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more about #ereaders more comments → Xagest: oh, text to speech. I thought they were going to put in a brail font on the reading surface. more » Kaiser-Machead: Well then you can read this beloved tale to ze kinder from your ereader. Seems appropriate. more » weatherman: A Jew should know better than to invoke Nazism this way, especially on a day like today. It's become a joke, an off-hand comment to get attention, a f... more » Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: My concern about ebooks is this: It harms industries and jobs. It harms the printing company, and most of all it harms the paper company. Want to k... more » Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: The problem with a digital book, as opposed to an analog one, is that it can be altered, on the fly, without you ever knowing. Amazon, or whomever co... more » Sticks Calhoun: I'm an expat. At some point, I'll be moving back to the States. When I do, I want to take the books I bought back with me. I stopped buying physical b... more » Demonbird: 3. The music industry was crippled by piracy; therefore the book industry will be crippled by piracy Not until people start cracking amazon books, it... more » Segador: "The death of wax cylinders will be the death of sound! Why, these flappish disks bear striking resemblance to the platters that served the Kaiser, an... more » PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:: The only parallel I can see between Hitler and eReaders is that both want to get rid of books although another book burning is unlikely. more » B3ND3R: Sherman Alexie: Open source! Inigo Montoya: You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. more » Poop Cooper: I've found in my own life experiences that when I typically try to lend a book it's usually to only one person at a time. And unfortunately, I usually... more » weatherman: Actually, it was the interviewer who compared it to Sophie's Choice, and he basically just said yeah, sure. That interview(er) sucked. more » Cash907Censored: If the Kindle is such a wonderful product and is doing so well, why would Jeff feel the need to shit talk it before it's even shipped? Smell that boy... more » PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:: The only reason I could see him making this statement is because he would announce a better feature on the Kindle. It's strange he didn't (yet) though. more » EBone: If Apple announces a tablet the first week in January, it will drive a stake thru the Nook's heart with this delay. more » -
#ebooks
Ereaders Are a Nazi Scheme, and More Bizarre Theories From Ebooks' Sworn Enemies
There is a discussion to be had about whether or not ebooks are bad for writing, reading, and bookselling. There is also, apparently, a discussion to be had about whether or not ebook proponents are just like the Nazis. More » -
#ebooks
Sesame Street Digital Books Brought to You By the Letter Y
As in, why'd you wait so long, Elmo? And hey, Cookie Monster, why is this a subscription model? Oh, and Count, why are you only releasing 100 out of the 5,000 books in your catalog? More » -
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Amazon's Bezos Compares Nook eBook Sharing to Sophie's Choice
Meow! Amazon's Jeff Bezos is on the warpath against Barnes & Noble's Nook, specifically its eBook lending feature. In an interview with the New York Times Magazine, he pulled no punches with some masterful hyperbole: Updated. More » -
#springdesign
Spring Design's Injunction to Stop Barnes & Noble's Nook Sales Denied
While waiting for a court date over an intellectual property dispute, Spring Design wanted to stop Barnes & Noble from selling the Nook. Their injunction for that's been denied today, but they shouldn't really worry much over that anyway. More » -
#kindle
Kindle Outsells Every Other Product On Amazon (And What That Really Means)
According to a breathless press release, the Kindle ereader is the "#1 bestselling product across all product categories on Amazon." That means it sold more than the iPod Touch. More than the Wii. More than Going Rogue. How? It's easy!
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#displays
Pixel Qi Dual-Mode LCD Ships Next Month; $100, 10-Watt HDTV Up Next
One is a rough manufacturing start date for a display component, and the other is an announcement so vague it barely means anything. But lest you forget: Pixel Qi's multi-mode, e-ink-shaming LCD technology is amazing. More » -
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#kindle
Amazon Preparing Better Kindle Ebook Management System in 2010
Specifics have not been announced, but Amazon noted via their Kindle Facebook page that a more user-friendly, organized ebook management system will arrive as an over-the-air update in the first half of 2010. More » -
#ereaders
Barnes & Noble Ruins Nerd Christmas (For Good PR)
Nobody has any idea if the Nook is actually any good yet, but no matter: It's a well-placed holiday gift, in theory! Or at least it was, until Barnes & Noble ran out of them. More » -
#ereaders
Will eReaders Really Become Gaming Devices?
eReaders are getting powerful enough to become fully-fledged Internet tablets, but gaming devices? That's a new spin. Turns out Qualcomm has a detachable game controller add-on for that Snapdragon-powered eReader prototype we first showed you on Wednesday. Take a look: More » -
#ebooks
Qualcomm Ebook Display Ups the Ante with Full Color and Video
Qualcomm has developed a 5.7-inch (1,024x768) display for ebook readers that not only renders color and video; it does so with enough power efficiency to challenge a black and white, still-frame Kindle. More » -
#ereaders
Readius-Like Folding eReader Planned for Next Year
Polymer Vision have gone bankrupt and been bought by Wistron since we first saw their unique Readius prototype in Feb 08. However, the new owners now confirm plans for a similar 5- to 6-inch handheld in 2010. Stay tuned. [DigiTimes] -
#ereaders
The Intel Reader Photographs Text and Reads it Back to You
Intel's Reader for the visually impaired isn't a concept; it goes on sale today. Using an Atom processor, 5-megapixel camera, and Intel's Linux-based Moblin OS, it turns book pages into digital text and MP3s…then reads aloud in a synthesized voice. More » -
#kindle
Kindle For PC Beta Now Available to Download
Now you don't need a Kindle eReader to buy and read the 360,000+ books Amazon sells in its annoyingly proprietary Kindle format. The desktop app supports color photos, multi-touch pinch-zooms, and displays notes/highlights marked on Kindles and the iPhone. More » -
#barnesnoble
Plastic Logic Que Is Going to Nuzzle Nook in Barnes & Noble Stores (And Why You Care)
I asked at the announcement if the Nook would get exclusive perks over other Barnes & Noble readers, like Plastic Logic's Que. Shelf space ain't one of them, since Que will cozy up with Nook in B&N stores next year. More » -
#ereaders
MSI's eReader Will Have Nvidia Tegra Graphics in 2010
That rumor about an MSI eReader looks good-to-go: their chairman acknowledges a reader with Tegra graphics is coming, but they're ironing out some problems at the moment. Meanwhile, Asus also has some some cool-sounding readers in the works. [DigiTimes] -
#remainders
Remainders - Things We Didn't Post
Microsoft Takes Aim at App Store's Useless Fluff...Monster Cable's Miles Davis Headphones Cost a Month's Rent...Baseless Analyst Speculation Over Google Hardware Makes Me Furious...New Partnership May Mean Cheaper Ebook Readers... More » -
#barnesnoble
Barnes & Noble's Dual-Screen Nook: $260, Eats the Kindle's Lunch
Remember that crazy, dual-screened Barnes & Noble Nook reader we scooped the hell out of a while back? Well, it's online-official, with Wi-Fi and 3G, person-to-person lending and expandable memory. Oh, and it ships 11/30. UPDATE: Site's pulled. More » -
#ereaders
Spring Design's Alex eReader Runs Android, Has Dual Displays
Coming out of nowhere, the Alex looks a lot like that Android-powered Barnes & Noble reader. Its 6-inch display is monochrome e-ink (not color), yet it also has a secondary 3.5-inch color touchscreen that lets you browse the Web. More »
