Delta Electronic, a Taiwan based manufacturing company, recently mentioned that they are about to receive the first mass-produced QR-LPD screens from Bridgestone. My chief interest in Delta is that they are the manufacturing partner for the Bridgestone QR-LPD epaper screen. This screen tech, which has been on the verge of entering the market for the [...]
Entries from September 23rd, 2011
Delta Still “Poised to Enter Epaper Display Market”
September 23rd, 2011 · No Comments · hardware news
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Amazon Holding a Press Event Next Week
September 23rd, 2011 · 12 Comments · Amazon
I just got my invite to Amazon’s launch event next week. $10 buck says that it’s not the tablet.
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Barnes & Noble to Launch 2 New NookColors This Year
September 23rd, 2011 · 47 Comments · hardware rumors
I was handed some juicy insider info the other day and oh my, is it a surprise. Barnes & Noble is rumored to be releasing a replacement NookColor some time in October. All the unsubstantiated rumors had come out of Asia, so I wasn’t sure that I should take them seriously. I did, but that was [...]
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Kobo’s new E-reader Clears the FCC
September 23rd, 2011 · 7 Comments · fcc
Wistron, one of Kobo’s hardware partners, sent a new gadget through the FCC today. It’s called the Kobo Vox and that’s all I know. Now, I would normally speculate about the gadget but I’m not sure what it is. The screen shape is rather odd for a tablet or ebook reader; the (screen) corners are [...]
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Grid Detective – New Free Kindle App
September 22nd, 2011 · 2 Comments · free ebooks, kindle app
Amazon have just posted another free app for the Kindle. It’s called Grid Detective, and it’s a logic puzzle type of a game. You start each level with a set of clues. Your goal is to deduce the solution based on the apparently unrelated clues. There are 10 Easy, 10 Moderate, and 10 Hard puzzles [...]
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Twitter Contest Winners Announced
September 22nd, 2011 · No Comments · contest
So last week I launched a contest on Twitter in order to give away 8 of the little bouncy balls that I got from E-ink. A few minutes ago I received the list of winners from the (secret) judge. The following list were chosen from the group of about 50 twitterati who 1, tweeted a [...]
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How to Check Out Kindle Library Ebooks and Return Them Early
September 22nd, 2011 · 5 Comments · tips and tricks
A little while ago I came across a handy little guide that explained how to return a Kindle library ebook before the time was up. I found this detail a little surprising becuase I didn’t know you could return them early. In fact, I double checked Amazon’s help pages and it’s not mentioned. Weird. In [...]
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Daily Deal: Kindle Special Offers now $85 – refurbished
September 22nd, 2011 · No Comments · Daily deals
For quite some time now Amazon have been selling refurbished Kindles and Kindle DX on their website and the prices have usually been a good deal. Well today that deal just got a little better. You can now find the advert supported Amazon Kindle w\Special Offer on sale at Amazon for only $85. This is [...]
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The Not-yet-released Kindle tablet is Already a Failure
September 22nd, 2011 · 3 Comments · hardware rumors
That’s what Digitimes are reporting this morning. They have inside sources that have claimed that Amazon will have The sources also pointed out that Amazon may run a risk by releasing a 7-inch tablet when 10-inch models have mostly outperformed 7-inch competition over the past six months. In addition, the price cut strategy that Amazon [...]
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The Survey Gives a Lesson?
September 22nd, 2011 · 1 Comment · opinion
A few days ago, Harris Interactive released the results of a survey on ebookers and ereaders (see Ebook Readers Buy More Books, Says New Harris Interactive Survey). Personally, I didn’t find the results unexpected because, as I’ve noted in previous articles, the survey results simply mimic my own habits. The survey omits some important questions and [...]
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