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- Headline 2010: e-Reader device failure
- The market knows best, right? Markets are bloody paths to progress. At this writing there are approximately 52 e-reader devices coming to market in the next 12 months. Fifty-two different devices coming to market (Here's what I wrote about Steve Jobs' approach to reader devices when there were just 45...
- Tags: E-reader, Sales, Hardware, Markets, E-books, Personal Technology, Mitch Ratcliffe
- Blog posts 2009-11-02
- Scary Tech: Attack of the Killer Kindles
- I don't know what's scarier: my recent obsession with e-readers or the crazy Kindle nonsense flying about. What I do know is that when my editor asked me to name this year's scary tech, the first thing that popped into my head was "Attack of the Killer Kindles!" by...
- Tags: Tech, Attack, Security, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-10-27
- Amazon delivers strong Q3; shares skyrocket after hours
- Amazon easily beat Wall Street's estimates for its third quarter, reporting a net income of $199 million, or 45 cents per share, on sales of $5.45 billion, a 28 percent jump from the year-ago quarter. Analysts had been expecting earnings of 33 cents on sales of $5.03 billion. Statement ...
- Tags: E-reader, Amazon.com Inc., Kindle, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-10-22
- B&N's Nook e-reader: Weirdly unrevolutionary
- In addition to this posting, please visit this clarifications posting to get the whole picture. It would be nice to say, as Matt Miller has, that the e-book and e-reader market was revolutionized today. It simply got more interesting. A careful reading of the $259 Nook's...
- Tags: E-reader, Device, E-book, Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Inc., Wireless, B&N, Nook, Cover-flow, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Mitch Ratcliffe
- Blog posts 2009-10-20
- Barnes and Noble e-book reader 'Nook' to be unveiled today
- What is the difference between this and the Que?RE: Barnes and Noble e-book reader 'Nook' to be unveiled todayWell, the Kindle is still pretty pricy for me. I was in Toys R Us the other day and they had a Sony e-reader (1st time I've ever ACTUALLY seen one....
- Tags: E-books, Kindle DX, e-book, Nook, Barnes & Noble Inc., e-book Reader, Kindle2, pricing strategy
- Discussion threads 2009-10-20
- Amazon same day delivery squarely aimed at brick-and-mortar rivals
- Availability in Canada?Probably will be available in Canada on the 11 of September 3010 or about at the same time as the current version of the International Kindle.Amazon is the bestonlineRE: Amazon same day delivery squarely aimed at brick-and-mortar rivalsI love Amazon but, I doubt I will need same day...
- Tags: Super Saver, Amazon.com Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-16
- Google challenges e-readers by taking e-books directly to browser
- Who needs an e-reader or a special app when I've already got the only e-reader/app that I need: a Web browser? Google said today that it will launch in the first half of next year an online store to offer e-books that can be read on any...
- Tags: E-reader, Google Inc., Web Browser, E-books, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-10-15
- Is this Barnes & Noble's secret e-book reader?
- The other big question:How big? If it's paperback size, as most of the ones now out are, then it's too small to do serious readers (science, business reports, financial tables, CAD/CAM drawings, etc.) any good. Way too much scrolling around.Not ANOTHER DEVICE?!?!? ARGGGGGG!!!This is getting stupid.Why so serious?Are you...
- Tags: E-books, Tablets, Digital music, Digital media, Media players, Barnes & Noble Inc., e-book Reader, Hewlett-Packard Co., iTablet, Apple Inc., vaporware
- Discussion threads 2009-10-14
- Amazon cuts Kindle price, goes global as competition ramps
- Amazon cut the price of its Kindle from $299 to $259 and launched and international version. First, the price cut Techmeme. The move comes as e-reader competition ramps up. Sony has e-readers with broad retail distribution. In addition, Barnes & Noble plans to sell a handful of...
