Yesterday I posted that when it comes to tablets I liked 5″ and 9″ screens more than I liked 7″ screens. This Galaxy S is an example of why. Samsung showed off this 5″ tablet at MWC this week. It has a 1GHz Hummingbird processor, a 800 x 480-resolution display, a 5MP camera (with a [...]
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Samsung Galaxy S 5″ Wifi & why I like smaller screens
February 16th, 2011 · 4 Comments · hardware news, opinion
New Kindle exclusive – Warren Adler releases 5 new ebooks exclusively in the Kindle Store
December 13th, 2010 · No Comments · press release
From the press release: Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced that bestselling author Warren Adler has made five e-books, none of which have been previously published in any format, available in the Kindle Store (www.amazon.com/kindlestore). These books, all of which draw from Adler’s skill as a novelist and his keen insight into the nature of intimate [...]
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Amazon score new exclusive – 5 new titles from The Onion
December 9th, 2010 · No Comments · press release
From the press release: Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced the national newspaper and website the Onion has created five e-Book collections exclusively for the Kindle Store (www.amazon.com/kindlestore). These collections, presented by the Onion –”America’s Finest Tech News,” “Chronicles of the Area Man,” “The Finest Reporting on Literature, Media, and Other Dying Art Forms,” “The Best [...]
View Quest now selling 5″ and 8″ Android tablets in the UK
November 30th, 2010 · 1 Comment · hardware news
The UK based consumer electronics company View Quest have just started selling a pair of Android tablets. The Slate5 (800×480 screen resolution) and Slate8 (800×600 screen resolution) are based on the same 600MHz RockChip CPU, and they have Wifi, a resistive touchscreen, 2GB Flash, a microSD card slot, speakers, and they both run Android v1.5. [...]
Waterstones lower price on 5″ Elonex e-reader
November 16th, 2010 · 1 Comment · hardware news
Waterstones announced today that they’ve dropped the price of the Elonex 500EB e-reader to £79.99. This now makes the 5″ e-reader the second cheapest available in the UK, after that of the Imagin 5″, which is being sold by Waterstone’s competitor, WH Smith, for £64.99. The extra 5 pounds is worth, IMO. The 500EB supports [...]
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Trekstor to sell 7″ e-reader through MediaMarkt
November 12th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
The German consumer electronics company Trekstor have just come out with a pair of e-readers. The first is a 5″ model, but I don’t know when it will be released. But I do know that the Trekstor eBook Player 7 is based on a 7″ LCD screen and it has 2GB Flash, SD card slot, [...]
Energy Sistem ColorBook 5″ LCD e-reader, 110€
November 5th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
Do you know how you can tell it’s a slow day for tech news? It’s when major tech blogs like Engadget cover a boring little e-reader like this one. I’m not trying to be mean; it’s just that this e-reader is really nothing special. I’ve covered Energy Sistem before; they’re a consumer electronics importer in [...]
Archos will demo 5 new tablets at IFA
August 31st, 2010 · 1 Comment · hardware news
Fortunately for us, they’re already on the Archos website. I’m going to pass on the 2 tiny tablets for the moment, and just cover the 3 larger ones. I don’t think of the 2.8″ and 3.4″ devices as tablets. They’re PDAs or PMPs or something. If they are tablets then so is the iPod Touch.
Sigmatek to launch 5″, 7″ e-readers at IFA-Berlin
August 27th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
I’ve just heard about a pair of new e-readers from the French electronics company, SigmaTek Computers. Details are still sparse, but I do know that the e-readers will have LCD screens with 800×480 resolution, a 600MHz CPU,as well as decent video and audio support. Ebook support will include Epub PDF, and TXT; no word yet [...]
Laser bring new 5″ e-reader to Australia
August 16th, 2010 · No Comments · gajah, hardware news
The Laser EB-101 is based on a 5″ LCD screen, and it has 2GB Flash and a microSDHC card slot. It’s available now for $149.95 AUD. Details are sparse, so I don’t know much. But I think I recognize the menu shown on the screen. It looks a lot like other Gajah e-readers I’ve shown [...]
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