I stopped by the Overdrive booth yesterday in order to pin down a definitive statement on Kindle library ebooks. I ended up with a rather disappointing conclusion. About a month ago Amazon announced that the Kindle would gain support for library ebooks some time this fall. OverDrive were announced as a partner for the deal, [...]
Entries from May 26th, 2011
OverDrive raises doubts about the Kindle Epub rumor
May 26th, 2011 · 10 Comments · hardware reviews, opinion
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B&N fired back at Amazon about the battery life
May 25th, 2011 · 16 Comments · hardware news
I just got an email from a pr contact with Barnes and Noble. They know what Amazon did today and they’re not taking it lying down. I was sent the following quote: With up to two months on a single charge, the All-New NOOK has the longest-battery life in the industry and superior battery performance [...]
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Amazon waved a magic wand and doubled the Kindle’s battery life
May 25th, 2011 · 6 Comments · hardware news
Do you recall all the ads about the Kindle that mention the 1 month of battery life? I’m sorry but you must have heard wrong. They said 2 months, not 1. Amazon responded to the new Nook Touch in the most hilarious way. They fiddled with the statistics for the Kindle and managed to fake [...]
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Blast from the Past: Toshiba Libretto 100CT
May 25th, 2011 · 6 Comments · Blast from the Past, hardware reviews
I’ve just added a new netbook to my collection. The 100CT is a 10 year old, 2.5lbs brick, but mine isn’t in nearly as good cosmetic condition as the one above.
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There’s not 1 but 3 ebook signing systems here at BEA
May 25th, 2011 · 5 Comments · autograph, Uncategorized
The internet connection is terrible here at the Javits center, So this is just a brief overview of the 3 different digital autograph systems. Autography is probably the best well known, and I have to say it is the slickest. The system is based on iPad and Android apps which are tied into Autography’s ebookstore. [...]
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Samsung gTab now $259 on Woot
May 25th, 2011 · 1 Comment · hardware news
Woot.com have the refurbished Samsung Galaxy Tab for $259 right now. This is the 3G+Wifi model and it’s tied to Sprint. it has 16GB Flash, a microSD card slot, Bluetooth, GPS, and a pair of cameras (3MP and 1.3MP).it’s running Android v2.2 on a Samsung Hummingbird CPU and it has the same high quality, high [...]
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B&N Pubit! Pro is up and running
May 25th, 2011 · No Comments · ebookstore news
A few weeks ago I posted about a trademark filed by Barnes & Noble, PubIt! Pro.At the time I didn’t know anything about the new service, so I speculated about how it could be a paid service where B&N might offer marketing, editorial, and other services. I couldn’t have been more wrong. I took [...]
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Aluratek Libre Air clears the FCC
May 24th, 2011 · No Comments · hardware news
I stopped by the Aluratek yesterday as part of my scouting expedition. I wasn’t planing to post anything, but I did take a second and jot down the FCC ID for the new Libre Air. It has Wifi, so it had to have gone through the FCC. It actually showed up in November, but I [...]
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Kindle 3G now comes with Special Offers – $164
May 24th, 2011 · 3 Comments · hardware news
Amazon just announce the new Kindeal 3G. It has all the same great discount and coupon offers of the original Kindeal Wifi, only with 3G. You also get a $25 discount off the price of the Kindle (just like the Kindeal Wifi). It’s available now.
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Sony had 2 new flexible displays at SID Display Week
May 24th, 2011 · 1 Comment · hardware news
Sony had a second flexible screen on display in their booth last week. Curiously enough, this one is not in color. But it is the same 13″ size and 1600×1200 resolution as before. This is a black and white E-ink screen driven by a TFT backpanel. It can be bent into a 5cm fold (but [...]
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