Reuters is reporting that Indigo Books (corporate parent of Kobo) has annonced a drop in profits for the 4th quarter 2009, from C$1.9m in 4Q2008 to C$500,000 in 4Q2009. The difference is attributed to the expenses involved in the development and launch of the Kobo e-reader. Indigo also reported an increase in income for the [...]
Entries from May 31st, 2010
Foxit reveals the eSlick PS
May 31st, 2010 · 1 Comment · hardware news
This is a rather belated announcement, but better late than never. Foxit revealed their second e-reader, the eSlick PS, a couple weeks ago. I recognize the hardware, and it’s a PageOne by Next Papyrus. I’ve mentioned this e-reader before (here and here). There is no word yet on the price or release date, but I [...]
SID Display Week Photo Gallery
May 31st, 2010 · No Comments · conferences & trade shows
I realized shortly after I posted on Qualcomm and LG that some of our readers might be interested in the photo gallery. You can find the collection on Picasa. I’m pointing you at the source images, and some are awfully raw. Others will need explanation. Le tme give you an example of why you should [...]
Sid Display Week: LG Display color epaper in 4 sizes
May 31st, 2010 · 3 Comments · conferences & trade shows, hardware news
by Charlie Dulin of Dulin’s Books LG was showing of four epaper displays at SID Display Week 2010. There were four different sizes shown 6”, 9.7”, 11.5” and 19”. “GIP” was one new technology they were showing off in both the 6” and 19”. They’ve combined several existing functions into fewer components allowing them to [...]
SID Display Week: Qualcomm Mirasol screen
May 31st, 2010 · 1 Comment · conferences & trade shows, hardware news
by Charlie Dulin of Dulin’s Books Qualcomm had a barista in their booth making any kind of coffee drink you could think, but the Mirasol displays showcased were getting just as much attention. They had several stations showing off video or static content on their 5.7” reader reference design. The video looked slightly faster than [...]
Apple sells 2m iPads
May 31st, 2010 · No Comments · Apple, hardware news
From the press release: Apple® today announced that iPad(TM) sales have topped two million in less than 60 days since its launch on April 3. Apple began shipping iPad in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK this past weekend. iPad will be available in nine more countries in July and [...]
Asus announces eeePad, eeeTablet at Computex
May 31st, 2010 · No Comments · acer, hardware news
Asus held a press conference today at the Computex trade show in Taipei, Taiwan. Among the many products mentioned were the eeePad and the eeeTablet. One is a LCD tablet, sand the other is an e-reader with an 8″ screen. The eeePads are a pair of Windows 7 tablets with 10″ and 12″ screens. I’m [...]
iPad Media app Roundup
May 30th, 2010 · No Comments · ipad app
I came across a neat post on one of the Guardians blogs the other day. They had a list of media apps that had been released for the iPad. The list was great, but I thought I could do better. I took that list, expanded it, and here it is. A word of warning: Some [...]
Newsmy 6206 e-reader
May 30th, 2010 · 1 Comment · hardware news
Newsmy has just announced a third e-reader for the Chinese market. If you follow my blog, you should recognize this device. It’s also being sold in Taiwan as the Teclast K6. I can’t find much in the way of technical detail, but I do know it has a 6″ E-ink screen. It’s not yet on [...]
Mebooks launches NZ ebookstore, beats Whitcoulls to the punch
May 30th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
From the announcement: Mebooks.co.nz have today launched their online eBooks site which will allow local titles of interest to Kiwis to be purchased and downloaded. The company will also help local publishers in the production and sale of their titles as eBooks, which can then be sold through the meBooks site or via other sales [...]
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