This little beauty runs Windows CE 6.0 on a Tegra Chipset with a 7″ screen, 512MB Ram, 4GB Flash, accelerometer, Wifi (b/g), and it’s suppose to be available at the end of October in Japan at around 40,000 Yen. According to Taxanthe MEO-T740 is capable of playing 720p video as well as YouTube Video thanks [...]
Entries from September 22nd, 2010
Taxan Meopad shows you why Android is not the be-all and end-all OS
September 22nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · hardware news
Gutenberg eReader Android app launched
September 22nd, 2010 · 2 Comments · press release
I actually found the press release late last night, but I held it because I’m not sure if it’s an official Project Gutenberg app. The press release tries to sound like it is, but PG have never charged for access before. (This app costs $3.99.) Also, none of the big names with PG are quoted [...]
The Future of the Book (video)
September 22nd, 2010 · 2 Comments · hardware news, video
I found an interesting video by the design firm IDEO. It shows their 3 concepts for the future of digital books. I just watched the video, and a couple details struck me as rather odd. I can’t recall the last time I saw a video that showed active collaboration on a concept e-reader. Do all [...]
First official photos of the Pocket Edge
September 22nd, 2010 · 8 Comments · hardware news
The picture is from my most recent visit with Entourage. And yes, it is the Pocket Edge. You might recall that I found a video last week. Well, after a lot of begging, pleading, and whining, Entourage let me take some pictures. The cat was out of the bag, after all. Due to a tight [...]
You can’t do this with an e-reader
September 21st, 2010 · No Comments · humor
(Actually, you can.) Jim Woodring made this rather odd little Moebius comic strip. The following gif shows all the frames of the comic. Click it to go to the beginning. If you want to watch a video of the comic, click the link and visit Fantasmagraphic’s site. via Fantasmagraphic Books Moebius comic strip by Jim [...]
Tags:ereader
DIY e-reader based on the BeagleBoard (video)
September 21st, 2010 · 2 Comments · hardware news, video
Mike Cane found a video on Youtube showing what looks like a DIY e-reader based on a BeagleBoard. It’s running FBReader on a customized version of Linux. The screen is 4.3″ (480×272 resolution). I know it looks like a 1 of a kind kit, but it was actually assembled from commercially available BeagleBoard components. You [...]
Tags:based·beagleboard·diy·ereader·video
47 Vooks now in iBookstore, more coming soon
September 21st, 2010 · No Comments · press release
My immediate thought when I read this was to wonder when they would have Vooks in the Kindle Store. I asked, and while I didn’t get a definite anwer it sounded like they were working in that direction. From the press release:
Tags:47·coming·ibookstore·vooks
2 Review units arrived today -Which should I use first?
September 21st, 2010 · 7 Comments · hardware reviews
The UPS guy just left a couple e-readers. One is the Ectaco Jetbook Mini, a 5″ LCD based e-reader that runs on 4 AAA batteries. The other is the Skytex Primer, a semi Kindle clone with a 7″ LCD screen. I have to go catch a meeting, so I’ll leave this to my readers. Which [...]
The Seven Secrets to Ebook Publishing Failure
September 21st, 2010 · 4 Comments · opinion
On October 2 in New York, I’m giving a talk at the Self Publishing Expo Conference titled, “The Seven Secrets to Ebook Publishing Success.” While preparing the presentation, I started thinking about how it’s possible to succeed as an author yet still fail to achieve your full potential. Every author is the CEO of their [...]
Tags:ebook·failure·publishing·secrets
Twitter for Kindle
September 21st, 2010 · 1 Comment · kindle app
Mike Cane tipped me to a new site that lets you read Tweets on your Kindle. Check out the screen shot. It won’t let you retweet, reply, or view profile pages, so I’m not sure what it’s good for. It also crashed on me. www.kindletwit.com
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