Barnes and Noble were probably hoping everyone was distracted by the iPad 2 frenzy when they issued a press release today. This lawsuit was filed back in 2009. The original complaint was made by Spring Design, and they claimed that Borders had copied some of SD’s intellectual property. The settlement doesn’t really make much sense, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'spring'
The Daily will be available on Android this Spring
February 24th, 2011 · No Comments · software news
All Things D are reporting that The Daily’s iPad exclusive days are numbered. The Daily is prepping an Android tablet version which should be ready by the end of June this year. I seem to recall that Rupert Murdoch had promised that The Daily would be iPad until next year, so I really have to [...]
AmazonEncore to publish 16 titles this spring and summer
January 19th, 2011 · No Comments · press release
From the press release: Amazon.com today announced that AmazonEncore will introduce 16 books this late spring and summer–all of them novels. AmazonEncore books are available in print format at www.amazon.com and national and independent booksellers, and as wireless digital downloads in less than 60 seconds from the Kindle Store (www.amazon.com/kindlestore) to Kindle devices and Kindle [...]
Spring Design, B&N lawsuit to continue
December 28th, 2010 · 5 Comments · lawsuit
Do you recall the lawsuit filed by Spring Deisgn? Actually, a better question would be whether you know that the company exists.It’s been so long since Spring Design were in the news that I’m going to have to write a fair amount of background.
Spring Design Alex to be sold in Russia
August 30th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
Spring Design and Vobis, a Russian tech company, have signed a contract for Vobis to sell the Alex in Russia under the brand name Highscreen. The Alex will be formally launched on 2 September and go on sale later that month. The price has not yet been set. via The-eBook.org I’ve had my hands on [...]
Spring Design Alex to be sold in Japan
July 20th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
Akihabara News are reporting that Spring Design have opened an office in Japan. Retail for the Alex is expected to be priced below 30,000yen ($348). That’s not half bad considering the Alex is $399 in the USA.
Spring Design Alex to sell in China for $520
July 7th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
I reported back at CES that the Spring Design Alex was going to be sold in China by Hanvon and I then confirmed this back at the beginning of May. Now I can tell you the price. Zol.com are reporting that the Hanvon T61 is on sale now for 3580 Yuan. Are they nuts? This [...]
Spring Design Alex just got a firmware update
May 14th, 2010 · 1 Comment · hardware news
Spring Design is pushing out a firmware update for the Alex. It’s not available on their website; you have to wait for your Alex to check for for it. I’m told it checks once a day. I’ve just heard back from Spring Design with the details. Here is what they told me: updated the user [...]
Spring Design Alex coming to China in June
May 13th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
I first heard about this back at CES 2010 in January, so this isn’t actually news. Even so, it’s good to have confirmation. MobRead is reporting that the Spring Design Alex will be sold in China by Hanvon as the T61. There is no information yet on price. source source http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A//www.mobread.com/news/exclusive/20101008.html&hl=en&langpair=auto|en&tbb=1&ie=UTF-8
Review: Spring Design Alex
April 30th, 2010 · 4 Comments · hardware reviews
So my Alex arrived last week, and I’ve had a lot of fun playing with it. I have to say that this was an easy review to write. I’ve found very few things wrong with the Alex, and in general, I like it. You might also want to read my other posts on the Alex. [...]
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