I’m not sure what to think of this. The video speaks for itself. Some students at Osaka University are trying to enhance the eBook reading experience and came up with Paranga.
Category: eBook Readers
The machines.
Mar 27
Enhanced eBooks not selling…
Thanks Jorgen for this FutureBook story about the much-touted enhanced or interactive eBooks and their inability to gain ground against more traditional text on ePaper competitors. I think it’s too early to judge the long-term viability of these hybrids since the eBook Market is really only in its infancy, and the machinery is just coming …
Mar 26
NookColor getting Flash & Apps in April
Liliputing reports on an update coming next month to Barnes and Noble’s popular NookColor eBook Reader that will include Flash support and downloadable Apps. I guess B&N has decided to see their full color eBook Reader in the same way it is viewed in the marketplace: as a very affordable tablet computer.
Mar 25
Free eBooks Encourage eBook Sales
The Bookseller.com offers statistics that describe the trends driving eBook sales, and consumers are calling FREE titles an important factor in the deal.
Mar 24
The eBook Revolution continues to evolve…
Gigaom.com offers this post on Marc Parrish, VP of Retention and Loyalty Management for Barnes & Noble when he spoke at the Structure Big Data conference in New York. The article’s an excellent update as the publishing world goes digital, readers continue to adopt the technology and the eBook Revolution evolves.
Mar 23
eBook Headlines March 23, 2011
ComputerWorld tells us that despite a scare from full-color iPad, E Paper (E Ink) continues to share the market with the technology offering us some advances this year. A PRNewsWire release heralds the DinoDirect.com Ten New Style Tablet and rumored iPad2 challenger. Bloomberg.com points to a U.S. judge’s decision that kills Google’s $125 million digital …
Mar 22
Amazon + Android = Apple iPad slayer.
Ostatic.com proposes in a post that Amazon is the only company out there with the necessary clout to take the Apple iPad on, even though its E Ink Kindle eBook Reader is a single function device. To do it, the article proposes Amazon team with Android to create a multifunction tablet of its own, citing …
Mar 21
Kobo Wireless eReader $60!
Okay. Cnet reports on this amazing sale of the Kobo E Ink Wireless eReader for just $60! I’ve used one of these devices and they’re very easy on the eyes, and extremely intuitive. As the Cnet post says, the sale is confined to certain Borders stores so you’ll have to shop around, but at $60 …
Mar 18
Liliputing Compares the B&N NOOKcolor with the Samsung Galaxy Tab
Liliputing pits the 7-inch, full color Samsung Galaxy Tab against a ‘tweaked’ 7-inch Barnes & Noble NOOKcolor eBook Reader. Comparison and detailed video at the link. The Galaxy Tab’s extras are soon overshadowed by its $500 pricetag, when the hacked NOOKcolor comes in at half that price.
Mar 17
Apple iPad took 83% of market in 2010. Look for change in 2011!
Here’s a CMSWire story about Apple iPad commanding 83% of the tablet market in 2010. To be fair, the iPad was the tablet market last year with new devices from other companies trickling in as the clock wound down to 2011. This year will prove to be a thriller with over a hundred of the …
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