Pearson (they own the Financial Times) recently released their financial statements and an interesting detail popped up. The Financial Times now have 149k digital subscribers with a registered user base of 2.5m. They also reported that they had doubled their operting profit for the first half of 2010. The reason I’m bringing this up is [...]
Entries from July 28th, 2010
Sometimes paper is better than a Kindle
July 28th, 2010 · 1 Comment · opinion
WordReader.org have just announced completion of a pilot program. From ReadWriteWeb: Worldreader.org has just finished a proof of concept for e-reader use in the African country of Ghana. Verdict? Yeah, it works. It helps increase literacy. So they’re going to do a lot more of it. “Books to All” is the motto of this non-profit [...]
Padpressed will change how you read blogs
July 28th, 2010 · No Comments · blog maintenance, software news
TechCrunch found an interesting new WordPress plugin today. Padpressed is designed to make a standard WordPress blog look like an app when read on an iPad. If not for the fact that it cost $50 and is still rather buggy, I would have downloaded it right away. It was on my “wait until they fix [...]
Tags:blogs·change·padpressed·read
iBooks: how to add books without connecting to iTunes
July 28th, 2010 · 7 Comments · software news, tips and tricks
by nizejpodpisany of Password Incorrect Adding third-party books to iBooks is painful. You need to cable your device (iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad) with a computer to sync books between iTunes “Books” folder and the application. I personally feel stressed every time I connect a device to iTunes. Syncing is slow and when it’s finished [...]
Tags:add·books·connecting·ibooks·itunes
Global e-reader sales topped 1.3m last quarter
July 28th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
Digitimes are reporting: A total of 1.35 million e-book readers were shipped to the global market in the second quarter of 2010, 33.2% fewer than the originally projected 2.02 million units, chiefly because shipments of new models were delayed to the third quarter, according to Digitimes Research. … Barnes & Noble took the leading position [...]
Augen Gentouch tablet gets hands on videos
July 28th, 2010 · 3 Comments · hardware reviews, video
A couple people have gotten their hands on this tablet.I’m really not impressed with the video quality so I will likely shoot my own videos. The first was posted by SlateDroid member obiwan22. The second pair of videos were posted on Youtube.
Ramos W7 4.8″ Android PDA
July 28th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
Shanzai.com posted a review of this 4.8″ Android PDA the other day. They weren’t terribly impressed with it an neither am I. The CPU is underpowered and it’s running Android 1.5. Pass.
Taiwan based Teclast have a new e-reader
July 28th, 2010 · No Comments · gajah, hardware news
“New” is a relative term. If you’ve been following this bolog for any length of time then you should recognize the Teclast K3se. It’s made by Gajah Int’l as the W960. It’s based on a 6″ screen and I’ve always wanted to see it because it has page turn buttons on the back. I’ve always [...]
New concept in ebooks – the month long story
July 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Enthrill have just started a new ebook project. They have a story that takes place over 30 days, and they’re going to release parts of the story as it happens. One Child is a story that takes place over a 30 day period. Each day the story unfolds and new chapters will be released. Follow [...]
Engadget got their hands on Augen’s crappy $99 Android netbook
July 27th, 2010 · 7 Comments · hardware news
Normally I wouldn’t start a title in such a negative tone, but I’ve seen this hardware before. Under no circumstances should you consider buying this. If someone offers to give you one, run away as fast as you can because they are obviously insane. The Augen Gentouch74 has a 400MHz ARM CPU, 128MB of RAM, [...]
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