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Updated A totally open, yet cleverly tweaked Android interface adorns this fast-working 7-inch tablet.
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Updated A totally open, yet cleverly tweaked Android interface adorns this fast-working 7-inch tablet.

Backlighting is perfectly executed on the Kobo Glo, and is a great option on a versatile e-reader that occasionally needs a computer.

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Another complete reinvention of the iPod nano sees a bigger touchscreen with 16:9 aspect ratio for watching video.

Samsung's Galaxy Player 4.2 makes sense as a cellular-free alternative, but with a wider variety of low-cost Android smartphones now on the market, the iPod touch remains the reigning champ of media players.

The Sumvision Cyclone Micro 3 is a portable media player that is so small it can fit in your shirt pocket.

Amazon's touchscreen ebook reader offers tablet-style control with the same great E Ink screen, so is it worth the extra £20?

An ebook reader with a touch-screen interface and Wi-Fi connectivity aimed to compete directly with the Kindle.

Light as a feather ebook reader still misses the mark

Elonex's latest LCD device falls uncomfortably between ereader and tablet

A real Kindle Touch rival - and this one's on sale in the UK

The cheapest Kindle yet lacks a physical keyboard, but can the ereader get away with it?

Could this be the first eBook reader that truly appeals to the mass market?

Can this LCD based eBook reader challenge the Amazon Kindle?

With the Samsung Galaxy Player 50, we seem to finally be seeing a household name come out with major competition to the iPod touch. Now that the Galaxy brand is strong, the time seems right for this Android media player.

The tablet market may be casting a dark shadow over the future of the ebook reader, but there are still two big-name manufacturers out there who believe that a dedicated reading device is what consumers want.

The media player specialist turns its hand to tablet computing

The Chumby Classic is everything you don't need

This portable IDTV with a 9" screen doubles as a PVR and PMP

The eBook reader Sony hopes will take the concept into the big time.

Can Elonex and Borders sew up the UK ebook market before Amazon arrives?

There a few gadgets that divide opinion in the TechRadar office and none more so in recent months than electronic readers, or ebooks as we now affectionately (or sneeringly) refer to them. This new category really does seem to engender strong reactions in readers – veering between vehement hatred through to cannot-live-without adoration. The latest ebook on the block, the Cool-er, launches this month courtesy of British start-up Interead, with the company's MD claiming to usher in the 'iPod moment' for electronic reading.

The new touch packs more technology into a wafer-thin, contoured, sliver of stainless steel and glass than NASA used in building Apollo 13, and we love it

We're considering starting a petition to officially designate September as Apple iPod month, since it seems the first month of autumn has been graced with new iPods for as long as we can remember. This year is no exception either, with Apple launching a brand new range of whisper-thin iPod nanos in nine exciting colours as well as a refined iPod touch.