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. ...
In case you missed yesterday's announcement, Palm just unveiled a new smartphone: the Centro, which goes on sale in two weeks for the tantalizing price of $99 (with a two-year Sprint contract). Like its big brother, the Treo, the Centro runs the Palm Operating System, meaning it's compatible with thousands...
* Nintendo Co.'s new Game Boy Advance accessory, the eReader, will go on sale Sept. 16 for $40. The eReader works in tandem with packets of cards that will contain exclusive content for the Game Boy Advance and GameCube. Sold ... * Nintendo Co.'s...
DURHAM, N.C. -- Motricity, a leading provider of mobile content solutions to the wireless industry, today announced that it has named business development executive Elizabeth Mackey as vice president and general manager of the company's eReader division--one of the world's largest electronic book publishers. Mackey brings a wealth of experience...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Motricity formerly PowerByHand, a leader in mobile content distribution solutions, today announced at the CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment conference that its eReader, an intuitive and powerful software application for viewing eBooks on handheld devices, has been selected as "Best e-Book Reader" in Pocket PC magazine's 2004...
Whether it's referencing U.S. Air Force instructions or a flight manual, Air Force aircrews are required to have documents on hand when completing their mission. The Air Mobility Battlelab, located in the USAF Expeditionary Center at Fort Dix, NJ has developed an initiative to make...
M2 PRESSWIRE-25 March 2008-iSuppli: The Year 2008 is Year One for Flexible Active-Matrix Displays C1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:24032008 El Segundo, Calif. -- This year marks the sounding gun for the global flexible Active Matrix AM...
ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands, March 6 /PRNewswire/ -- As from today, NRC Handelsblad will be the first Dutch newspaper to also be published daily on electronic paper. The entire newspaper, including all sections and supplements, is now available on ePaper at all locations ...
Could the publishing industry get napsterized? That was my first thought when I saw the marketing materials for the Atiz BookSnap, the first consumer device that enables you to “release the content” of your books by transforming the printed words on the page into digital files that can be read...
DURHAM -- Motricity, which makes software for downloading games, ring tones and other content to mobile phones, sold its electronic-books division and eReader.com Web site to Chatham, N.J.-based online book retailer Fictionwise. Terms were not disclosed.
The very existence of a book scanner for consumer use is one of those early warnings of turbulence to come. Could the publishing industry get Napsterized? That was my first thought when I saw the marketing materials for the Atiz BookSnap, the first consumer device that enables you...
Publishers and agents are squaring up for battle over digital royalties, with Random House and Little, Brown each offering 15 per cent of receipts. At present, sales of e-books are tiny, and of audiobook downloads not much larger. But with publishing's iPod moment expected, the trade has to be ready....
High-Performance Mercury5e-based Embedded RFID System Enables Wireless Asset Tracking of Costly and Critical Construction Tools and Materials CHICAGO -- ThingMagic, Inc. (www.thingmagic.com), the leading developer of radio frequency identification RFID technology, today announced a partnership with DEWALT and Ford Motor Company to equip 2009 Ford F-150, F-Series Super...
As mobile phones have shrunk, so have the screens, and even those that take up the entire front of the device - such as the iPhone - are not the sort of thing you'd want to wade through War and Peace on while...
Byline: simon dumenco By all rights i shouldn't be writing this-and for God's sake, you certainly shouldn't be reading it! Because reading is, officially, dead. I have that on good authority-from no less a trendmonger and ...
Mail Call: Print vs. e-Reading Readers of our Nov. 26 story on Amazon’s e-reader, the Kindle, had reservations about digital books. “One objection is the lack of the ability to browse before I decide to buy; the other is the likelihood of advertising,” one said. But another noted,...
A new kind of reading experience ‘Books Aren’t Dead’: Readers of our cover story on going digital had serious reservations about Amazon’s new e-reader, the Kindle. Many were underwhelmed. One said, “A printed book is great. When I’m done, I can donate it, keep it or hand it...
To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: LaVenia LaVelle, +1-212-445-4859,LaVenia.LaVelle@Newsweek.com, or Jan Angilella, +1-212-445-5638,Jan.Angilella@Newsweek.com, both of Newsweek COVER: "Books Aren't Dead. (They're Just Going Digital.)" (p.57). Senior Editor and Columnist Steven Levy explores how technologyis poised to change the way people read, write and publish books.Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos believes he can...
To: POLITICAL EDITORS Contact: LaVenia LaVelle, +1-212-445-4859,LaVenia.LaVelle@Newsweek.com, or Jan Angilella, +1-212-445-4078,Jan.Angilella@Newsweek.com, both of Newsweek COVER: Books Aren't Dead. (They're Just Going Digital.) Alloverseas editions. Senior Editor and Columnist Steven Levy exploreshow technology is poised to change the way people read, write andpublish works. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos believes he...
Partnership Part of Publisher's Strategy to Grow Mobile Distribution Channel DURHAM, N.C. -- Harlequin Enterprises Limited, the world's leading publisher of series romance and women's fiction, today announced a partnership with Motricity's eReader.com to launch its "Free Love Fridays" promotion. "Tactically, we want...
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