Saturday, September 13, 2008

Plastic Logic's E-Reader




From Gizmodo -

More details regarding Plastic Logic's potential Kindle-killing e-reader device have been leaked, including a video posted at TGDaily. So far what is known is that it is less than 7mm thin, charges/connects to PCs with a miniUSB, has both Bluetooth and WiFi, has a touchscreen, and has annotation features.

You can check out the video at TGDaily.

Monday, September 8, 2008

Solar-powered E-book Reader




From Ubergizmo -

Snippy is an ebook reader which uses solar energy and also transparently links to other Snippys in the area via Bluetooth to share content. The 800×600 6" diagonal high reflectivity screen used in the device offers 166ppi resolution at 16 gray levels.

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Maxian PMP heads for IFA


From ubergizmo -

Maxian has a brand new portable media player (PMP) that is ready to be unveiled at IFA, featuring the following specifications :-

* 4.3" WVGA display at 800 x 480 resolution
* Supports Divx, Xvid, MPEG, WMV7/8/0, H.264, MKV, MP2, MP3, MP4, WAV, OGG, AC3, AAC, FLAC, APE, MKA (HD 1280 x 720px) formats
* Wi-Fi connectivity
* DVB-T compatibility
* Available in 30GB and 60GB

Source article here.

Thursday, August 7, 2008

A PMP type of multimedia electronic dictionary 'Udea D250'




From AVING.NET -

JCHyun has launched its Udea Discovery 250, a PMP that incorporates a multimedia electronic dictionary and a touchscreen supporting handwriting recognition. The unit has 32 different dictionaries in 4 languages (Korean, English, Chinese, Japanese) and offers authentic native-speaker voice on search results from the contents in English, Chinese and Japanese. Other features included MP3, JPEG, ebook support, voice recording, camera function, and more. Suggested price is 179,000(KRW) for Udea Discovery 250 and 149,000(KRW) for Udea Discovery 200.

Source article here.

Sunday, August 3, 2008

Amazon rumored to have sold 240,000 Kindles

From Engadget -

According to TechCrunch Amazon has sold some 240,000 Kindles since November or about $100M in total revenue as what Wall Street's been predicting. While that is nothing compared to the potential $1B annual business analysts think Kindle can be, a quarter-million out the gate in the first year isn't that bad.

Source article here.

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