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Wednesday, April 29th, 2009Wired News
$200 E-book Reader set to Make its DebutWired NewsIt runs Linux operating system and unlike the Amazon Kindle has no wireless capability. BeBook like most of its rivals uses the E Ink display. The BeBook is manufactured by Chinese company Tianjin Jinke Electronics, which largely sells its readers …
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Talking Gadget Theater Strikes Back: The Kindle and Shuffle do … - DVICE
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009Talking Gadget Theater Strikes Back: The Kindle and Shuffle do …DVICEThis time out, the Amazon Kindle 2 and the iPod Shuffle take on the climactic scene in The Empire Strikes Back, which brings up the question: Can gadgets have Oedipal complexes? By Peter Pachal.
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IAC buys restaurant recommender Urbanspoon - VentureBeat
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009IAC buys restaurant recommender UrbanspoonVentureBeat, CAOther IAC properties include Citysearch and Evite. UrbanSpoon is self-funded. This is the second acquisition of a popular iPhone app announced this week, following Amazon’s purchase of Lexcycle, the maker of the popular eBook reader Stanza.
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Kindle users skew older; does that impact news biz’s revenue hopes? - Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard
Kindle users skew older; does that impact news biz’s revenue hopes?Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard, MAI continue to maintain that ebooks will be huge — but that the most likely technology for ebook distribution and consumption remains a cell phone or a netbook-like device that will do many things other than be […]
Eucalyptus eBook Reader: A Glimpse of the Future? - BNET
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009Eucalyptus eBook Reader: A Glimpse of the Future?BNET, CaNow comes the Eucalyptus eBook reader onto the scene, which at least in prototype, seems to promise a user experience closer to the page turning aesthetic that so many of us yearn for in the early stages of this transition. (To give it a whirl, …
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Apple plots course for middle of mobile - CNN International
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009Globe and Mail
Apple plots course for middle of mobileCNN InternationalAnd just this week, BusinessWeek reported that Apple is developing a “media pad” that would let users watch videos on a larger screen than an iPod Touch or Amazon Kindle, but on a device that’s more portable than notebooks and lacks a keyboard. …Apple prepping two […]
Amazon Reports Q1 2009 Sales, Asks “What Recession?” - Practical Ecommerce
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009TrustedReviews
Amazon Reports Q1 2009 Sales, Asks “What Recession?”Practical Ecommerce, Grand JunctionBezos also praised Amazon’s Kindle 2 and Kindle-related media sales, saying, “We’re grateful and excited that Kindle sales have exceeded our most optimistic expectations.” Of the $4.89 billion in quarterly sales, $2.72 billion came from “media,” which …Amazon 1Q profit, revenue jump on strong sales […]
Building a great gadget doesn’t guarantee success - Post-Bulletin
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009Building a great gadget doesn’t guarantee successPost-Bulletin, MNYet even with a fast-growing 260000 titles, Amazon’s Kindle library still leaves out more than it includes. The company says it is shooting “to have every book, ever published, in any language, in print or out of print, all available in less than 60 …
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Found Footage: Captain ipod T. Shuffle takes on Kindle Noonien Singh - tuaw.com
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009Found Footage: Captain ipod T. Shuffle takes on Kindle Noonien Singhtuaw.com, CANow the twisted minds at the scifi Network have taken a wonderful cinematic moment, full of overwrought line readings, and handed it over to the voice-synthesis capabilities of the Amazon Kindle 2 and the ipod shuffle via Talking Gadget Theater. …
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Rumor: Apple Could be Developing iPhone Lite, “Media Pad” for … - O’Grady’s Power Page
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009Techtree.com
Rumor: Apple Could be Developing iPhone Lite, “Media Pad” for …O’Grady’s Power Page, PAThe sources told Business Week that the device will be smaller than Amazon’s Kindle 2 ebook reader, but feature a larger touchscreen, paving the way for more speculation about Apple entering the eBook market. “The media pad category might go to Verizon …Is […]
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