Kent Display, a screen tech company based in Kent, Ohio, put out a press release today. They’ve raised over $7 million in funding to expand production facilities for the low-power, bi-stable, LCD screen used in the Boogie Board. Part of the funds came from the state of Ohio as a $2m loan. The other $5 [...]
Entries from June 29th, 2011
Amazon now threatening to cut off California affiliates
June 29th, 2011 · 17 Comments · Amazon
A couple weeks ago the California state legislature passed an “Amazon Tax” bill, and today we got to see Amazon’s response. Amazon called California’s bluff today. They sent out a letter to their affiliates in the state and told them that if Gov. Jerry Brown signed the bill into law, Amaozn would cut them off. [...]
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Tablet maker Velocity Micro just signed a patent license agreement with MS
June 29th, 2011 · 1 Comment · hardware news
The maker of the Cruz Android tablet have just agreed to start paying Microsoft a license fee so it can keep making Android tablets. The parties didn’t announce how much would be paid, or which patents were covered by the agreement, but it is clear that MS have scared another tablet maker into coughing up [...]
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How To Ruin Your Own Book Promotion (or maybe not)
June 29th, 2011 · 1 Comment · opinion
Mike Cane tipped me to a promotion that Derek Sivers, founder of CDbaby, is running right now for his book. Mike thought that Derek had made a huge mistake, but I’m not so sure. There is a page over on Derek’s website where he is promoting his book. If you buy the print or Kindle [...]
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Chinese ebook reader prices are dropping like there’s no tomorrow
June 29th, 2011 · 1 Comment · hardware news
If you think the market is tight in the US, you won’t believe what’s happening in China. Shanda recently cut the price of their Bambook e-reader in half. This 6″ E-ink, Wifi equiped e-reader is now selling for only RMB499. That’s $74 USD, and so far as I know that’s actually less than the cost [...]
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New 3M ebook reader remains a mystery
June 29th, 2011 · 10 Comments · opinion
It looks like yesterday’s image of the new 3M ebook reader wasn’t actually the 3M ebook reader. I got an email this morning from a manager with txtr and he clarified a few details. 3M used this image basically as a placeholder in the slideshow. It’s not actually the new 3M e-reader. (Curiously enough, one [...]
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Hyundai H900 runs Android v2.3 on a Rockchip CPU
June 28th, 2011 · No Comments · hardware news
And I bet you thought Hyundai only made cars. The M900 has an 8″ (1024×768) capacitive touchscreen, and that’s a first for me. I know of several 8″ screens, but they were all 800×600. It’s running Android v2.3 on the new 1.2GHz Rockchip 2918 CPU. It has has a pair of camers (.3MP and 2MP), [...]
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GT70 thinks it’s a 7″ Android smartphone
June 28th, 2011 · No Comments · hardware news
This is an odd little beast. It’s based on a 7″ (800×480) capacitive touchscreen, and it’s running an unknown version of Android on an 800MHz Qualcomm 7227 CPU. It has 3G, WCDMA, a SIM card slot, microSD card slot,a headphone jack, and a 2MP camera on the back. There’s not much more in the way [...]
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How to add a USB port to your Apple Newton (video)
June 28th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
I’ve just come across a site that sells and maintains used Apple Newtons. I forget who sent me this link, but I’m glad they did. Newton Sales sells used Newton 2100 and Newton 2000 with various options, but what’s even better is that you can also get after market hardware components for the Newton. This [...]
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HP Touchpad to ship with BookPrep – not your usual reading app (video)
June 28th, 2011 · 1 Comment · software news
HP’s new webOS based tablet was supposed to hit store shelves this Friday. Lucky for us, someone forgot to tell Wal-mart. Mike Cane tipped me to a video that was posted to Youtube on Friday which shows a display model for the HP Touchpad. The video quality is not great, but it’s good enough that [...]
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