The Hanvon Touchpad made its first appearance at CES. It’s a 10″ tablet running Windows 7 with a multi-touch capacitive screen. Here is a video from CES: I’ve been waiting for some hard info before posting about this tablet.Today I finally got that info. This is not your average ebook reader. In fact, it’s not [...]
Entries from February 27th, 2010
Dell’s planning to go head to head with the iPad
February 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment · hardware news
Wired scored an interview with the head of Dell tablet division. Do you recall the Dell Mini 5? (It’s a 5″ tablet that runs Android.) The Mini 5 isn’t just Dell’s first tablet, it’s the first in the product line. Dell is planning to release several tablets in a number of screen sizes. From the [...]
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Paywalls won’t work – Guardian’s Rusbridger
February 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
I found an interesitng article I’d like to share. Alan Rusbridger is the head of The Guardian, one of the UK’s largest newspapers. From the article: Speaking at an event hosted by digital agency Albion, Rusbridger, editor-in-chief of The Guardian, outlined his vision of the role that journalists and newspapers will play in an internet-led [...]
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Sony donated 500 ebooks to the San Diego Public Library
February 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
As a goodwill gesture, and to spur the expansion of the ebook collection, Sony has generously donated 500 ebooks to the San Diego Public Library. According to the SDPL, the ebooks are not public domain titles. Instead, Sony will cover the cost of acquiring 500 current release titles, both fiction and nonfiction. source
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A Blast from the Past – How a Book is Made (1947)
February 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
A friend pointed me at this documentary from 1947. It was made by Encyclopedia Britannica, and shows the steps involved in turning a story into a finished book. Actually, I think calling this clip documentary is something of a misnomer. It reminds me of the films I saw in primary school. via MobileRead
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Did Apple force Amazon to remove in-app sales?
February 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Apple, software rumors
That’s what Jay Yarow wrote in a Business Insider article today. And it’s certainly plausible, given Apple past monopolistic behavior.From the article: People who use the Kindle app on their iPhones today will know that this isn’t a new thing: Since the Kindle iPhone app launched last March, users have had to leave the app [...]
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Qisda QD060B00 e-reader clears FCC
February 26th, 2010 · 4 Comments · benq, hardware news, Sipix
Engadget has found the FCC filings for a new ebook reader. It was submitted to the FCC by Qisda, who used to be known as BenQ. Unlike Amazon, Qisda has left all of the documentation open for public viewing. There’s even a User Manual, and the manual contains the spec sheet: 6″ 16 ray level [...]
Virginia DOE renews license for Read:Out Loud
February 26th, 2010 · No Comments · software news
From the press release: The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE), through the George Mason University Accessible Instructional Materials Center (AIM-VA), has renewed its statewide license of Read:OutLoud 6, an eBook software program to read digital books aloud, developed by Don Johnston Inc. This assistive technology tool provides reading accommodations to an estimated 170,000 students in [...]
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New ebook reader out of Taiwan- Teclast K6
February 26th, 2010 · 2 Comments · hardware news, teclast
Teclast have just announced their second ebook reader. The K6 has a 6″ E-ink screen, and is reported to be more capable than Taipower’s first e-reader, the K3. There is no word yet on price or availability, but one company spokesman has said that the timetable is “soon”. It has the page turn buttons on [...]
New hands on video of the EB603 from The Digital Machine
February 26th, 2010 · No Comments · video
The Digital Machine is a tech company out of Taiwan. Previously they’ve shown us 2 e-readers with that they’re (hopefully) going to sell sometime soon. This video shows a third ebook reader, the EB 603; and it appears to be a Hanvon N510.
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