I’ve long been a fan of Asus and their new designs, so I’ve been waiting to see what reviewers thought of the eeePad Slider. It’s generally so-so. Asus first started teasing this tablet hybrid around the time of CES 2011, but the device only hit store shelves in September. I’d planned to get one but [...]
Entries from December 31st, 2011
Kindle Books: Free, Fast, And Out Of Control
December 31st, 2011 · 2 Comments · opinion
That is not PhotoShopped or made up. I now own two thousand one-hundred and seventeen Kindle Books. And every single one of those is legit and free.
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The Morning Coffee – 30 December 2011
December 31st, 2011 · No Comments · Morning Coffee
Here are a few stories From the past few days. Amazon’s Challenge For 2012: Become A Media Company (Seeking Alpha) Apple phone prototype from 1983 shows an all touchscreen interface (TiPB) If HTML5 Kills the Blog Format, I Won’t Shed a Tear (Read Write Web)
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Kindle DX $200 on Woot – Today Only
December 31st, 2011 · 6 Comments · Daily deals
And the after Christmas sales continue. Woot is selling the 9.7″ Kindle DX today for just over half the regular retail. This is a refurbished model, but it also comes with Amazon usual warranty and customer service so that’s not a necessarily a bad thing. But I’m not sure it’s worth getting as your main [...]
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New Update for Pandigital Novel (Black 7″) Adds Android Market
December 30th, 2011 · 38 Comments · software news, tips and tricks
A couple hours ago I posted about a new firmware for the 9″ Novel, and after I posted that article I was inspired to go find an update for my other Pandigital Novel. This is the cheaper, junky, 7″ tablet that is running Android v1.5. I really don’t think this tablet is worth buying; there [...]
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New Firmware Update for the 9″ Pandigital Novel Adds Android Market
December 30th, 2011 · 8 Comments · software news, tips and tricks
I’ve just learned of an update for one of the better budget tablets that came out last year. Pandigital is one of the more successful budget tablet makers, and they’ve been releasing tablets since July 2010. Late last fall they released the 9″ Novel, and at the time it was one of the better budget [...]
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Apple Not Releasing iPads in January?
December 30th, 2011 · 4 Comments · hardware rumors
Yesterday I reported on the new Digitimes rumor about how Apple might show off 2 new iPads at iWorld in late January, and today I’ve found another example of why we shouldn’t listen to Digitimes. The Loop debunked this rumor yesterday. They checked with their sources, and Apple is not planning to release an iPad [...]
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Morning Coffee: 30 December 2011
December 30th, 2011 · No Comments · Morning Coffee
Here are a few stories from the past Day or so, plus one older story. The Ape and the iPad (David Worlock) Life magazine celebrates 75 years with new iPad app (MacNN) Pumping the E-Brakes (Inside Higher Ed)
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Fewer Students Buying Textbooks Does Not Make a Bright Future for Publishers
December 29th, 2011 · 4 Comments · digital textbooks
I came across a survey today from the University of California-Riverside (PDF). Like most colleges, UC Riverside has a survey every year where they ask their students any number of questions about their experiences at the school. In this case, I’m really only interested in the results that show a growing number of students who [...]
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Amazon Registers New Kindle Domain – Let the Tech Blog Speculation Begin
December 29th, 2011 · No Comments · Amazon
The tech blog Fusible has just noticed that Amazon registered another Kindle related website name earlier this week.There’s no word from Amazon on why they wanted kindletutor.com, but I’m sure that all the tech blogs who pick up this story will invent good uses for it.
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