- Tags: E-reader, Amazon.com Inc., Kindle, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-07
- News to know: Adobe; OpenSUSE; Ubuntu; IBM; P2P; Palm
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Adobe Flash for all smartphones ... except iPhone Andrew Mager: Google and Adobe join forces on Open...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., High Tech Computer Corp., Data Center, Information Technology, P2P, Palm Inc., Novell OpenSuse, Jason Perlow, Apple Inc., Beta, IBM Corp., Data Centers, Tablets, Cloud Computing, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Notebooks & Tablets, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-05
- Can we let the Kindle/1984 thing go already?
- $150,000. That's how much Amazon has agreed to pay the kid whose Kindle ate his homework. Sure, he's donating the money to charity after paying his legal fees, but really? $150,000? We get it already: Amazon still owns the books we all thought we were buying. ...
- Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Public Relations, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Litigation, Digital Media, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Security, Business Operations, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-10-01
- iTablet redux, more details trickle out
- Innovative!!And by "innovative", I mean the new definition which is where Apple slaps their logo on things that have been around for years.BTW, while you guys are cheering about iTablet picture mockups, others are actually releasing real, working products:http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/29/c-motech-shows-off-snapdragon-powered-mangrove-tablet/That's innovation. :)Troll-o-vative!! (n/m).Or, you could go by the actual definition of...
- Tags: Engineering, Smart phones, Digital media, Digital music, learning curve, Apple Inc., iTablet, battery, Innovative
- Discussion threads 2009-09-30
- News to know: HP; AT&T; Malware; Twitter; RIM
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Hordes of owners complain of problems with HP Elite Pavilion PCs using Core i7 Ed Bott: Apple...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Research In Motion Ltd., Hewlett-Packard Co., Twitter Inc., AT&T Corp., Malware, Apple Inc., Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-09-28
- Kid #3 is not impressed with the Kindle
- Kid #3 is my 14-year old. When you have 4 kids and another on the way, you have to come up with a good scheme for referring to them in tweets and blogs in some semi-anonymous way that doesn't show any favoritism. So birth order it is and...
- Tags: Touch Screen, Button, Keyboards, Monitors & Displays, Tablets, E-books, Hardware, Peripherals, Components, Notebooks & Tablets, Personal Technology, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-09-24
- I don't want an MP3 player/camera/ebook reader/gaming device. Do you?
- Disagree with your update[i]In fact, Apple almost seemed to be repositioning the iPod Touch as a rival to a full-fledged PC[/i]Nope, Apple is repositioning the iPod Touch as a rival to the 8 year old HP iPAQ running PocketPC.Apps? Check.Browser? Check.Exchange support? Check.Multi-media support? Check.RE: I don't want an MP3...
- Tags: E-mail, Digital music, Digital media, Corporate communications, camera, MP3
- Discussion threads 2009-09-09
- Hands-on with the Sony Reader Touch Edition PRS-600
- According to my Sony eBook Library account I registered my Reader 505 back in 2007. I purchased a Kindle and then moved onto a Kindle 2 over the last year, but sold my Kindle 2 last week after seeing the Sony announcements and support for local library books. After the...
- Tags: Touch Screen, Sony Corp., Sony Reader, Keyboards, Monitors & Displays, E-books, Hardware, Peripherals, Components, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2009-09-03
- Inching closer to the perfect e-reader for students
- What would we want in an ideal e-reader to jam in our students' backpacks? I've talked about it before (there are links to my other e-textbook musings in this particular post, too), but we'd certainly want color and high-resolution images. Touch and note-taking capabilities are obvious choices. And...
- Tags: E-reader, Sony Corp., Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-08-26
- Sony's new Reader lineup assaults Amazon biz plan
- Sony released a 7-inch, $399, touchscreen, 3G and Wi-Fi e-book reader this morning, and it's never more obvious that Amazon is up against a wall in the market segment it helped create. With this morning's announcement, Sony is attacking...
- Tags: E-reader, Sony Corp., Amazon.com Inc., Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-08-25
- 10 bits of tech to get for the back-to-school student
- Time is inching its way through the season, and is now slowly approaching the back-to-school month. With only a few weeks to go until you pack up your things, get dropped off by your parents or make your way cross-country to your academic residence, hopefully you'll be taking a whole...
- Tags: Phone, Choice, Telecom & Utilities, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2009-08-10
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