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Your Choice: A Universal Media Tablet Or An E-Ink Reader?
2:00PM Brian Lam | E-ink readers are great for book replication, but can’t play back video. A tablet like Microsoft’s Courier or the Apple Tablet may not handle books as well, but can do it all. Which is for you? More »
Software
Now Apple’s Blocking All Ebook App Store Submissions?
2:59AM Matt Buchanan | TUAW says they’ve heard Apple is blocking all new ebook app submissions to the App Store because they’re often used for “infringing upon third party rights” and “have chosen to not publish this type of application.” Hmm. More »
Gadgets
Sony’s PRS-300, PRS-600 EBook Readers Leaked In Service Manuals
6:30AM Jason Chen | The followups to Sony’s PRS-700 eBook reader seem to have surfaced in some service manuals dated July 2009. The two readers have these specs: More »
Gadgets
Samsung’s SNE-50K EBook Reader Has Office Document Support
9:30AM Rosa Golijan | We’re still waiting to see the Papyrus in the States, but South Korea is already slated to get another Samsung ebook reader, the SNE-50K, with an expected $US274 price tag. More »
Online
Plastic Logic Makes Same Mistake As Apple, Ties Their Touchscreen Ebook Reader To AT&T 3G
2:01PM Matt Buchanan | Plastic Logic’s giant touchscreen ebook reader makes Amazon’s Kindle look like ancient Egyptian technology, and the Barnes & Noble digital bookstore closes its serious content gap. Too bad though they’re using AT&T’s 3G network for over-the-air downloads. More »
Gadgets
Busted: Why I Can’t Wait For Flexible Displays
8:26AM Matt Buchanan | When I got up this morning, I threw my Kindle in my bag’s padded corduroy laptop sleeve like I always do. A few hours later, I pulled it out and it looked like this. If only its display was flexible. More »
Computers
Kindle DX Sells Out In Two Days
4:39AM Jason Chen | Kindle DX (reviewed here) just started shipping Wednesday on Amazon and it’s already sold out. Either people really love that DX, or the Earth only produces enough resources to sustain manufacturing a few units at a time. [Amazon via Macworld]
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