Five Essential iPad Accessories | Wired Gadget Lab
Posted on 16. Mar, 2010 by JD in News
You’ve pre-ordered your iPad, and you’re impatiently crossing off the days on the calendar until April 3. What can you do in the meantime, apart from obsessively refreshing your Google search to find articles like this one? What about some accessory shopping?
The iPad looks great, but it could also be improved with a few additions [...]
David Baldacci multimedia ebooks to start with “Deliver Us from Evil”
Posted on 16. Mar, 2010 by JD in News
The Associated Press is reporting that (finally) a top-name author will be releasing enhanced (he calls it "enriched") ebooks. Thriller bestseller writer David Baldacci will be releasing his new book Deliver Us from Evil as an ebook with enhanced multimedia features next month. From AP:
By HILLEL ITALIE – 6 hours ago
His next thriller, "Deliver Us [...]
Color E-Book Displays Coming From E Ink Next Year
Posted on 16. Mar, 2010 by JD in News
Waderoush writes "E Ink, which makes the monochrome electrophoretic screens used in the Amazon Kindle, the Barnes & Noble Nook, the Sony Reader line, and other e-readers, is gearing up to supply manufacturers with the first color versions of its displays by early next year, according to an Xconomy interview with T.H. Peng, a vice [...]
The new Onda eBook, in colour
Posted on 15. Mar, 2010 by JD in News
Photo: Onda
With memory that can store books upon books, having an e-Book reader is like carrying around your own little bookshelf. Onda communications has just announced their new e-Book reader called the MyTile, which will be coming out soon.
Specs
Onda’s new e-Book reader, MyTile, is already making a good impression with some stunning features and great [...]
Hanvon’s multitouch tablet previewed, surfaces in China March 25th with 1080p playback
Posted on 15. Mar, 2010 by JD in News
Though cheap Android craptablets were a commodity item at CeBIT 2010, that doesn't mean we didn't find the occasional diamond in the rough. Specifically, the Hanvon Touchpad BC10C, a sleek, multitouch Windows 7 device with specs firmly entrenched in high-end netbook territory. Thanks to our friend jkkmobile, we now know exactly what's powering this [...]
Readers Are Devouring Apple Book Apps – BusinessWeek
Posted on 15. Mar, 2010 by JD in News
Michel Kripalani started making e-books when e-books weren’t cool. A veteran creator of video games, Kripalani began developing downloadable digital books about a year ago. At the time, Apple’s App Store (AAPL), an online software application marketplace, boasted thousands of game apps and merely 700 book-related titles. “If everyone is growing corn, maybe it’s time [...]
B&N ebook deals, up to 85% off and a FREE ebook
Posted on 15. Mar, 2010 by JD in News
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The IPad’s (Pre-) Opening Day Sales: a lazy 120,000
Posted on 15. Mar, 2010 by JD in News
By Dan Nosowitz on March 15, 2010 at 3:15 AM
So, the iPad is finally available for pre-order, and it turns out the half of the Giz staff that bought one aren’t alone: CNN estimates Apple received about 120,000 iPad pre-orders on that first day alone.
That 120,000 number is mostly a guess, [...]
Price, India’s lack of 3G may hurt international iPad sales
Posted on 14. Mar, 2010 by JD in News, iPad
Prasanto K Roy, Hindustan Times
New Delhi, March 13, 2010
First Published: 08:00 IST(14/3/2010)
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Want a new iPad? Kill the battery
Posted on 14. Mar, 2010 by JD in News
Though some critics like to vilify Apple for its practice of building devices with inaccessible batteries, the benefits definitely outweigh the consequences for such a tradeoff. The MacBook Pros are rated for up to eight hours of battery life, the iPod nanos get up to 24 hours of audio playback and the new iPad is [...]
