Digitimes just posted a joint interview of E-ink chairman Scott Liu and Hanvon chairman Liu Yingjian (no relation). There’s not much in the way of nitty gritty details, but there is this: Q: Is there a concrete plan regarding cooperation between EIH and Hanvon for the educational market? Liu Yingjian: The color e-book reader using [...]
Entries from December 20th, 2010
Toshiba Biblioleaf to be sold in Japan next month
December 20th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
More detail emerged today on Toshiba’s solar powered e-reader. The Biblioleaf is expected to ship in Japan on 25 December. It’s available on a 2 year contract (for the 3G connection) for ¥525 up front and ¥1,575 a month. This e-reader is based on an E-ink screen and it has Wifi, a Wacom touchscreen, 2GB [...]
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Apple post 6 iOS developer docs in iBooks
December 20th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
In a rather meaningless gesture, Apple uploaded a set of 6 iOS reference manuals to iBooks yesterday. The titles range from Cocoa Fundamentals Guide to iOS Technology Overview. If you’d like to read a manual on the device you’re developing for (the tautology is amusing), open iBooks and search for “apple developer”. That should help [...]
Hands on with the Phosphor E-ink watch (video)
December 20th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware reviews
I just cam across a review of the Phosphor World Time watch on the watch blog, aBlogToRead. Phosphor watches can be credited with a very special honor. That being of the brand the officially popularized and mainstreamed e-ink watches. While they didn’t invent the concept, they made them cool enough and affordable enough for mainstream [...]
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EA’s Kindle games to go on sale tomorrow
December 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
This was just posted on the official Amazon Kindle Twitter account: Discounted games: From 12/20/2010 through 01/02/2011, we’ll be offering all EA Kindle games at a 50% discount. EA Kindle Games EA Sudoku EA Solitaire EA Texas Hold’em SCRABBLE I’ve posted on these games before, so I won’t repeat myself. But it should cover all [...]
How to read a PDF on an Android tablet
December 19th, 2010 · 22 Comments · Android, tips and tricks
If you are reading this then you have probably found yourself in need of a PDR reading app. (If you’re in a hurry, scroll down to the end.) So did I, and after looking here and there I found a number of free PDF readers. In order to save myself some trouble next time around, [...]
How to get full screen (reading) apps on your Android tablet
December 19th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Android, tips and tricks
Some time back I heard about an app that would let you trick apps into working full screen on large Android tablets. It’s called Spare Parts, and what it does is give you access to some of the concealed settings menu options. Update: This post is slightly out of date. Most large tablets now ship [...]
Amazon aren’t planning a Kindle tablet
December 18th, 2010 · 10 Comments · hardware rumors
Just a few minutes ago I posted on the new Cruz T301 Android tablet. This tablet had one really interstinf feature: it ships with the Kindle android app. I didn’t realize what that meant until after I hit the Publish button. If Amazon had planned a Kindle tablet then they wouldn’t have partnered with Velocity [...]
Update: Velocity Micro Cruz Tablet T301 is the first Kindle affiliated tablet?
December 18th, 2010 · 2 Comments · hardware news
That’s how Velocity Micro are promoting it, and it’s a big deal. I know of a couple Android smartphones that ship with the Kindle app, but this is the first tablet. Kindle support is the one interesting detail for this tablet becuase it appears to be the same device as the Cruz Reader, Pocketbook IQ, [...]
Review: Pandigital 9″ Android tablet
December 17th, 2010 · 35 Comments · hardware reviews
The 9″ Pandigital Novel is not one of those gadgets that get launched with a lot of fanfare. It popped up on the FCC website a few months ago, and then it popped up on QVC.com without any actual announcement from Pandigital. I do find that a little odd, considering that this is the best [...]
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