Sony released their new ebook reader in Japan this week. This is the same PRS-T1 that Sony launched in the US and Europe back in August. It’s based on the latest generation Pearl E-ink screen, and it has Wifi, a microSD card slot, IR touchscreen, stylus, and Sony’s excellent annotations features. Reviews have put the [...]
Entries from October 21st, 2011
Sony Reader PRS-T1 Launched in Japan, 3G model coming in November
October 21st, 2011 · 1 Comment · hardware news
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How to Print on Water (video)
October 21st, 2011 · No Comments · Geek Gear, video
One of my Youtube followers sent me a link to this video, and after watching it I had to share it with you. The video shows some recent work by Rusnano. I’ve mentioned this company before once or twice, mainly in connection with Plastic Logic because Rusnano are an investor in PL. other than noting [...]
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Kindle Will Get More HTML5 Support Soon
October 20th, 2011 · 10 Comments · Amazon, software news
Amazon have just released some technical details on the new Kindle ebook format, which they are calling Kindle 8. (If you were one of the people who wanted Amazon to adopt Epub, well, this is about as close as they’re going to get.) It’s a follow-up to the previous 7 (I didn’t know there were [...]
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World’s Strangest Android Tablet Clears the FCC
October 20th, 2011 · 3 Comments · fcc
Here’s something I’ve been wanting to see for the longest time. Do you recall the Binatone Readme Mobile that I showed you a few months back? That model never showed up on the market in the UK, but today I learned that someone sent similar hardware through the FCC. We might see it on the [...]
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Maine’s 1to1 MacBook Program Costs $242 a Year
October 20th, 2011 · No Comments · conferences & trade shows
Hey, folks. I’m back from the WirelessEdTech Conference and I just wanted to give you a teaser. I won’t be able to write the post until tomorrow or this weekend. Right now I’m in the middle of getting caught up with stuff I didn’t do today. The figure I quote in the title isn’t an [...]
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Qualcomm Mirasol Still on Schedule for a Fall Release – So What?
October 20th, 2011 · 24 Comments · hardware news
I’m attending the WirelessEdTech Conference today, and i thought I’d take a moment and post an update on Mirasol. It’s been some time since I last touched base with Qualcomm, but not much has changed since May. Qualcomm is still working with the same 5.7″ screen, and they are still on schedule to meet the [...]
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Daily Deals: Skytex Skypad Alpha (7″) $129, Skytex Primer Pocket(4.3″) $65
October 19th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Daily deals
Earlier today I noticed a spike in the number of page views for one of my reviews. I couldn’t figure out why the Skypad Alpha review was suddenly so popular, but it turns out that it’s on sale today. Groupon are selling the Skypad Alpha for a nice discount. They also have Skytex’s other android [...]
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Blurb Books Now Offer a $2 Self-Pub option
October 19th, 2011 · 1 Comment · ebookstore news
The POD service Blurb announced this week that they are expanding into ebooks. They’re offering a new way to make a coffee table style book for the iPad, and yes, the only cost is a $1.99 fee. I have to admit that I was a little vague about Blurb before.but now that I’m looking into [...]
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Don’t bank on scarcity
October 19th, 2011 · 1 Comment · opinion
a guest post by Brian O’Leary For a meeting next week at the Internet Archive, I’ve been working on a brief presentation I’m calling “The Opportunity in Abundance”. It’s one of my typically egg-headed mashups of trends in publishing, trends in technology, ideas cribbed from other businesses and some oddball research. In developing the idea, [...]
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Kobo Vox Now Up for Pre-order – Ships on 28 October
October 19th, 2011 · 16 Comments · hardware news, video
Kobo have just outed their new Android tablet on twitter. (Surprisingly, Kobo leaked this on Twitter before they put out a press release.) It’s now up for pre-order on their website. I was the first to find that leaked listing a few weeks back, and now I bring you the Kobo Vox. Update: Kobo have [...]
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