Engadget are reporting that next week B&N will hold a press event at their Union Square store in NYC. Right now everyone’s speculating on what type of e-reader B&N will announce. I’m betting that this will be the large screen device I predicted based on the FCC paperwork we saw back in July. Based on [...]
Entries from October 19th, 2010
Attention Hackers: Lookbook now available at Overstock.com for $123
October 19th, 2010 · 13 Comments · hardware news
I posted a review of this e-reader a couple hours ago, and a commenter pointed me at the product page for the Lookbook. They’re selling it for only $123. Do you like to hack the software on your gadgets? Here’s your chance to get a Lookbook and start a new project. If someone could give [...]
Tags:lookbook·overstockcom
Review: Shift3 Lookbook
October 19th, 2010 · 184 Comments · hardware reviews
I’m looking at my Lookbook right now, and the words “squandered potential” come to mind. I first heard about this e-reader from the internal CVS docs that someone sent to Engadget. I’ve been quietly waiting for it to be released, and I got mine about a 2 weeks ago. It’s a Kindle clone based on [...]
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How Coffee Will Save the Magazine Industy
October 19th, 2010 · 1 Comment · opinion
by Ted Striphas I’ve long been a reader of magazines, and so for several months now I’ve been intrigued to see lots of pro-magazine advertisements appearing in some of my favorite periodicals. Maybe you’ve seen them, too. Generally, the ads are filled with all sorts of upbeat facts about magazine circulation and subscribership. The campaign’s [...]
Kindle 4 Mac updated
October 19th, 2010 · No Comments · software news
Amazon just uploaded a new version of Kindle for Mac reading app. They’ve made a number of improvements including supports for notes and highlights (finally). They also added a multi-comlumn reading mode and a new and improved look which, according to Scott McNulty of Macworld: to this blogger’s eye, looks more ‘Mac like’ (I can’t [...]
Archos Arnova is a knockoff netbook
October 19th, 2010 · 1 Comment · hardware news
I think it’s a knockoff, at least. Word is going around the tech blogs that Archos have another netbook with a 10″ screen and running Windows CE. There’s a bunch of problems with the news reports.
Bebook Club up for preorder in Australia
October 19th, 2010 · 1 Comment · hardware news
Word just came through Twitter that the Australia affiliate of Bebook are now taking pre-orders for the Bebook Club, a 6″ e-reader. It’s selling for $269 AUD and it ships with a USB cable and the manual (but no case, ouch). The Club is a close relative of the Bebook Neo, only without the Wifi [...]
Big Six Publishing Kills Writers, Books, And Itself
October 19th, 2010 · 1 Comment · opinion
Trying to Buy le Carré No one wants to sell me a book by an author I enjoy, in a format I prefer to read it in. I could game the system, get a gift card, use a US address, and buy it that way. Or I could pay more attention to the results I [...]
Tags:big·books·kills·publishing·writers
Steve Jobs was right about 7″ tablets
October 18th, 2010 · 13 Comments · opinion
Apple had their quarterly earning call earlier this evening, and of course the rumored 7″ iPad came up. Here’s what Wired reported Steve Jobs as saying: Presumably referring to Samsung’s Android-powered Galaxy Tab and Research In Motion’s PlayBook — two 7-inch tablets hitting stores soon — Jobs said these devices were too small for a [...]
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