Kevin C. Tofel of jkOnTheRun and Ryan Lawler of NewTeeVee just posted a video that shows Kevin’s Nexus One running Android 2.2 Froyo and Adobo Flash 10.1. Or at least trying to run Flash 10.1. The results are really, really, bad. via NewTeeVee
Entries from August 31st, 2010
Samsung Galaxy Tab clears FCC
August 31st, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
Samsung’s 7″ Android tablet showed up in the FCC today. All the docs are hidden, so I didn’t learn anything new. There was nom ention of price or release date. Update: The specs have been released by Samsung. There’s also a new commercial after the break. Android 2.2 running TouchWiz 3.0 7-inch LCD, 1024 x [...]
Archos will demo 5 new tablets at IFA
August 31st, 2010 · 1 Comment · hardware news
Fortunately for us, they’re already on the Archos website. I’m going to pass on the 2 tiny tablets for the moment, and just cover the 3 larger ones. I don’t think of the 2.8″ and 3.4″ devices as tablets. They’re PDAs or PMPs or something. If they are tablets then so is the iPod Touch.
Adobe Reader for Android updated now supports 6 languanges
August 31st, 2010 · No Comments · software news
From the Adobe Reader blog: Ici. Hier. Qui. Aquí. Hier. It’s here – today we added support for five additional languages for Adobe Reader for Android: French, German, Italian, Spanish and Dutch. In this update (V9.0.2) Android phone users in these locales can now view and interact with PDF files in the language most convenient [...]
How to make a better magazine app
August 31st, 2010 · No Comments · software reviews
A new press release found its way into my inbox this morning. It was from Exact Editions, a London based tech company that provides digital magazine conversion services. They were announcing that their latest project, The Wire, was available in the App Store. That magazine app was so bad that it inspired me to write [...]
Window V15 e-reader – 8″, Android 1.5
August 31st, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
Window is a Chinese PMP manufacturer, and this is the first time they stepped out of that niche. The V15 has an 8″ screen, runs Android, and is intended to be an e-reader. Unfortunately, details are rather vague on the rest of the specs. But I do know that it doesn’t appear to have Wifi [...]
California State University to License Content from Major College Publishers
August 31st, 2010 · No Comments · press release
I almost didn’t cover this, because this program was announced back in May. Right now all they’re doing is announcing that they’ve signed a bunch of textbook publishers to add their books to The Digital Marketplace. So what is The Digital Marketplace? Basically, the California State University System decided to adopt a single platform for [...]
Tags:california·college·content·license·major·publishers·state·university
Staples to sell the Kindle
August 31st, 2010 · 6 Comments · hardware news
Do you know what’s interesting? They don’t sell any other e-readers. But now they’re going to carry all 3 Kindle models at the same price as Amazon. From the press release:
BenQ just demoed an e-reader equipped with a solar panel
August 31st, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
Digitimes are reporting that BenQ showed off a new e-reader prototype at their 2010 Global Distributors’ Meeting yesterday. The prototype is based on their latest e-reader, the K60. They added a solar panel built into the cover which can recharge the e-reader without the need to plug it in. It should be launched in 2011.
Borders to drop the price of the Kobo, Libre e-readers – tomorrow
August 31st, 2010 · 5 Comments · hardware news
At least, they’re supposed to lower the price; Borders haven’t actually done it yet. Right now everyone’s reporting that Borders have dropped the price for the Kobo e-reader to $129 (10 bucks less than the Kindle). The Aluratek Libre is supposed to drop from $119 to $99. Update: According to the press release, the price [...]
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