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Apple stores to open early with iPads in stock

March 15th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Apple, hardware news

Unwired View and others are reporting that Apple stores will be opening an hour early today. Some stores have confirmed this, and some have even admitted to having gotten more iPad 2 in stock last night. This could be good news, considering that the iPad 2 sold out within minutes of its launch last Friday. [...]

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Review: Aldiko v2.0 (early release)

January 4th, 2011 · 4 Comments · software reviews

The latest version of Aldiko showed up in the Marketplace a few weeks ago, and I’ve been meaning write a review. This trip to CES gave me enough downtime that I could jot down a few notes. The first thing you probably want to know is whether this app is worth buying. I would say [...]

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Early prototypes of the XO laptops

September 11th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news

The photo at left is from the OLPC blog. Christoph Derndorfer took a photo of these early mock-ups of the original XO-1. At least I think they’re mock-ups; the screens don’t look functional. But did you notice that the one in the back has a hand crank? I have one other photo for you. This [...]

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Enhanced Kindle Edition format uses HTML5 tags

August 29th, 2010 · 4 Comments · ebook format

You probably recall that a couple months ago Amazon announced an updated Kindle app for iOS. The new app gave you the ability to play audio and video that were embedded in books like Nixonland. I’ve been waiting to hear back from Amazon PR about the tools to make the new ebooks (and the file [...]

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An early review of the K3 (video)

August 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · hardware reviews

Len Edgerly over at the The Kindle Chronicles scored one of the few early review units. I wonder how he got it; I can’t even get Kinley Cambell (the Kindle PR contact) to return my emails. I’m dying of jealousy here.

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First graders early adopters of e-book in Shanghai

April 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

From the Shanghai Daily: In the e-book era, local students will soon be reading digital textbooks. The Shanghai Education Commission has set an ambitious plan to make all primary school grade one pupils use e-textbooks within five years. The technology will be promoted to higher grades later, Ni Minjing, a Shanghai Education Commission official in [...]

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