It looks like Barnes & Noble have decided on a response to the new K4 and the Kindle Fire, which Amazon launched late last month. It looks like they cannot afford to drop the price of new Nooks, so they are using returned units to offer a lower price. You can now find a refurbished Nook [...]
Entries from October 19th, 2011
B&N Has Dropped the Price of the Nook Touch, NookColor
October 19th, 2011 · 5 Comments · hardware news
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New App Turns a Tablet into a Braille Keyboard
October 18th, 2011 · 3 Comments · software news, video
Last summer an undergrad and a grad student came up with a way to replace a $6,000 Braille keyboard with a $300 Android tablet. The solution was all in how you wrote the software. This all took place at Stanford University as part of an intensive summer course on the wonders of advanced computing. Students [...]
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Open Road to Launch New Ebook Imprint
October 18th, 2011 · No Comments · publishing news
The digital publisher Open Road Media has just announced that the launch of Iconic eBooks. Erica Jong’s Fear of Flying will be the first title released under the new imprint, with The Color Purple by Alice Walker following soon after. Open Road also plan to rebrand a number of its current eBooks under the new [...]
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Ematic Twig Shows up at Walmart – 4.3″, Android v2.2, $79
October 18th, 2011 · 8 Comments · hardware news
A couple months back I posted on the Skytex Primer Pocket, a 4.3″ Android handheld. It is an underpowered device with a low res screen, but on the upside it did sell for only $99. Today I may have found a better deal. The Ematic Twig looks to be a very close relative of the [...]
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Daily Deals: ViewBook VB730 for $150, Delstar OpenBook E-reader for $40
October 18th, 2011 · 6 Comments · Daily deals
I know it’s a little odd to post a second deals post on a single day, but I’ve come across a couple more items I wanted to share as well as a couple that I am surprised to find still on the market. Here’s a few items I found on sale on 18 October. TigerDirect [...]
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HP Now Shipping More TouchPads
October 18th, 2011 · 5 Comments · TouchPad
Last night HP sent me a shipping for the long delayed TouchPad order I placed with them (damn, all the way back in August). It looks like the long, drawn out death of the HP TouchPad is about to reach a conclusion this week.
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Daily Deal: NookColor for $135
October 18th, 2011 · 8 Comments · Daily deals
The NookColor, recently voted the most discounted tablet of 2011, is back on sale again. Daily Steals are offering a refurbished NookColor for $135. This tablet comes with a high resolution 7″ screen (1024 x 600) and a capacitive touchscreen, 8GB Flash storage, microSD card slot, Wifi, and Bluetooth(disabled). The refurbished model has a 1 [...]
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Large Screen E-readers aren’t Dead: First Impressions of the Boox 90
October 17th, 2011 · 4 Comments · hardware reviews
Onyx have never been ones to give up on a lost cause, and today I finally managed to put my hands on their 9.7″ ebook reader. The Boox M90 was first unveiled up at CES 2011, and I unfortunately haven’t covered it much since then. It’s based on a 9.7″ Pearl E-ink screen, and it [...]
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EU Commissioner Calls for Open Ebook Formats, Reduced VAT,
October 17th, 2011 · 4 Comments · conferences & trade shows
Neelie Kroes, the European Commissioner for Digital Agenda, gave the opening address at last week’s Frankfurt Book Fair. I just came across a copy of the speech last night, and I’m surprised it didn’t get more attention. This the first time that I’ve heard a politician talk about digital content and not simply repeat the [...]
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Worldreader: Books for All
October 17th, 2011 · 1 Comment · opinion
TOC Frankfurt is a wrap and I met a bunch of terrific people there. There’s one in particular I want to call attention to: Elizabeth Wood of Worldreader. If you haven’t heard of Worldreader I ask that you take a few minutes to learn about them. Their mission is to make digital books available to all [...]
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