I just finished exchanging a few emails with my PR contact at Pandigital. She has told me that the Novel will be delayed for about a month. Here is the relevant text from her email: We will have products back in stores in approximately a month. In going through the fix, we’re taking extra time [...]
Entries from June 24th, 2010
Pandigital Novel delayed for a month
June 24th, 2010 · 3 Comments · hardware news
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New demo video – Liquavista screens in daylight
June 24th, 2010 · No Comments · liquavista, video
I’ve shown you the daylight abilities of Liquavista’s screen tech before, but I thought this was worth repeating. Charbax of Armdevices.net visited their Toulouse office and shot this 9 minute video. Note how the sunlight washes out the screen. via Armdevices.net
Tags:daylight·demo·liquavista·screens·video
The B&N Nook might be available internationally
June 24th, 2010 · 2 Comments · hardware rumors
I’ve been following an interesting conversation on MobileRead for the past few days. A bunch of people tried to get a Nook Wifi shipped to their country the first day it was available. Several succeeded in this. I don’t know about you, but I was a little surprised that B&N shipped internationally. Amazon and Walmart [...]
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Newsmy C66 color e-reader
June 24th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
Newsmy just leaked the image of another e-reader that they are going to sell in China. This will be their 4th, and truth be told I do not recognize it. All we know at this point is that it has an LCD screen. Based on the slots and ports at the base, I would guess [...]
Conde Nast Russia go digital
June 24th, 2010 · No Comments · publishing news
The-ebook.org is reporting that the Russian subsidiary of Conde Nast have adopted Zinio as the platform for their digital magazines: Vogue, GQ, GQ Style, Architectural Digest, Tatler, and Glamour. All six went on sale yesterday, and can be found on www.zinio.com.
DC Comics takes a big step into digital comics
June 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · press release, publishing news
DC Comics put out a slew of press releases this morning. Their comics are now available on the PSP and iOS. From the press release: DC Comics is partnering with comiXology and PlayStation®Network for two separate digital comics distribution deals launching today, Wednesday, June 23. In addition, a DC Comics App for the iPhone®, iPad® [...]
E-reader: free to a good home
June 23rd, 2010 · 2 Comments · blog maintenance
I have one of these in my collection. It’s the StoryBook inColor, and it’s made by Aiptek. This e-reader cost about $200, and it is targeted at the 8 and below age bracket. It’s not doing me any good, so I want to give it away. I’m looking for a primary school teacher, preschool teacher, [...]
Infibeam announces the Phi – 7″ tablet running Android, WinCE
June 23rd, 2010 · 2 Comments · hardware news
You might recall that I’ve covered Infibeam’s e-reader, the Pi, and that Infibeam also has a line of cellphones. Well, Infibeam has just posted the product page for the Phi, their new 7″ tablet. It won’t ship until 30 July, but they are taking pre-orders for 14,999Rs. The specs are run of the mill, but [...]
Plastic Logic Que is shipping tomorrow
June 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
With all the noise generated this week by Amazon and B&N, I thought there was a good chance that PlasticLogic Que might slip by unnoticed. I’m really curious about whether it’s actually going to ship. Did anyone order one? This isn’t just an idle question. I know 3 people who ordered a Que, and they [...]
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