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Samsung Gloria makes the same mistake as the Kindle DX

December 8th, 2010 · 4 Comments · hardware news

Actually, it makes a bigger mistake, but I’ll get to that. Blogee found some early photos of Samsung’s new 10″ Win7 tablet. They made a rather unusual design decision with this gadget, in that they gave it a sliding keyboard, and yes, that is a very bad idea. It’s so bad that I’m not sure [...]

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Kindle DX old vs new (side by side)

July 8th, 2010 · 2 Comments · hardware news

The new Kindle DX is shipping. I’m not getting one (it’s not worth the money).  But I did find a side by side photo of the Kindle DX (FlickR via MobileRead Forums). This one’s 1024×768, so it might take a while to download. Check out the screens. Boy is there a difference. P.S. Mobile Tech [...]

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Amazon launch new Kindle DX

July 1st, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news

Now this has been a busy week. From the press release: Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today introduced the new latest generation Kindle DX and new lower price of $379, down from $489, and still with free 3G wireless—no monthly bills or annual contracts.  Kindle DX is the 9.7-inch large screen member of Amazon’s family of [...]

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Kindle DX got a failing grade at Reed College

May 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Reed College was one of the colleges and universities selected by Amazon to run a Kindle DX pilot program last fall. They released a report on the program back in February, but I didn’t come across it until just this week. I don’t think anyone else has written about it either. The Reed College Kindle [...]

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