I found a link on Twitter to a review of the Streak, Dell’s 4.8″ Android tablet. The Streak is more of a smartphone than a tablet so I wasn’t planning to cover it in depth. This reviewer has made a number of interesting remarks on screen size and usability. Yes, it’s only his opinion, but [...]
Entries from August 26th, 2010
LG Display planning to make color epaper screens by end of year
August 26th, 2010 · 1 Comment · hardware news
There’s an interesting footnote in LG Display’s SEC paperwork: In addition, we have shown that we are technologically a step ahead of the competition by developing products such as 21.5-inch full HD glossy touch screen monitors, 13.3-inch on-cell touch screen LCDs, 3-inch OLEDs, 10.1-inch flexible LCDs and 2.6mm thin televisions. By the end of 2010, [...]
Kindle vs Kindle: browser (video)
August 26th, 2010 · No Comments · software reviews
Len Edgerly, host of the Kindle Chronicles Podcast, presents a fireside chat to compare the browsers of the Kindle 2 and the new Kindle 3. The difference is amazing.
Smart Devices announce SmartQ V3
August 25th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
Smart Devices have just released some ph0tos and the specs for their 7th tabet. The SmartQ V3 runs Android 2.1 on a 4.3″ screen, with a 600MHz CPU, 256MB RAM, Wifi, HDMI out. The SmartQ V3 will reportedly sell for under $100 in China, although there’s no word about whether it will launch internationally. The [...]
Thalia to launch their own e-reader at IFA Berlin
August 25th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
Johannes of lesen.net was the first to suggest that the German bookstore chain Thalia would be launching a new e-reader this year. (Unfortunately, he didn’t have any details beyond that so I’ve been sitting on it about a week now.) It’s now been confirmed by a Thalia spokesman that the new e-reader would be announced [...]
Texas university to launch iPad pilot program
August 25th, 2010 · No Comments · digital textbooks, ipad pilot
The student newspaper for Abilene Christian University, the optimist, are reporting: Students in Dr. Ian Shepherd’s microeconomics class were greeted with more than just a syllabus on their first day of class Tuesday. The students were told they will be given iPads and told they will be among the first in the nation to use [...]
Sony Reader Meetup in NYC on 1 September
August 25th, 2010 · No Comments · conferences & trade shows
Sarah of SBTB just announced that Sony asked her to co-host an event next week .This might be the launch event for the Sony Reader. If possible, sign up now. Where: Sony Style, Madison Avenue at 55th Street, New York City When: 1 September 2010, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm Why: Digital reading! Actual Food! [...]
Acer to launch LumiRead at IFA Berlin
August 25th, 2010 · 1 Comment · hardware news
Johannes of Lesen.net is reporting that Acer’s 6″ Kindle clone will be formally launched next week. His source isn’t named, but he was told that the 3G model will be sold for 250€ in Germany in October. Update: It’s been confirmed. The LumiRead will be sold by libre.de, who will also be providing the ebookstore. [...]
The next must have feature for digital textbooks – semantic links
August 25th, 2010 · No Comments · press release
Springer put out a press release yesterday about the relaunch of their website, SpringerLink. I’d already been beaten to the story by a couple blogs, so I sat back and thought about how this new feature could be used. What they’ve done with the website is to provide links between documents that their software thinks [...]
Virginia State U. Business School came to their senses on digital textbooks
August 25th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
The VSU School of Business have taken what i’d call the next logical step in textbooks. They’ve signed a volume purchase contract with Flat World Knowledge. Here’s the thing. Given that 1 student registered for a class = 1 textbook needed (more or less), why not build the textbook cost into the class fees? Yes, [...]
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