Lightweight screen mimics look of a printed newspaper
The device, which is unnamed, uses the same technology as the Sony eReader and Amazon.com’s Kindle, a highly legible black-and-white display developed by the E Ink Corporation. While both of those devices are intended primarily as book readers, Plastic Logic’s device, which will be shown at an emerging technology trade show in San Diego, has a screen more than twice as large. The size of a piece of copier paper, it can be continually updated via a wireless link, and can store and display hundreds of pages of newspapers, books and documents.
New York Times
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Monday, September 8, 2008
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
A Solar-Powered E-Book Reader
Device unveiled at Greener Gadgets Design Competition
A thin film solar cell is built into the laminated aluminum lid. In sunlight, the cell can harvest enough energy to allow a page turn every 8 seconds. No external provisions are made for charging the device from mains power, so 100% of the energy used by it is renewable. The lid is linked to the main body with a two element living hinge which conceals the electrical connections to the solar cell.
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A thin film solar cell is built into the laminated aluminum lid. In sunlight, the cell can harvest enough energy to allow a page turn every 8 seconds. No external provisions are made for charging the device from mains power, so 100% of the energy used by it is renewable. The lid is linked to the main body with a two element living hinge which conceals the electrical connections to the solar cell.
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Sony's New E-Book Reader Goes On Sale
Comes with 100 classics
Sony's PRS-505 Reader hits stores in Britain on Sept. 4 at a cost of £200, which includes a bundled CD containing 100 "classic" (in other words, uncopyrighted) books.
TechRadar
So how does Sony expect us to react to its new slab?
By making content – and lots of it – extremely accessible. The manufacturer has certainly learnt from its experiences in the US, where purchasers also had to obtain their books from a single Sony-owned website.For the UK release has roped Waterstones in on the action. Expect its 25,000 ebooks to cost around 10-15 per cent less than their physical counterparts. But it's not just purchasable books you can load onto the Reader. There's the vast array of out-of-print books available for free on the web, too.
TechRadar
Sony's PRS-505 Reader hits stores in Britain on Sept. 4 at a cost of £200, which includes a bundled CD containing 100 "classic" (in other words, uncopyrighted) books.
TechRadar
So how does Sony expect us to react to its new slab?
By making content – and lots of it – extremely accessible. The manufacturer has certainly learnt from its experiences in the US, where purchasers also had to obtain their books from a single Sony-owned website.For the UK release has roped Waterstones in on the action. Expect its 25,000 ebooks to cost around 10-15 per cent less than their physical counterparts. But it's not just purchasable books you can load onto the Reader. There's the vast array of out-of-print books available for free on the web, too.
TechRadar
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Customer Reviews of E-Books
CyberRead to enhance reviews of digital offerings
PowerReviews, a developer of customer-review technology for retailers and their shoppers, announced that CyberRead, an ebook seller, has chosen PowerReviews to manage it customer reviews.
BusinessWire
PowerReviews, a developer of customer-review technology for retailers and their shoppers, announced that CyberRead, an ebook seller, has chosen PowerReviews to manage it customer reviews.
BusinessWire
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