Since Apple put Mac vs PC out to pasture, allowing Mitchell and Webb to go back to making sketch shows that are infinitely less funny than Peep Show and Justin Long to pop up in irksome romantic comedies with Cameron Diaz, there’s been a gap in the market. Thank the gods of advertising then that Amazon has introduced iPad guy and his smug, expensive-sunnies-wearing nemesis Kindle Girl. Once again gadget warfare has a face but does Amazon have the firepower to take on the iPad?
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The Nintendo 3DS just keeps getting more intriguing. Yesterday, Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata teased plans to follow it with a Wii 2 3D and now he’s talking up Nintendo 3DS ebook reader skills that could take on the iPad and Kindle. It’s all down to the Nintendo 3DS’s new Wi-Fi smarts…
New York Times bosses are set to introduce charging for the New York Times website within weeks. It’s thought the timing could coincide with Apple’s predicted Apple Tablet even on January 27. Could this be another sign that big newspapers and magazines are gearing up to hit Apple’s as-yet hypothetical device?
New York magazine reports that New York Times chairman Arthur Sulzberger Jr is gearing up to announce charging for its website. It claims that the New York Times will opt for a metered payment system where users will be able to sample a certain number of free articles before being asked to pay.
If the New York Times’ does opt for that model, it would seem consistent with iTunes’ current payment system. The New York Times was the source of one of the earliest Apple Tablet rumours in this latest round of fevered speculation when editor Bill Keller seemingly mentioned the device in talk to staff.
It’s been heavily rumoured that the Apple Tablet will feature an ebook reader with a heavy focus on magazines. Apple has apparently been visiting publishers to discuss partnerships and magazine publishers like Conde Nast have shown concepts for bringing their magazines to tablets.
If newspapers and magazines offer subscriptions on an Apple Tablet, will you be buying them?
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New York Times bosses are set to introduce charging for the New York Times website within weeks. It’s thought the timing could coincide with Apple’s predicted Apple Tablet even on January 27. Could this be another sign that big newspapers and magazines are gearing up to hit Apple’s as-yet hypothetical device?
LG Display has demonstrated a flexible electronic display about the size of a tabloid newspaper which could be the first step in creating a new generation of e-readers.
Barnes & Noble’s Nook ebook reader has just emerged and somewhat predictably it’s already been hacked. So what’s hiding beneath the surface of the Android-packing book machine?
Delving into the root directory on the Nook, clever hack-happy types at Nookdevs have discovered that the ebook reader is packing untapped multi-media messaging service (MMS) support and support for speech recognition.
While MMS and speech recognition are not yet enable on the 3G packing, colour Nook, they could be activated in the future adding a whole new range of applications for the ebook reader.
If you somehow get your hands on a Nook, the process for getting at it’s secrets is a little involved – you’ll need a screwdriver, a microSD card reader and a computer running Linux – but if you’re keen you can read through the process over at the Nookdevs Wiki.
With all this untapped potential, this just leaves us gagging for a UK version of the Nook. Maybe Cool-er will wow us with its Cool-er 3G model next year or Amazon will finally give us a real UK version of the Kindle.
Barnes & Noble’s Nook ebook reader has just emerged and somewhat predictably it’s already been hacked. So what’s hiding beneath the surface of the Android-packing book machine? Read more
Apple’s Tablet might not have emerged from the Cupertino’s secret labs yet but it seems magazine publishers are taking the prospect very seriously. Conde Nast, publishers of Wired and Vogue, have already developed a concept for bringing its magazines to the Apple Tablet.