According to an unnamed source, the Spring Design Alex e-reader which was supposed to be release in early March 2010, is now all set to start shipping on March 16. Initaly the device was also rumored to be releasing on Feburary 22nd. It is not known what is the reason behind the delay.
Do you ever expect an e-reader maker to make something out of its technology for the iPad? If you haven’t yet thought of such a possibility, here is something that can give you reasons to deliberate on. Barnes & Noble is, in fact, working on a B&N e-reader for iPad application.
Though iPad-maker Apple has not yet commented on the move, we hope that Apple may not say no to competition. But then, we will have to wait to know.
The e-book download business certainly seems to be run differently than its music download counterpart – at least if we take certain events as an indication, such as the latest announcement by Barnes & Noble. According to them, their B&N eReader app will be made available for Apple’s iPad sometime around the device’s launch.
The ASUS e-Reader is now official. The company has lifted the wraps off its e-Reader at the CeBIT tech trade show in Hannover, Germany. The ASUS DR-900 is being showcased as a device with a 9-inch monochrome touch screen display and is all set to compete with Amazon’s Kindle DX.
Here’s some disappointment coming your way. Acer’s plans to hop on to the e-reader bandwagon have been kept in the freezer, at least for now. The reason being said is that Acer would like to learn how feasible its business model would be than go for a product at the moment. It seems like the world’s second largest PC maker thinks that the e-reader market would take a while to evolve and prove itself.
Amazon and Macmillan have finally called off their pricing dispute after days of wrangling over pricing of books. With the new settlement, books by Macmillan authors are queuing up to be back on sale on Amazon’s Web site. The agreement on a new model is what Amazon has resorted to and this could be seen as Amazon’s climb down, acknowledging the arrival of a rival in the form of the Apple iPad, which could have been a threat to its Kindle franchise and domination of e-books.
Amazon is sprucing up its Kindle e-reader bringing in touch screen start up company Touchco by way of an acquisition. It is expected that the Touchco’s interpolating force-sensitive resistance technology that allows for flexible, transparent and pressure-sensitive touch-screens would be soon be injected into the Kindle hardware operations.
It seems like a truce, at least for the time being, has been called on the e-reader warzone. Publisher Macmillan’s stance could lead to the online retailer raising prices on some of its e-books Amazon has connected with customers through a message on its website, which reads: “We will have to capitulate and accept Macmillan’s terms because Macmillan has a monopoly over their own titles, and we will want to offer them to you even at prices we believe are needlessly high for e-books.”
Asus seems all set to enter the ebook reader market this year with a bang. Yesterday they announced their 6-inch color touchscreen ebook reader, the DR-570, going on sale later this year. Now some details are out about a second such device from Asus, dubbed as the DR-950 which should be coming much sooner. It features a much less colorful but still functional greyscale display but still having some cool features as detailed below.
The world’s first dualbook has rolled out of the house of enTourage. The eDGE eBook reader that debuted at the CES a while ago, is one piece of technology that doubles the experience.
