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    Readius-Like Folding eReader Planned for Next Year

    The Intel Reader Photographs Text and Reads it Back to You

    Kindle For PC Beta Now Available to Download

    Plastic Logic Que Is Going to Nuzzle Nook in Barnes & Noble Stores (And Why You Care)

    MSI's eReader Will Have Nvidia Tegra Graphics in 2010

    Remainders - Things We Didn't Post

    Barnes & Noble's Dual-Screen Nook: $260, Eats the Kindle's Lunch

    Spring Design's Alex eReader Runs Android, Has Dual Displays

    Massive 'Google Editions' eBook Store Pushed Back Until Next Year

    Barnes & Noble Won't Be Getting a Color Reader From Plastic Logic Anytime Soon

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    Image of Sticks Calhoun Sticks Calhoun
    11/12/09

    In reply to Readius-Like Folding eReader Planned for Next Year
    A neat idea, but looks incredibly awkward to use. Make it so the large bulk on left is some sort of portable recharging station with extra storage and we'll talk.
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    Edited by Sticks Calhoun at 11/12/09 7:28 AM Sticks Calhoun was starred Sticks Calhoun was unstarred
    Image of Kevin Harrison Kevin Harrison
    11/12/09

    @Sticks Calhoun: ... what?

    The electronics are all in the "large bulk on the left," so that's where the battery, ports and storage already are. The screeen pulls out to be a very thin page. #wistronreadiuspolymervision
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    Image of Sticks Calhoun Sticks Calhoun
    11/12/09

    @Kevin Harrison: Right, and then I'm stuck reading a piece of paper that weighs a pound on one end. What's the point? With such an imbalance it would be incredibly annoying to hold. #wistronreadiuspolymervision
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    Image of Gary_7vn Gary_7vn
    11/10/09

    In reply to The Intel Reader Photographs Text and Reads it Back to You
    The copyright, drm, freaks are NOT going to like this device. How long before they want money for every "performance"? #intelreaderebooktexttospeech
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    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    11/10/09

    In reply to The Intel Reader Photographs Text and Reads it Back to You
    Well, since Jack Bauer is saying it, I'll have to buy one.
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    Edited by Bokusatsu_Tenshi at 11/10/09 8:19 PM Bokusatsu_Tenshi was starred Bokusatsu_Tenshi was unstarred
    Image of FigNinja FigNinja
    11/10/09

    In reply to Kindle For PC Beta Now Available to Download
    I really like the ability to read the books on other devices, like my phone or computer, and be able to sync all my bookmarks, notes and such. That's really very useful. But I think if they're going to push this feature, they need to up the license limitation. Six licenses isn't enough if I burn two or three of them on my first reading. Currently they will let you free up licenses by calling CS if you no longer have devices you registered. That seems a bit problematic. CS contacts are expensive. Are they going to want to keep doing that when large numbers of customers realize they hit their limit and can't re-read a book on their new device? If people are going to lose access to their old books when they upgrade devices, that will keep them from buying new Kindles. They either need to come up with an easier way for people to remove licenses from devices, up the limit to something more reasonable, or get rid of the limits altogether but make the license follow the account.
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    Edited by FigNinja at 11/10/09 4:07 PM FigNinja was starred FigNinja was unstarred
    Image of beercheck beercheck
    11/10/09

    In reply to The Intel Reader Photographs Text and Reads it Back to You
    Now, get it to translate. #intelreaderebooktexttospeech
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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    11/10/09

    In reply to Kindle For PC Beta Now Available to Download
    This will probably do more for Amazon's attempts to break in to the textbook market than their Kindle DX did. #kindleforpcbetadownload
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    Image of Odin Odin
    11/10/09

    In reply to The Intel Reader Photographs Text and Reads it Back to You
    One has to question how effectively the device could be used by the visually impaired. It looks like it has a text based menu system (though presumably it could read menu options aloud) and those controls don't look like they have braille on them. Plus there's the question of how well blind people can aim a camera at a page for effective text capture. Lets just hope they tested all those factors. #intelreaderebooktexttospeech
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    Image of dingus dingus
    10/22/09

    In reply to Remainders - Things We Didn't Post
    That had not occured to me, bro. #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of Phocis Phocis
    10/22/09

    In reply to Remainders - Things We Didn't Post
    Wait... than what is this?

