in case you missed the huge signs all over their Web site, Borders actually just launched that new eBook store recently. Read more

Sony Drops Prices on Its eReaders
Sony has been eerily quiet since rivals Barnes & Noble and Amazon dropped prices on their eReaders. But if you check the Sony online store now, you might just notice something... Read more

Study: Reading on iPad, Kindle Slower than Paper
Did ... you ... know ... that ... reading ... on ... an ... iPad ... or ... Kindle ... is ... slower? Read more

Barnes & Noble iPad App Sort of Gets Brightness Controls
It might not be a true brightness setting. But I guess it's better than nothing. Read more

 


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