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Turn Your iPhone into the Ultimate E-book Reader
Kindle, schmindle. The best e-book reader money can buy is the iPhone ditto the iPod touch. Don't believe me? Consider: Amazon's Kindle sells for $349 and has a grayscale screen. It's way too big to fit in a pocket. It's good only for reading. And, let's face it: It's kinda ugly. ...
Tags: Apple iPhone, eReader, E-book Reader, E-books, Personal Technology, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2008-07-24
Borders launches e-book reader
Bookseller Borders is pairing up with Elonex to launch its own e-book reader in the UK. The device costs GBP189 (USD305) and comes preloaded with 100 free e-books, including texts by Shakespeare, Austen and Dickens. Borders hopes to rival the...
Tags: Borders Books & Music, U.K., E-book Reader, E-books, Personal Technology, Elonex, Editorial, Amazon.com Inc., Sony Corp.
Articles 2009-07-05
What Do E-book Readers Need to Catch Fire?
Amazon certainly orchestrated a coup in getting Oprah Winfrey's endorsement of the Kindle. But while that will continue the product's momentum, it's unlikely to be enough to revolutionize the book business. That's because, as often happens, tech companies get too focused on what their technologies can do and forget to...
Tags: E-book Reader, E-books, Personal Technology, Erik Sherman, Plastic Logic, E-paper
Blog posts 2008-10-27
Kindle Software Coming to PCs
Now here's a potential game-changer: Amazon will soon offer Kindle software for Windows PCs. That means you'll be able to purchase and read e-books on your desktop, laptop, netbook, or even tablet, no Kindle required. Of course, you can do that already using the various methods discussed...
Tags: Software, PC, E-book Reader, Netbook, Kindle, E-books, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Tablets, Desktops, Personal Technology, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2009-10-22

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Tecnomen takes further steps towards 3G messaging with voice access e-mail reader service; New offering enables operators to generate revenue through voice access to e-mails.
M2 PRESSWIRE-11 April 2001-TECNOMEN: Tecnomen takes further steps towards 3G messaging with voice access e-mail reader service; New offering enables operators to generate revenue through voice access to e-mails C1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:11042001 Tecnomen, the leading provider...
Tags: Tecnomen Corp.
Research articles 2001-04-11
Tecnomen introduces e-mail reader system - Company Business and Marketing - Brief Article
TELECOMWORLDWIRE-12 April 2001-Tecnomen introduces e-mail reader system C1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com The Finnish telecomms systems supplier Tecnomen has introduced E-Mail Reader, an IP-based service for voice access to e-mails. The new system is designed to provide users of regular mobile phones with audio access to e-mails,...
Tags: Tecnomen Corp.
Research articles 2001-04-12
Broadcast International Licenses Flash e-publishing and IPTV/WebTV Technologies
Broadcast International Inc. ("Broadcast") (OTCBB: BCST) today announced that it has entered into a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive license agreement with Yang Lan Studio Ltd. ("YLS") for its flash-based, e-publishing reader technology in exchange for 4,000,000 shares of Broadcast's common stock. Broadcast also purchased an exclusive, worldwide (excluding Peoples Republic...
Tags: electronic publishing, IP television
Research articles 2006-08-24
Marvell touts new e-readers, partnerships
Chip supplier Marvell is hooking up with e-reader companies, hoping to take the lead in silicon design for this nascent market. enTourage eDGe has both a 9.7-inch e-reader display and a 10.1-inch color LCD and runs Google's Android OS on top of Marvell silicon.(Credit: enTourage)The market for e-readers, currently led...
Tags: E-reader, Marvell
News items 2009-11-02
Factories gear up in race for e-readers
Global demand for e-reader devices is booming from San Francisco to Shanghai as bibliophiles around the world turn to digital books. As many as 5m e-readers are being produced this year internationally, and analysts say that could double in 2010.A rush in orders is prompting suppliers to ramp up...
Tags: E-reader, E Ink Corp., Company News, Production, Financial Times
External links 2009-10-21
Verizon, iRex Teaming Up On E-Reader; Will Launch At Best Buy
Sprint (NYSE: S) has the Kindle. AT&T (NYSE: T) has Sony (NYSE: SNE) and still-to-launch PlasticLogic. Now Verizon (NYSE: VZ) gets the iRex DR800SG—and the wireless U.S. e-reader market gets a bit more crowded. The $399 touchscreen device from iRex Technologies, the spinoff of Royal Philips Electronics, will be...
