Samsung packs more pixels into tablet and notebook displays
Samsung Display has chosen Vancouver’s Display Week Exhibition hosted by the Society for Information Display to unveil two new Retina-beating display panels. The WQXGA 10.1-inch LCD screen will be used for tablets, while the QHD+ 13.3-inch is destined for notebooks. Details are scant, but we have managed to persuade Samsung to part with a few [...]
eBooks Account for 15% of All Books Sold in Canada
Electronic books are catching on like wildfire in the US and UK, but in Canada, their traction leaves something to be desired. A recent study conducted by Book Net has its research saying that paperback books (including mass markets) comprised 58% of all purchases in 2012, hardcovers accounted for 24%, and ebooks 15%. Book sales [...]
HP Slatebook x2 Tablet with Tegra 4 hands-on
Last week the folks from HP announced their latest Android tablet, one of the first devices to be powered by NVIDIA‘s Tegra 4 quad-core, and today we were able to get our hands all over it. It’s the new HP Slatebook x2 Transformer-like tablet running on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean and coming to market in [...]
1-2-KNOW: A notebook, and tablet too!
THIS is a hybrid notebook tablet solution that allows you to enjoy both tablet and notebook form factors. The HP Split x2 is a two-in-one detachable notebook that runs on a third generation Intel Core processor as well as Windows 8 as the operating system of choice. Your eyes will definitely be pleased by the [...]
Morning Manga Magazine Goes Same-Day Digital—but Only in Japan
Kodansha’s Morning magazine is one of the most interesting manga magazines in the Japanese marketplace. It’s pitched at young adults, and the stories tend to be somewhat more sophisticated than the genre magazines aimed at young teens and pre-teens (Shonen Jump, Ribon, etc.) Many of the Morning series that have been licensed in English have [...]
Tablet? Laptop? HP does the splits with Tegra-based SlateBook x2
HP is to follow its Windows 8-based tablet keyboard combo, the Envy x2, with an Android Jelly Bean version – the computer giant’s take on Asus’ popular Transformer series. Set to ship in August – in the US at least; the UK release is less certain – the SlateBook x2 will be built around a [...]
Barnes and Noble Beefs Up Nook iOS App for Comics Readers
Barnes and Noble announced a major upgrade to its Nook app for iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch this week, bringing the full range of digital comics capabilities to the app for the first time. Previously, many comics in the Nook store were available only on Nook devices, not on the associated apps. With the upgrade, [...]
Are 10-inch tablets going the way of the dinosaurs? – Android Authority
The 7-inch tablet has enjoyed a meteoric rise to prominence even though it was publicly blasted by Steve Jobs at a certain point. The Nexus 7 and the Kindle Fire have both accelerated the growth of the 7-inch tablet, with many manufacturers jumping in on the act. Now there are a plethora of small tablets [...]
The Good e-Reader Magazine Relaunches
The Good e-Reader Magazine was a pet project of ours when we started the website, many years ago. After a long hiatus, we have decided to bring it back in a new modern look! We have partnered with online magazine creator Glossi to make the Good e-Reader Magazine available on any PC, MAC or tablet! [...]
Good e-Reader Radio – B&N Nook Success, Smashwords Data, and Library News
Welcome to the weekend edition of the Good e-Reader Radio Show! Today, we talk in detail about all of the rumors surrounding Barnes and Noble. The company has seen great success with its price reduction in the UK and the US stocks surged on the news while Microsoft was offering one billion dollars for Nook [...]
3M Cloud Library Talks eBook Pilot Projects with Major Publishers
The 3M Cloud Library service may only be a few years old, but the company has developed a cohesive business in a short period of time. The company finds a ton of success in functioning as a content distribution system for libraries. The 3M platform is very attractive to publishers and has secured numerous pilot [...]
Samsung Patent Hints at Flexible Displays, Tech Behind Them and Ebook Reading
The US Patent Trademark Office recently published two fresh patent applications from Samsung, covering some very interesting areas. I’m talking about flexible displays and ebooks. The main patent published refers to a flexible display device that will detect bending information and act accordingly. The second patent relates to the page turning mechanism in future Ebook [...]
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