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Asus DR-950 coming this Fall, will run Qt apps

September 25th, 2010 · 3 Comments · hardware news

TBH, I thought they had decided to pass on the design. We’ve seen a lot of new devices from Asus since this showed up in January. A new page turned up on the Qt website the other day. (I know it’s new because my search filters usually find stuff in the first couple days after [...]

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PadWorx to release iPad apps this fall – first title is Bram Stoker’s Dracula

September 16th, 2010 · No Comments · press release

I actually found this company a couple days ago. I held the story because they were about to announce their first title, which we now know is Bram Stoker’s Dracula.

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2 new e-readers to hit the US market some time this fall

September 13th, 2010 · 3 Comments · hardware news

Mike Cane found a couple new e-readers on Youtube today. One was even new to me (I hope you were sitting down). They are being sold by a company called Nextbook, and I don’t know anything about them yet (other than the website is registered out of Hong Kong). I’m waiting for a response to [...]

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Sony Readers updated, apps coming this fall

September 1st, 2010 · 13 Comments · hardware news

Update: The Sony Style product page has been updated. APPS! Do you recall that job listing I showed you a few weeks back that specified Android experience? Sony wanted someone to work on the apps, not a Sony Reader running Android. They’re going to release Sony Reader apps for Android and iOS in November, and [...]

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CafeScribe’s Try Now, Buy Later program extended through Fall 2010

August 24th, 2010 · No Comments · press release

From the press release:

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Best Buy to focus on destroying the tablet market this fall

August 21st, 2010 · 2 Comments · hardware news

Forbes are reporting: Best Buy is known for stocking thousands of electronic gadgets. To date, that assortment has included just one tablet computer–Apple’s iPad–but that will change in coming months, Forbes has learned. “Going into the holidays, we will make tablets a focus,” said Shawn Score, the president of Best Buy’s wireless retail unit, Best [...]

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Square Enix to launch manga focused ebookstore this fall

July 23rd, 2010 · 2 Comments · press release

From the press release: Square Enix today announced that it will launch a digital manga store serving customers in North America and France in the fall of 2010. Localized electronic editions of such popular Square Enix manga series as Fullmetal Alchemist® and Soul Eater® will be made available for the PC via the Square Enix [...]

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Verizon are getting 2 tablets in the fall

July 21st, 2010 · No Comments · hardware rumors

Engadget was passed some information yesterday about Verizon’s device plans. Theye didn’t get all the details, but they did find out that sometime soon Verizon will be getting a pair of tablets (7″ and 10″) codenamed Entourage. Engadget jumped to the obvious conclusion that Entourage, makers of the Edge, was involved. That doesn’t make much [...]

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Amazon Encore annoucnes fall publishing line up

June 8th, 2010 · No Comments · press release

From the press release: Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced that Amazon Encore, one of Amazon’s publishing imprints, will be introducing ten new books this fall: “A Scattered Life” by Karen McQuestion “Sweet Farts: Rippin’ it Old School” by Raymond Bean “The First Assassin” by John J. Miller “Russell Wiley is Out to Lunch” by Richard [...]

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Lord of the Rings Online to go free-to-play in the fall

June 5th, 2010 · 1 Comment · opinion

This isn’t ebook news, but I have a reason for bringing this up. Bear with me. Time Warner has announced that LotRO will drop the subscription charge with the major upgrade coming in the fall. Here is how GameBeat described it: The move is another validation of the free-to-play business model, where gamers can play [...]

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