Tags: E-reader, Sony Corp., Best Buy Co. Inc., NYSE Euronext, Verizon Communications Inc., NYT, Gadgets, Media & Publishing, Books, eReaders, Companies, Best Buy, Amazon.com, Kindle, Verizon, Staci D. Kramer
External links 2009-09-23
Spring Design Seeks Injunction Against Barnes & Noble Over E-Reader Tech
Finally got the actual lawsuit Spring Design filed in federal court against Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) over their dueling e-readers and a little time to look through it. (The full PDF is embedded after the jump.) Spring claims that it only shared certain info about its own e-reader...
Tags: E-reader, Barnes & Noble Inc., B&N, Gadgets, Legal, Patents, Media & Publishing, Books, eReaders, Staci D. Kramer
External links 2009-11-04
Using E-mail for Special Projects
Businesses run on e-mail. Beyond its core function—sending and receiving messages—e-mail can be used to improve productivity and understanding throughout a company.In addition to facilitating day-to-day, person-to-person communication, e-mail also provides an ideal way to broadcast information to large groups of people instantaneously and cheaply. Also, it can manage specific...
Tags: Corporate communications, BNET Editorial, newsletter, e-mail, marketing, tool, sales, graphics, Web site, Web, advertisement
Articles 2007-10-31
Asus Set To Enter E-Reader Market; Can It Win Based On Price?
Add Asus to the list of consumer electronic companies set to enter to the e-reader market. By the end of the year, the company plans to unveil as many as two e-readers, a spokeswoman tells the Times of London. The devices will have two side-by-side screens so that users...
Tags: E-reader, ASUS, Gadgets, Media & Publishing, Books, eReaders, Technologies / Formats, Joseph Tartakoff
External links 2009-09-07
Report: Barnes & Noble Planning E-Reader
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc will soon sell its own electronic reader to rival Amazon.com Inc's Kindle, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. Barnes & Noble's wireless touchscreen device could be sold as soon as next month, said the newspaper, citing sources briefed on the...
Tags: Thomson Reuters Corp., Amazon.com Inc., E-reader, Barnes & Noble Inc.
News items 2009-10-09
Barnes & Noble Plans To Sell An E-Reader Of Its Own
Barnes & Noble—which announced just three months ago that it was launching an e-books online store—is now planning to sell an e-reader under its own brand name. The WSJ reports that the e-reader will come to market as soon as next month. Late last month, Verizon (NYSE: VZ) and...
Tags: E-reader, Barnes & Noble Inc., Joseph Tartakoff
External links 2009-10-08
Plastic Logic Preps E-reader For Business
The startup has demonstrated prototypes of the QUE, most recently last month at the DEMOFall 08 conference. The next public demonstration will be Jan. 7 at the International Consumer Electonics Show in Las Vegas, Nev. To make its device more appealing to professionals, Plastic Logic has added...
Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Sony Corp., E-reader, Plastic Logic
News items 2009-10-19
A Reader Dings My Advice... You Vote.
A Reader Dings My Advice... You Vote.RE: A Reader Dings My Advice... You Vote.My opinion is that both are correct. An experienced sales professional would know when to use them. But my vote goes to Susiepoohbie because these can work at any stage of someones career.RE: A Reader...
Tags: Sales strategy, Reader Dings, Susiespoohbearpoopinwoods, Tom, sales
Discussion threads 2008-09-08
Amazon Drops Price of Kindle E-Reader
After the announcement of Barnes and Noble's competing e-reader, the $259 Nook, Amazon drops the price of the Kindle to $259 from $279. Online retail giant Amazon announced during its third quarter earnings call that it is dropping the price of its heavily promoted e-reader, the Kindle. The company said...
Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, E-reader, Barnes & Noble Inc.
News items 2009-10-23
Marvell Syncs With E Ink On New E-Reader Tech Aimed At Mass Market
The e-reader market is beginning to resemble a crowded subway train at rush hour and the latest entry could make it feel even more crowded. Marvell Technology Group and E Ink are partnering on a “turnkey” tech solution based on one integrated chip called the Marvell Armada 166E, with...
Tags: E-reader, Marvell, E Ink Corp., Gadgets, Media & Publishing, Books, eReaders, Companies, Google, Android, Staci D. Kramer
External links 2009-11-02
E-Reader Madness: The Nook, The Que, The Alex
—Barnes & Noble: A Barnes & Noble event is set for Tuesday in NYC—and expect the bookstore chain to unveil its first e-reader there. Some additional details on the device, from a WSJ report: It’s priced at $259, will feature a color screen, and has been coined the Nook....
Tags: E-reader, Spring Design, Media & Publishing, Books, eReaders, Joseph Tartakoff
External links 2009-10-20
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