Category: Tablet

Newspapers struggle to adapt. Did they delay too long?

GoodeReader offers us a post on the struggling newspaper industry in the days of digital publishing. While they seem shocked that print ad revenues are down, they should not be disheartened that digital ad revenues fell short of expectations, too. Like the book publishing industry, the newspaper industry has to rethink its bottom line and …

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Time reviews Amazon Kindle Fire HD

Time reviews the Amazon Kindle Fire HD and while the hands-on experience was positive, changes are predicted before the affordable tablet ships.

eBook prices begin to drop.

It has started. The prices are coming down. GoodeReader posted on HarperCollins being one of the  first publishers to sign new deals with eBook sellers Amazon, Barnes and Noble, etc., and already the prices are starting to drop.

CNN compares Kindle HD and Apple iPad.

CNN offers the first of many Amazon Kindle HD – Apple iPad comparisons that are soon to clog the information highway. Time offers a list of 21 Questions about Amazon’s new Kindle devices.

eBook Revolution Updates

The New York Times Blog has a story that is bound to start an industry-wide eBook pricing war. Judge Denise L. Cote approved a settlement between the Department of Justice and publishers complicit in the Apple eBook price-fixing anti-trust lawsuit. The settlement should completely open the playing field and kick-start a hot new digital publishing …

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Amazon launches new Kindles!

As rumored, Amazon has launched new Kindle readers and Kindle Fire tablets. Go to the Amazon page for all the specifics. In brief, they’re offering three new Kindle eBook Readers, two with Paperwhite (read in the dark) display technology (and other features) that run as high as $179 for the 3G version. Also, a very …

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New Kindle images leaked.

StudentNews has some leaked images of the new Kindle eReader and Kindle Fire expected to be launched at a media event slated for next week.

E Ink for your smart phone?

Slashgear offers up this post on what I think is the perfect blend of technologies. E Ink showed off its double-display concept at the IFA. The idea is to keep the LCD display on the front of a smartphone while adding an E Ink display layer to the back. The E Ink’s low energy demands …

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Amazon Kindle Fire tablet makes room for Kindle Fire 2.

CNET News says that the Amazon Kindle Fire tablet has sold out, coincidentally enough, exactly one week before a Sept. 6 Amazon media event that is rumored to center on the launch of the Kindle Fire 2.

iPad Mini dubbed the “iPad Mini”

PCMAG reports that on a recent foray out of the courtroom, Apple/Cupertino took time to suggest that its much rumored 7-inch iPad Mini will indeed be called the iPad Mini. The new tablet device is expected to hit the shelves this October.