Kogan eBook Reader

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Kogan Technologies has launched a 6-inch eBook reader into the Australian market at a price of just AUD$189 (less than US$170 at time of publication). Around a third of an inch thick and weighing 228.8 g, the eBook Reader boasts good readability in bright sunlight via an 800 x 600 E Ink screen along with simple navigation system and long battery life.

Included with the reader are 1500 free eBooks, most of which are classics by authors as Arthur Conan Doyle, George Orwell, Mark Twain and Charles Dickens. Also included are several titles tailored to the Australian – it is great to see that Henry Lawson’s The Romance of the Swag is included.

Kogan’s eReader will sync with Adobe's Digital Editions software for managing eBook libraries and will support some 16 eBook file formats including EPUB, HTML, PDF, TXT, RTF files. It features six different languages (English, Italian, French, Russian, Dutch, and German); a battery life of 10,000 page turns, a leather carrying case, earphones, USB cable, and charger.

The unit runs on the Linux operating system and has 2GB of in-built memory, which can be expanded to 32GB with a SDHC memory card.

The AU$189 price tag has raised the bar for competition within the Australian market. It slightly undercuts Kobo priced at AUD$199 and is roughly AUD$50 cheaper than the Kindle after shipping costs.

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Kindle DX

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The graphite and display overhaul that Amazon gave its Kindle DX earlier in the month has now been applied to its third generation 6-inch model. The new Kindle will be available with 3G and Wi-Fi or Wi-Fi only, is 15 percent lighter and 21 percent smaller than its predecessor but still retains the 6-inch display and now comes with double the storage capacity.

The 6-inch Kindle will now be available in two options, one with 3G and Wi-Fi and one with Wi-Fi only. The 3G model weighs 8.7 ounces and retains the pencil-like thinness of the previous generation. The Wi-Fi only model is similarly 1/3 of an inch thin but is marginally lighter at just 8.5 ounces. Either way, both models come in lighter than a paperback and thinner than a magazine.

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