This isn’t a very good deal, but I’m posting it just incase some one is interested. Big Lots are currently carrying refurbished Sony Reader PRS-300 for $99. This is Sony’s older e-reader with a 5″ E-ink screen. It doesn’t have Wifi, a touchscreen, or any of the annotation options of the current generation, but it [...]
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Dual screen tablets are the next gadget fad
February 22nd, 2011 · No Comments · hardware rumors
Engadget is reporting that Sony working on a dual screen Android tablet. They don’t have much in the way of technical details, but they were told that the new tablet, known as the “S2″ internally, closely resembles an oval cylinder when closed. It’s supposed to use a tegra 2CPU and have Wifi, 3G, and a [...]
Sony won’t be pulling their music from iTunes
February 17th, 2011 · No Comments · ebookstore news
Last Saturday the head of Sony Australia gave an interview on how Sony was thinking about pulling their music from iTunes. Today it looks like that might not be the case. The San Francisco Chronicle asked Sony Network Entertainment COO Brandon Layden about the story from last Saturday, and he says it ain’t gonna happen: [...]
Sony could pull music from iTunes in ongoing war with Apple
February 11th, 2011 · 5 Comments · Uncategorized
Michael Ephraim, the head of Sony for Australia and NZ, was interviewed by The Age yesterday. He is rather pissed with the recent behavior of Apple, and he’d really like to see Sony sever all ties. You know, when Apple decided to enforce that contract clause, perhaps they should have started with a company smaller [...]
Apple rejected the Sony Reader iOS app
February 1st, 2011 · 6 Comments · software news
As you might recall, last week Sony released their long awaited ebook app – for Android. I’ve just learned today that Sony won’t be able to offer the iOS app -Apple nixed the app. (See, this is why I don’t like app stores.) Sony had announced the apps when they launched their latest Sony Readers [...]
Wexler just announced a clone of the Sony Pocket Edition
January 28th, 2011 · No Comments · hardware news
Last week Wexler announced a new e-reader. The e5001 has a 5″ E-ink screen, micro SD card slot, 4GB Flash, MP3player, but no touchscreen or Wifi. I can’t tell if it supports DRM, but it does have decent format support (TXT, RFT, PDF, DOC, CHM, HTM, HTML, EPUB, FB2). It’s available now with a retail [...]
Sony Reader Android app now Available
January 21st, 2011 · 5 Comments · software news
I’ve just been told that the Sony Reader app is now listed in the Android Market. It supports Epub and PDF ebooks purchased form the Sony Ebookstore, and it requires Android v2.2. That last detail is kinda funny considering that all of Sony’s Android phones run v2.1 (according to my tipster). Here’s the description from [...]
New firmware available for Sony Reader
December 29th, 2010 · 1 Comment · software news
The developers at EbookApps have announced an update for their alternative firmware for the Sony PRS-505 and PRS-300. Improvements include: Added applications: Chess, Calculator, Sudoku, Minesweeper, Shultz table. Ukrainian localization. (We need your further help with UI localizations!) Improvements in Fonts Settings. Minor changes and bug-fixes. For developers: SDK for applications development for our firmware [...]
Sony Reader iOS, Android apps delayed until January
December 27th, 2010 · No Comments · software news
As of last night I thought they’d get the apps out in time. Looks like I was wrong. Update: The word on Twitter is that Sony are waiting on Apple approval for the iPhone app. It’s certainly possible. via Sony Ebookstore
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