Fictionwise quietly retired the world’s longest running e-reader some time in the last couple months. You can still buy ebooks, but the hardware is no longer listed. It’s a pity that they didn’t announce it because it truly deserved an obituary. I was about to pull my EBW-1150 out of the closet and do a [...]
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RIP Vera (2007-2010)
August 10th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
I’m going to take a moment today to mourn the passing of Vera, my first Amazon Kindle. She was a good friend and will be missed. Vera passed away while in Sleep mode on 9 August. Services will not be held. Normally an eulogy would be appropriate, but I think that would be taking the [...]
RIP MS Courier 2009-2010
April 29th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
Gizmodo is reporting that Microsoft has killed the Courier. Here is what Microsoft had to say: At any given time, we’re looking at new ideas, investigating, testing, incubating them. It’s in our DNA to develop new form factors and natural user interfaces to foster productivity and creativity. The Courier project is an example of this [...]
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