    [gizmodo.com] #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of spannu spannu
    10/22/09

    @Phocis: Nothing to see here people; move along. #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of Canoehead Canoehead
    10/20/09

    In reply to Barnes & Noble's Dual-Screen Nook: $260, Eats the Kindle's Lunch
    Here's hoping this is the competition that will spur Amazon to improve the Kindle service. #barnesnoblenook
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    Image of Demonbird Demonbird
    10/20/09

    @Canoehead:
    All they need to do is ease off use restrictions, download limits, and most importantly, PRICE THE BOOKS FAIRLY FOR GOD'S SAKE. #barnesnoblenook
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    Image of joelydanger joelydanger
    10/20/09

    @Canoehead: The stunt Amazon pulled obliterated any interest I had in their e-reader.
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    Demonbird promoted this comment Edited by joelydanger at 10/20/09 4:20 PM joelydanger was starred joelydanger was unstarred
    Image of Demonbird Demonbird
    10/20/09

    @joelydanger:
    What stunt? #barnesnoblenook
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    Image of joelydanger joelydanger
    10/20/09

    @Demonbird: remotely deleting 1984. #barnesnoblenook
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    Image of Demonbird Demonbird
    10/20/09

    @joelydanger:
    Oh, yeah, that's why I don't get most of my ebooks from them, just get them elsewhere and convert with mobipocket creator. #barnesnoblenook
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    Image of Demonbird Demonbird
    10/20/09

    In reply to Barnes & Noble's Dual-Screen Nook: $260, Eats the Kindle's Lunch
    The ereader war comes down to availability and pricing of books. That's it.
    Whoever can get a cheaper, wider variety of books out there wins. #barnesnoblenook
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    Image of biggerx biggerx
    10/20/09

    @Demonbird: Can't you just use PDF or whatever format e-books come in & load them onto the devise yourself? Why do we have to be tied down to a service??!!!

    Clarification. I would like to buy my e-books form different services & not the one tied to the reader I got. What is so wrong with that? That's what MP3 players do!!!
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    Demonbird promoted this comment Edited by biggerx at 10/20/09 3:54 PM biggerx was starred biggerx was unstarred
    Image of Demonbird Demonbird
    10/20/09

    @biggerx:
    We all want that, the reason is the companies don't have control over where you purchase your books then.
    Although, piracy and conversion software eliminates all of that. #barnesnoblenook
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    Image of biggerx biggerx
    10/20/09

    @Demonbird: I would rather not have to pirate my books. Guess I'm sticking with good ol' fashioned paper & ink for now even though I really want a freaking e-book reader!! #barnesnoblenook
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    Image of TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H. TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H.
    10/20/09

    In reply to Barnes & Noble's Dual-Screen Nook: $260, Eats the Kindle's Lunch
    Although they pulled the main page all the sub pages (like tech specs: [www.barnesandnoble.com] ) are still live, you just have to direct link them since there are no links to them on the rest of the site at the moment. #barnesnoblenook
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    Image of EdithHaermm EdithHaermm
    10/20/09

    In reply to Barnes & Noble's Dual-Screen Nook: $260, Eats the Kindle's Lunch
    Umm, they named it the "Nook E-Reader". Someone didn't think that all the way through. It's the Nookie Reader and that's all there is to it. :p
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    Image of EdithHaermm EdithHaermm
    10/20/09

    @EdithHaermm: Weirdness. Do all anonymous posts show "EdithHaermm" as the poster? My name's not Edith Haermm. lol
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    TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment EdithHaermm was starred EdithHaermm was unstarred
    Image of TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H. TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H.
    10/20/09

    @EdithHaermm: The names for anonymous posts are always random. #barnesnoblenook
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    Image of blash blash
    10/20/09

    In reply to Barnes & Noble's Dual-Screen Nook: $260, Eats the Kindle's Lunch
    And of course, the lending feature will require the other guy to have a Nook, or a cell phone that can run Nook software (iPhone? S60? Windows Mobile? Pre?), or a computer running Nook software (we gonna cover BOTH the Mac and PC bases?).

    Whereas if I buy a physical book, I can lend it to anyone I want, including my grandmother. I can check it out from the library for 3 weeks and lend it to my room mate for a week before returning it 6 weeks later because I can renew the check out online.

    Again... still don't see an e-Reader that can one-up what we've had for hundreds of years for those of us casual readers who don't read more than several books a year. #barnesnoblenook
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    FigNinja promoted this comment blash was starred blash was unstarred
    Image of FigNinja FigNinja
    10/20/09

    @blash: I don't think casual readers are the market for these devices. Maybe ebooks to read on your phone or something but this is very clearly targeted at avid readers. #barnesnoblenook
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    Image of TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H. TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H.
    10/20/09

    @blash: Can you lend your physical book to someone and still read it yourself at the same time?

    ... yeah, that's what I though. #barnesnoblenook
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    Image of TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H. TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H.
    10/20/09

    In reply to Barnes & Noble's Dual-Screen Nook: $260, Eats the Kindle's Lunch
    I like how the AC adapter is just a plug with an regular sized USB plug on it. Looks like I can use it to recharge lots of other gadgets too, since most of my stuff can charge via USB. #barnesnoblenook
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