10/29/2010
New York Times – Online
Near the end of a recent flight to Los Angeles, the flight attendant’s voice on the plane’s intercom asked passengers to “power down your books” for landing.
Just a couple of years ago those words would have elicited curious laughs. Yet on this flight there wasn’t even a murmur; just the [...]
09/27/2010
Thomson Reuters
TOKYO, Sept 27 (Reuters) – Sharp Corp (6753.T) said on Monday it would launch an e-book service and tablet-style computer in Japan in December, taking on Apple Inc’s (AAPL.O) iPad and domestic rival Sony’s (6758.T) Reader.
Sharp’s GALAPAGOS reader will go on sale in December, and will initially offer access to about 30,000 books, newspapers [...]
09/22/2010
Thomson Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Electronic readers have surged in popularity in recent years and will continue to gain traction with Americans, but they might remain a niche device coveted mostly by avid bibliophiles.
About eight percent of U.S. readers use an e-reader. But a Harris Interactive poll released on Wednesday showed that about 12 [...]
01/08/2010
Wall Street Journal
Qualcomm has come to market with a display technology called Mirasol that it expects to power next-generation, color e-book readers. Mirasol relies on so-called Imod technology, which uses ambient light to generate images and colors.
Unless you’re Stephen Hawking, the scientific details will make your nose bleed. But Qualcomm says that e-readers with [...]
12/04/2009
RCR Wireless
While e-readers and personal navigation devices may be popular “embedded device” gift items this year, their success also will drive the emerging sector to bring even more innovative products to market in the next 12 to 18 months. The potential of the space also will drive carriers to experiment with a variety of business [...]
11/23/2009
EE Times Europe
LONDON — Qualcomm Corp. has shown off a 5.3-inch full-color non-volatile MEMS-based display and claims a slightly larger version, with a 5.7-inch diagonal size, will be found in an e-reader product to deploy in fall 2010. The display features 1,024 by 768 pixel resolution and around 220 pixels per inch.
“We have a brand [...]
11/10/2009
EE Times
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Thirty-six years ago, Ben Foss conceived of a device that could read out text from printed pages to help him with his dyslexia. Tomorrow (Nov. 10) Foss will ship the product in his role as director of access technology for Intel’s digital health group.
The Intel Reader is a paperback-sized device [...]
10/20/2009
New York Times
arnes & Noble, which has long left open the possibility of introducing its own electronic reader, is expected to unveil on Tuesday at a news conference in Manhattan what it is calling the Nook.
The device features color touch-screen controls and a gray-and-white reading display. It will cost $259, matching Amazon.com’s most recent price [...]
