The AP posted a story a few hours ago where 3M announced an investment in txtr. That’s about all there is to the story; it doesn’t even mention the 3M Cloud Library, which I’d have expected. The AP story doesn’t mention the percentage that 3M own. But I did, when I posted on this 4 [...]
Entries from May 31st, 2011
Pixel Qi show off new 10″ screen (video)
May 31st, 2011 · 4 Comments · hardware news
My good friend Charbax got the first look at Pixel Qi’s new 10″ screen yesterday. The new screen incredibly thin with a resolution of 1280×800 (decent but not incredibly high). The screen shown above is the older screen. The new 10″ screen is due to go into production in Q4 2011, and the new 7″ [...]
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Augen The Book e-reader is still on the market
May 31st, 2011 · 5 Comments · hardware news
Augen announced this ugly little Kindle clone back in August 2010, and cancelled it sometime in late 2010. But it’s not dead yet. One of my readers has tipped me to a website that’s selling the OEM version. What I mean is that Augen don’t want to carry it anymore, but the Chinese company that [...]
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The Kobo Touch Will Not Ship in June
May 31st, 2011 · 18 Comments · hardware news
Kobo announced their newest eReader last week, and they promised that the new Kobo Touch would ship sometime in June. Unfortunately, that’s not going to happen. Borders are now showing a new ship date for the Kobo Touch, and we’re going to have to wait a while. Borders won’t be able to get the new [...]
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I don’t think Amazon are as brilliant as they think they are
May 31st, 2011 · 14 Comments · opinion
Last week Woot had the second gen Kindle on sale. It was a refurbished model, and the price was pretty good. I got one. Last night I picked up my K2 to read before going to bed. I planned to download some random free SF ebook and read it. Boy, was that a mistake. I [...]
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Archos is plumbing the depths of crappy tablets
May 30th, 2011 · 1 Comment · hardware news
Archos have announced another couple cheap (£99 and £129) tablets, this time for the European market. First up is the Arnova 7, a tablet I haven’t found elsewhere yet. It’s base don the usual 7″ resistive touchscreen, Wifi, and it’s running Android v2.2. You should probably recognize the other one. The Arnova 84 has already [...]
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Amazon’s free app of the day is hilarious
May 30th, 2011 · No Comments · Amazon, humor
As you probably know, there’s a free app everyday in the Amazon Appstore. And you probably also know that you can try an app before you get it. Put those 2 details together and you get today’s rather funny situation. I wonder how Amazon plan to simulate the outdoors?
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When creators drive people to piracy
May 30th, 2011 · 10 Comments · opinion
A couple months ago I wrote a post showing how some TV shows make it difficult to watch new episodes, either by not releasing it in all markets or in delaying the release. The point I was trying to make is that they made piracy the more attractive option and that i think it might [...]
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How to score an iPad 2 case at 80% off
May 29th, 2011 · No Comments · accessories - e-reader
Some time back I bought several iPad cases from ATT (they were on clearance). I’m about ready to give them away and I realized something that you might be interested in. Two of the cases should work just fine with the iPad 2. The iPad 2 is slightly smaller than the original, which means that [...]
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Beginner’s guides updated
May 29th, 2011 · 1 Comment · tips and tricks
A couple days ago I was asked where to find Android apps, and when i dug up that old post I realized how long it had been since I updated it. I fixed that deficiency this weekend, and it’s interesting what has changed. My Getting started on an Android tablet post was only slightly out [...]
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