image courtesy of Gizmodo
I mentioned in a previous post that the Amazon Kindle is operating is a vacuum of sorts, given that all the big guns are focusing on laptops and touchscreen notebooks. It seems that the ‘monopoly’ days for Amazon are very much numbered (6 days and counting).
Barnes & Nobles, the book seller/publisher is finally coming out with an e-reader of their own. The details are sketchy as to what it will be called, but Gizmodo has a good run down of to what the new e-reader by Barnes and Nobles will be like:
- It will be have the same black and white e-ink display like the Kindle (why can’t they get on the program and come up with a color screen?)
- The Barnes & Nobles e-reader will also have – and this a first in the minuscule e-reader category – an iPhone-like multi-touch screen (damn, this sentence is over-hyphenated or what!)
- As Barnes Nobles is also a publisher of books, and not ‘just’ a book seller, they will be giving out big discounts on their own books when purchased via their reader.
All in all, this is a good thing. I still do not know if the e-reader will even work in Pakistan (or any other country besides the US and UK, for that matter. Remember, the Amazon’s Kindle doesn’t work in Pakistan). Also, the device has yet to be named, although it is coming out in less than a week’s time. The guys over at Gizmodo know the name but won’t tell; they only assure us that the name is terrible enough to warrant change before the release. Let’s see, as I will, God willing, be keeping a watch on this developing e-reader market.
