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Posted on 10-14-2011
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E-readers speak Spanish, too

Kindle Fire
by Daniela García | trad. Víctor Flores

The tablet and e-reader market has been steadily growing in popularity and Latinos are once again on top of this technology craze. According to a study done earlier this year by Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, Latinos are rated among the highest of tablet ownership, at 15 percent. Latino adults are also one of the most common groups (next to adults younger than 65, college graduates and anyone living in households that have an annual income of $75,000) to own e-readers.

Yet with so many products out on the market today, it’s often hard to tell not only which one is best suited for your needs, but also which are Spanish-friendly. The iPad of course, is top dog of all tablets. The most recent version, the iPad 2, is thinner and lighter also doubles as an e-reader, thanks the iBooks app. As all Apple products, the iPad 2 can switch language settings easily to Spanish. A quick search through iBooks results in over 500 results in Spanish, with a good deal of translated classic book titles available.

The Kindle 3G offers both public library access and over one million books to U.S. customers in the Amazon store, with dozens of titles readily available in Spanish. Any ebooks that you may own that are already in Spanish should be easily compatible with the Kindle. In November, you can expect to see the brand-new Kindle Fire, the newest version that will adopt tablet traits with a color screen and the ability to download apps, games, TV shows, movies and browse the web.

Last but definitely not least, Barnes & Noble’s NOOK Color is the market’s first full color ereader and overall, may be the most Spanish-speaker friendly. As of last November, Barnes & Noble opened the virtual ...

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