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9 Popular Kindle games now on sale

March 15th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Amazon, app store news

Amazon are having a sale  this week, and I have to say I’m a little tempted. You can now get any of 9 Kindle apps for under a buck. I’m not sure I want to play most of these, but at this price I’m willing to experiment. The sale runs until 27 March. SCRABBLE EA [...]

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Pandigital 9″ Novel gets 3G, keeps same stupid name

January 4th, 2011 · 6 Comments · hardware news

Oy. You’d think they would have started giving the various models actual names by now. But no. Let the confusion continue. I believe this is the same 9″ tablet that I’m carrying to CES (only with new hardware). The price for te 3G model is $280. Connectivity is through ATT and there’s no word yet [...]

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Review: Pandigital 9″ Android tablet

December 17th, 2010 · 35 Comments · hardware reviews

The 9″ Pandigital Novel is not one of those gadgets that get launched with a lot of fanfare. It  popped up on the FCC website a few months ago, and then it popped up on QVC.com without any actual announcement from Pandigital. I do find that a little odd, considering that this is the best [...]

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First look at Pandigital’s 9″ Android tablet (video)

December 1st, 2010 · 12 Comments · hardware reviews, video

I bought this tablet from QVC.com as soon as it showed up last week, and it arrived last night. I have to say that I’m really pleased with it. The video is at the end.

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New 9″ Pandigital Novel now selling on QVC.com

November 22nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · hardware news

Do you recall that new Pandigital tablet I showed you a couple week back? I just found out that it’s listed on QVC.com for $213.80. (I actually got one for $199, right before they raised the price). This is the larger sibling of the black 7″ Novel Android tablet. I don’t know the screen resolution [...]

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Pandigital’s 9 inch Android tablet has cleared the FCC

November 3rd, 2010 · 6 Comments · hardware news

Do you recall the black Pandigital Novel I showed you a couple months back? Its big brother just showed up on the FCC website today. And yes, it really has a 9″ screen.  There isn’t much info in the paperwork, so I had to infer a lot of detail from the photos.  But this tablet [...]

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Luarna to sell first 9″ e-reader w\Sipix screen

September 5th, 2010 · No Comments · benq, hardware news

The Spanish ebookstore Luarna have added a brand new e-reader to their shelf. The Avant XL is based on a 9″ Sipix screen (16 level grayscale), and it has Wifi, 2GB Flash, a capacitive touchscreen, accelerometer, microSDHC card slot as well as broad ebook format support. Adobe DE DRM is also supported. Retail is 399€. [...]

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Shanda reveal Bambook, will be on sale 9 August

August 5th, 2010 · 3 Comments · hardware news

The long awaited e-reader from Shanda Literature was revealed last week at the China Digital Entertainment Expo & Conference. I don’t have the  specs for the Bambook, but I do know that it has Wifi and that Shanda have launched an ebookstore to support it. UPDATE: One of my sources have come through for me. [...]

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9 Universities sign new deal with CourseSmart

August 5th, 2010 · No Comments · press release

From the press release: CourseSmart, the world’s largest digital course materials provider, today announced the first group of colleges and universities that have been selected to participate in the company’s Faculty Instant Access program. The program provides instructors with convenient, instant access to more than 90% of core higher education textbooks as eTextbooks from within [...]

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New 9″ Chinese tablet clears FCC

July 26th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news

This 8.9″ tablet is made by Sinchun Electronic Co., Ltd. It has a 1.6GHz Intel Atom CPU, 2GB RAM, 1.3M camera, USB Host, SD card slot, Wifi, Bluetooth, and it runs Windows XP. Weight is around 3 lbs. Between the wight and the OS I’m going to guess that this tablet will have disappointing battery [...]

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