Posts Tagged "Newspaper"

Apple Will Save Publishing and Redefine eBooks

Posted by Editor on Jan 19, 2010 in Amazon Kindle, Apple, Nook, Tablets

Interesting article by Carly Z over at GearDiary in regards to the Apple Tablet as an ebook reader, which at this point is all but assumed. This piece is asking the question, Apple as a Bookstore: Savior of Reading or Doomsday Scenario?

Personally I have a feeling that it will be much more the former. That Apple will not only make huge strides toward saving traditional publishing but will also school all existing ebook efforts as to how its done. But first here are some of GearDiary’s points:

Asus Brings Tasty eBook Reader to Market

Posted by Editor on Jan 18, 2010 in Tablets

Engadget points out this compact, WiMax-enabled e-book charmer from Asus:

ASUS is suddenly all chatty with its plans to enter the e-reader market in 2010. Just yesterday we got word of a 6-inch color (claimed to be OLED by InGear) e-reader from ASUS by the name of DR-570 headed to retail before the year is through. Now we’ve got details of a second ASUS e-reader, dubbed the DR-950 that should arrive sooner. This time we’re looking at a 9-inch Sipix panel with 1,024 x 768 pixel resolution pushing 16-levels of gray just like the Jinke reader unveiled at CES. The touchscreen DR-950 features text-to-speech (based on Svox engine supporting 26 languages), a web browser that works in portrait or landscape modes, a virtual keyboard and handwriting input, a RSS reader, and dictionary (with expandable database) with real-time translation.

Spec-wise, the 222 x 161 x 9-mm / 370-gram reader packs WiFi and HSPA (WiMax is optional) data radios, 3.5-mm headphone jack and stereo speakers, with 4GB of internal memory and SD Card expansion. Supported formats include PDF, TXT, Audible, MP3, and unprotected ePub. Not bad ASUS, not bad. Now let’s see some content partners, eh?

Head over to Engadget for more pictures.

Apple Tablet a Boon for Ex-Pats and Travelers

Posted by Editor on Jan 12, 2010 in Apple, Tablets

Apple’s tablet is expected to help resuscitate the publishing world by offering downloadable e-book versions of popular printed magazines, periodicals and newspapers through the iTunes Store. Perhaps this doesn’t seem all that exciting to the average American, but it could be a boon to travelers and ex-pats living abroad.