I’ve just been given the most amazing tip about Amazon’s new gadgets. It looks like Amazon may have quietly put 3 devices through the FCC over the past few months, not just the one we expect to see tomorrow. Update: I just flipped my prediction around. It used to be 2 tablets and an ebook [...]
Entries from September 27th, 2011
Amazon Have 2 E-readers and a Tablet in the Works
September 27th, 2011 · 12 Comments · fcc, hardware rumors
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First Look at the Jetbook Color (video)
September 27th, 2011 · 8 Comments · hardware news, video
Hey folks. I’m going to be going to NYC tonight for the Amazon event tomorrow, and that means my posting schedule will likely be erratic. So here’s a video to tide you over until things get back to normal.
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Kobo Vox Revealed as a 7″ Tablet
September 27th, 2011 · 3 Comments · fcc
Do you recall that Kobo device that I showed you on Friday – the one with the funky corners? Today I learned that it probably doesn’t look like that. A friend showed me a different diagram that he found in the FCC paperwork. (It was there but I didn’t know to look for it.) The [...]
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New iOS App Makes Finding Free Ebooks Easy
September 27th, 2011 · No Comments · software news
Inkstone Software has just released a new app for the iPad and iPhone. The app, which is appropriately named “eBook Search“, is designed to help you find free ebooks on a number of different websites. eBS has a clean interface and it lets you sort through multiple ebook formats from multiple sources. You can download [...]
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Textbook Pirates Launch new Co-op Service
September 27th, 2011 · 3 Comments · opinion, piracy
Well, the inevitable has happened. An organized group of textbook pirates going by the name of Library Pirate have come up with a new way to reduce the cost of buying textbooks. Give them the funds to buy the digital textbooks you need and they will return the favor by releasing a DRM free copy [...]
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Google Books Ruins History
September 27th, 2011 · 5 Comments · opinion
I had a bout of insanity last night and went looking through Google Books to see if there ever was a Life magazine cover like the one shown in the Pan Am TV series: It was miserable experience, with Google Books search being as frustratingly-bad to use as Google search itself has become. And to [...]
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Kindle Tablet to be a Playbook Clone?
September 27th, 2011 · 6 Comments · hardware rumors
That’s what the gdgt blog are reporting, but I’m going to take this one with a grain of salt. Ryan Block posted this morning that his sources at Amazon told him that on Wednesday Amazon will be launching the tablet they have, not the tablet they want. According to Ryan, Amazon had to make a [...]
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Kindle Library Ebooks & the Law of Unintended Consequences
September 27th, 2011 · 10 Comments · opinion
I noticed a curious little detail about Kindle library ebooks over the weekend, and while I don’t know what effect it will have I do think it’s important. Last week Amazon and Overdrive rolled out the new support for Kindle library ebooks. In the space of 5 days, we went from having no library support [...]
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Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 Clears the FCC
September 26th, 2011 · No Comments · fcc
Samsung’s latest and greatest Android tablet showed up on the FCC website today. Unfortunately for us, everything but the label is hidden. (It’s actually rather funny that Samsung hid everything; they already announced this tablet.) When it hits the market, the Tab 7.7 will be running Android v3.2 Honeycomb on a dual core 1.4GHz Samsung CPU. [...]
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Daily Deals: Nook Touch for $107, Kindle for $85
September 26th, 2011 · No Comments · Daily deals
I got a couple interesting deals for you today. Barnes & Noble apparently have a few too many refurbished Nook Touch ebook readers on hand, becuase they’re now listed on Buy.com for $107. This is their new 6″ ereader that was just launched in May, and it comes with the standard B&N warranty. It’s a [...]
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