Spring Design and Vobis, a Russian tech company, have signed a contract for Vobis to sell the Alex in Russia under the brand name Highscreen. The Alex will be formally launched on 2 September and go on sale later that month. The price has not yet been set. via The-eBook.org I’ve had my hands on [...]
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Spring Design Alex to be sold in Japan
July 20th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
Akihabara News are reporting that Spring Design have opened an office in Japan. Retail for the Alex is expected to be priced below 30,000yen ($348). That’s not half bad considering the Alex is $399 in the USA.
Spring Design Alex to sell in China for $520
July 7th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
I reported back at CES that the Spring Design Alex was going to be sold in China by Hanvon and I then confirmed this back at the beginning of May. Now I can tell you the price. Zol.com are reporting that the Hanvon T61 is on sale now for 3580 Yuan. Are they nuts? This [...]
Spring Design Alex just got a firmware update
May 14th, 2010 · 1 Comment · hardware news
Spring Design is pushing out a firmware update for the Alex. It’s not available on their website; you have to wait for your Alex to check for for it. I’m told it checks once a day. I’ve just heard back from Spring Design with the details. Here is what they told me: updated the user [...]
Spring Design Alex coming to China in June
May 13th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
I first heard about this back at CES 2010 in January, so this isn’t actually news. Even so, it’s good to have confirmation. MobRead is reporting that the Spring Design Alex will be sold in China by Hanvon as the T61. There is no information yet on price. source source http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A//www.mobread.com/news/exclusive/20101008.html&hl=en&langpair=auto|en&tbb=1&ie=UTF-8
New Alex hands on video (by The Reading Edge Podcast)
May 5th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware reviews
Len Edgerly just posted another video over on his blog. He’s pretty good. Click here to download this episode.
Review: Spring Design Alex
April 30th, 2010 · 4 Comments · hardware reviews
So my Alex arrived last week, and I’ve had a lot of fun playing with it. I have to say that this was an easy review to write. I’ve found very few things wrong with the Alex, and in general, I like it. You might also want to read my other posts on the Alex. [...]
Alex unboxing video
April 29th, 2010 · 1 Comment · hardware reviews
Len Edgerly of The Reading Edge has just posted an unboxing video. He compares the Alex to the Nook, Kindle, and iPad. Embedding is disabled, so I’m going to have to send you over on his blog. I’m glad he posted this video. I’m having trouble shooting the Alex. The LCD screen is bright enough [...]
How to get Root Access on the Alex e-reader
April 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
First, a warning: Don’t try this unless you know what you’re doing. Bad things might happen. I just found this over at MobileRead Forums. I couldn’t wait to share. The process is straightforward. 1, Download the update.zip and copy it to the root folder of your Alex’s SD card. BTW, the second link is a [...]
Alex – Second Impressions
April 22nd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Android, hardware reviews
I don’t normally do a second impressions post, but a couple people have requested one. I bet some of you would like pictures. I’m only now starting to take some; I’ll post the pictures and a short video tomorrow. I regret that I haven’t posted them yet, but I honestly expected that at least one [...]
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