It’s amazing what you can find on the backside of some companies’ websites. About a week ago I posted about MyNook, a new trademark filed by Barnes & Noble. As you can probably guess from the name, MyNook will offer some type of personal service. If you read the description, you will see that the [...]
Entries from May 18th, 2011
B&N job postings offer insight into new MyNook cloud service
May 18th, 2011 · No Comments · bn, hardware rumors
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Kobo to unveil new ereader next week?
May 17th, 2011 · 1 Comment · hardware rumors
I’ve just heard a fascinating bit of news. Kobo have a number of interviews next week, and according to my sources the interviews will be under an embargo. The journalists won’t be able to talk about news discussed in the interview until Kobo give them the green light. I wonder what they’re keeping secret? I [...]
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Amazon will be exhibiting at BEA 2011
May 17th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Amazon, conferences & trade shows
I was just tweeting with Laura Hazard Owen (she writes for PaidContent.org), and she reminded me about Amazon. (I’d found them as an exhibitor but didn’t think to post about it.) Apple aren’t the only surprise exhibitor this year. Amazon will be an exhibitor at BEA 2011, and they even have one of the better [...]
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How to turn your tablet into netbook
May 17th, 2011 · 2 Comments · accessories - e-reader
Do you know that iPad case with the built in Bluetooth keyboard? I’ve been wanting a case like that for my Android tablets ever since Apple released the iPad. And now it’s here. I saw the case at left in a bunch of booths at CES, and ever since then I’ve been waiting for it [...]
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Gajah BK7005 – Aluratek Libre Touch clears the FCC
May 17th, 2011 · No Comments · fcc, hardware news
This bit of news is a tad anti-climactic; the paperwork doesn’t tell me anything I don’t already know. This e-reader has already shown up on the market as the Aluratek Libre Touch, and you can buy it right now from Aluratek or NewEgg.
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Apple will pull a surprise on us in the next week or so
May 16th, 2011 · 4 Comments · hardware rumors
Boy Genius Report had another hot scoop last night, only this one is about Apple. They’re reporting that Apple are in the middle of a big push to get training materials out to Apple Stores as part of some event for the 10th anniversary of Apple’s retail operation. Said anniversary happens on 19 May 2011. [...]
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2 Amazon Tablets are coming this year
May 16th, 2011 · 3 Comments · hardware rumors
Boy Genius Report have a source that says Amazon have not one, but 2 tablets coming this year. Information is light, but we have been told that the “entry” level tablet, codenamed “Coyote” will be based on the NVIDIA Tegra 2 platform. The big boy? That’s codenamed “Hollywood” and will be based on the NVIDIA [...]
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PopCap Games coming to the Amazon Appstore Exclusively
May 16th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Amazon, app store news
Amazon have pulled another exclusivity deal. PopCap Games are coming to the Amazon Appstore tomorrow, and their next 2 Android games (Chuzzle and Plants vs. Zombies) will be sold there exclusively. Here’s the interesting part. Amazon are only getting the games for a 2 week exclusive. In comparison, their ebook exclusives are on open ended [...]
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New Pandigital Android tablet shows up at the FCC
May 16th, 2011 · No Comments · fcc, hardware news
Pandigital are churning out gadgets like crazy. This is the second one to show up at the FCC in only the past few weeks. The Pandigital Planet is based on a 7″ (800×600) resistive touch screen and it’s running Android v2.2 on an unknown CPU. It has Wifi, 2GB Flash storage, a microSD card slot, [...]
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Turn your Dell Mini into a Chromebook
May 16th, 2011 · 2 Comments · hardware news
Don’t want to wait for the official Chromebook to hit the market next month? Here’s some good news for you. Dell have just released a new custom version of Chrome that has been tailored for the Dell Mini. I believe this is their third or fourth release, not first. That’s good; I wouldn’t want to [...]
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