Digitimes is reporting that more B&N Nooks were sold in March than Amazon Kindles. According to data they received from parts suppliers, the Nook accounted for 53% of the US market. I don’t believe it. The Nook could not possibly outsell the Kindle’s worldwide sales. Also, since Amazon ships Kindles out of the US distribution [...]
Entries from April 26th, 2010
How to get Root Access on the Alex e-reader
April 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
First, a warning: Don’t try this unless you know what you’re doing. Bad things might happen. I just found this over at MobileRead Forums. I couldn’t wait to share. The process is straightforward. 1, Download the update.zip and copy it to the root folder of your Alex’s SD card. BTW, the second link is a [...]
Whitcoulls to launch ebookstore next month
April 25th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
Starting some time next month, New Zealand ebook lovers will be able to buy from Whitcoulls, who are also planning to sell e-readers. Megan English, spokesman for Whitcoulls, said that the price and availability of the ebooks and e-readers will be released when the ebookstore is launched. She also said that Whitcoulls have teamed up [...]
Tags:ebookstore·launch·month·whitcoulls
Israel ends ban on iPad
April 25th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
From the AP: Israel on Sunday lifted a ban on Apple Inc.’s popular iPad tablet computer, ending restrictions that had been imposed over concerns the gadget’s wireless signal could disrupt other devices. Communications Ministry officials conducted “intensive technical scrutiny in a controlled laboratory” before deciding to allow the iPad into the country, said Yechiel Shabi, [...]
One injured in fire at E Ink HQ
April 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
From Wicked Local: A laboratory fire at E Ink – a Cambridge company that makes the displays for Amazon’s Kindle and other e-book reader devices – sent one employee to the hospital and left the company with close to $350,000 in damages Friday afternoon. On Friday at 11:54 a.m., fire crews responded to E Ink’s [...]
Entourage Edge Review – Pt 3
April 24th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
I so wish I could keep the loaner unit. I think that if I owned the Edge, it would quickly replace my laptop in its role as my external brain. (Don’t laugh; that is how I see my laptop.) I think that the Reader, the Annotator, and the Journal are well designed both as parts [...]
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Entourage Edge Review, pt 2
April 24th, 2010 · 2 Comments · hardware reviews
Sorry about the delay; I had technical issues and then got distracted (my Spring Design Alex arrived on Wednesday). I would think that most people are familiar with the Edge, but just in case you’re not, here’s a brief description. The Edge is an unique dual screen device the Edge is about the size and [...]
Towards a cleaner Internet
April 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · humor
I just found this video on MobileRead. It was made by Cleanternet, a satirical campaign to support a website blocking system in Europe.
Nook v1.3 firmware out now, also hacked
April 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news, hardware news
B&N just announced the new firmware over on their blog: Included in NOOK Version 1.3 software (available now) is the breakthrough Read In Store (Beta) experience where you can browse complete eBooks (and soon periodicals) in your local Barnes & Noble store at no cost! NOOK automatically connects to the fast and free Wi-Fi® and [...]
Author Solutions announce deal with Kobo
April 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
From the press release: Author Solutions (ASI), the world leader in indie book publishing, announced today a distribution pact with Kobo – the cloud-based eReading service that allows consumers to read eBooks on multiple devices.Under the terms of the agreement, all new black-and-white iUniverse and Trafford Publishing titles will be made available through Kobo immediately, [...]
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