Yesterday was the first of the IBPA’s 2 day conference. There was quite a bit of fascinating sessions, but the one that caught my ear was #202, Amazon Success Stories. The session was moderated by Cevin Bryerman, with Jon Swipe (Amazon) and Danny Snow (Unlimited Publishing). I know this might look like a promo for [...]
Entries from May 23rd, 2011
Kindle 2 on sale today on Woot – $90
May 23rd, 2011 · 2 Comments · hardware news
Folks, I’m taking a moment in the middle of a press conference to tip you to a good deal. Woot have the previous gen Kindle on sale today for $90. This is the one with the older Vizplex screen and Wifi+3G. it’s refurbished, but given Amazon’s excellent customer service i would not be concerned. But [...]
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KindleOS X (4.1) isn’t worth the money
May 22nd, 2011 · 4 Comments · hardware news, software news
I’ve just come across a new OS for the Kindle, and I wanted to pass along a warning. Save your money. KindleOS X (4.1) is simply Duokan, the open source Kindle firmware under a different label. The KindleOS people didn’t even recompile from source or change any file names. It’s a straightforward copy of Duokan. [...]
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TTS now integrated into Chrome
May 22nd, 2011 · 4 Comments · software news
Google announced ChomeVox at Google I/O a little while back, and I just noticed a few days ago. ChomeVox is a new extension for ChromeOS which provides an integrated screen reader. It’s an extension, not an app, and Google are boasting that it was built using only web technologies like HTML5, CSS, and Javascript. Huh. [...]
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My gear bag
May 22nd, 2011 · 3 Comments · conferences & trade shows, hardware reviews
I’m on a Chinatown bus at the moment on my way from DC to NYC and I thought I’d take a few minutes and go over my gear bag. Mike Cane asked a few days ago about the gadgets I’m bring with me. At the time, I didn’t know what I was bringing so I [...]
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Google shipping the CR-48 Chromebook – again?
May 21st, 2011 · 2 Comments · hardware news
It looks like Google might be shipping the original Chromebook again. Back in FebruaryGoogle started shipping the CR-48 Chromebook to developers and reviewers. The CR-48 was the first semi-official Chromebook, and it was only sent to a limited number of people. All shipments were supposed to have stopped in March, and in fact that is [...]
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B&N: What part of “the NC is an e-reader” did you not understand?
May 20th, 2011 · 7 Comments · hardware news
If you’re in the market for a NookColor then you might want to keep an eye out for the latest production run. According to Engadget, Barnes & Noble have screwed around with the internal storage. If you find a NC with a little blue dot on the box, it means that you’re holding a buggered [...]
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3M’s new digital library is designed to lend ebooks and e-readers
May 20th, 2011 · 4 Comments · digital library
3M Library Systems (they make electronic equipment for libraries) have announced a new digital library platform. It;s called the 3M Cloud Library, and it has 2 publishers already signed up so far, Random House and IPG. They expect to announce more publishers shortly. I just got off the phone with the head of marketing and [...]
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My plans for next week
May 20th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
I’m going to be up in NYC next week for, well, I was going to say BEA 2011, but there are actually 7 conferences all happening next week as well as the BEA trade show. I’ll be busy enough that postings will be few and far between, but I will try to catch up over [...]
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Scrolling on an E-ink Screen!
May 20th, 2011 · 2 Comments · hardware news
E-ink aren’t the only company pushing the boundaries of what their screen can do. Bookeen have just posted a brief demo that shows actual scrolling on an E-ink screen.Yes, it is very cool and the video is after the break. I think it’s more impressive than the Bookeen video we saw only a few months [...]
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