Apr 21

Kindle officially going on sale at Target on April 25

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Looks like that blurry leak we got was dead-on: Target and Amazon just officially announced that the Kindle will be sold in the Minneapolis Target flagship store and 102 southern Florida stores starting April 25, with the rest of the chain getting units as the year goes on. That’s the first time Jeff Bezo’s e-reader will be sold in a brick-and-mortar store, a big step for Amazon we’re taking as a response to Barnes & Noble’s heavy in-store promotion of the Nook — although Target already carries the Sony Reader line, so it’s not totally crazy. We’ll see how this affects sales in the months to come — and whether or not Target follows this up by selling the iPad as well. Full press release after the break.

Update: A kind, anonymous tipster has sent us in that little photo of what appears to be the Kindle’s Target packaging. Thanks!

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Apr 13

Barnes & Noble Nook now up for order at Best Buy’s website

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Our watches may be off by a few hours or so, but April 18th it ain’t. Evidently that matters not, as Barnes & Noble’s Nook is now up for order on Best Buy’s website, a full five days earlier than we were expecting it. ‘Course, in-store pickup still isn’t available, but those who plunk down the plastic online should see it ship out within a day or so. If you’re still fond of these e-reader things, and you’re kosher with a few quirks, the big yellow sticker would be happy to craft a shipping label with your name on it for $259.99.

[Thanks, Absolution]

Barnes & Noble Nook now up for order at Best Buy’s website originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 13 Apr 2010 22:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apr 13

Spring Design Alex starts shipping tomorrow

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We’d gripe about the wait, but given all the e-book readers we saw at CES that’ve fallen off the radar or been delayed to oblivion, we’re actually pretty proud of Spring Design for shipping the Alex at last. Orders will start going out tomorrow for the $399 dual screen reader. Not sure it’s worth the price? Well, we’re not positive either. Check out our review for a bit of help deciding.

Spring Design Alex starts shipping tomorrow originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apr 12

Best Buy confirms Nook for April 18, Greg Packer still hasn’t opened his iPad (update)

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With all of the Nook chatter going down at Best Buy lately, it was bound to become official sooner or later: as of this morning Reuters is reporting that the retailer will start carrying Barnes and Noble’s e-reader beginning, as previously reported, on April 18. We just hope you can contain your excitement until then — we know we’ll be doing our best.

Update: We just got our hands on the PR, and here is a little more detail: Not only will the Nook and B&N eBook giftcards be available at Best Buy locations and in its online store, the Geek Squad is also apparently hard at work installing the Nook eReader software on “select PCs, netbooks, tablets and smartphones” sold in its stores. The device is set to retail for $260. Peep the PR for yourself after the break.

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Apr 09

Elonex announces iDock XL, iDock Aero and £99 710EB e-reader, we go hands-on

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We stopped by Elonex‘s booth at The Gadget Show Live for its product launch extravaganza. First is the iDock XL screen dock for the iPhone / iPod touch, which sadly doesn’t serve as an iPhone-to-iPad converter, but will let you do the usual video and photo display on its 10-inch 800×480 screen (the prototype pictured above has a smaller temporary screen). You’ll find a removable battery that lasts for about four hours or almost twice that with a secondary internal battery, or you can leave the iDock XL plugged in via its micro-USB port. Available in May for £149 ($229).

More toys after the break, including a look at the iDock Aero and the 710EB e-reader.

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Apr 06

Plastic Logic up for sale even though its QUE proReader isn’t? (Updated: Investor confirms neither are for sale)

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While you can’t buy a QUE proReader until summer it seems that you can buy the company. Well, maybe not you but someone with a few hundred million in the bank. At least that’s the way the Financial Times is framing a piece focused on UK investor Hermann Hauser, whose venture capital firm has a stake in Plastic Logic. According to Hauser, “We’re in very interesting negotiations with … well, that would be a separate interview, you will hopefully hear [more] about this in the autumn.”

Why would anybody want to buy this offshoot from the University of Cambridge’s Cavendish Laboratory? After all, dedicated monochrome E-Ink devices are on their last legs, right? Chips made from plastic, not silicon, that’s why — intellectual property that could revolutionize integrated circuits and the entire computing industry. For the moment, however, Plastic Logic is only manufacturing the simple plastic transistors found inside its QUE proReader display that switch each pixel on or off — a far cry from PCBs loaded with plastic integrated circuits. And as the FT acknowledges, any potential buyer might end up with an e-reader company and nothing more. Not exactly where you want to be at the dawn of the second coming of tablet computers.

Updated: We heard from Plastic Logic investor Hermann Hauser who firmly says the company is not for sale. Apparently his comments were taken out of context. That still doesn’t answer our question of when we will be able to get our hands on a QUE proReader.

[Thanks, Charlie]

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Apr 02

iPad roundup: iDisplay extended desktop, plus Kindle and Time reader apps

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Say what you will, the past couple of days have been littered with signs of a rapidly expanding set of functions that the iPad can perform. Latest on the block is the iDisplay desktop extender, which will turn any of your iPhone OS devices into a WiFi-connected second monitor, allowing you to finally unchain your Mac OS (Windows version forthcoming) desktop and take it on the move. Introductory price is $4.99 and you’ll find an early hands-on experience at the TUAW link. Next up we have the Kindle for iPhone app contracting its name to just Kindle and making the expected jump to iPad compatibility with version 2.0, which comes with iBookstore-like page turning and, best of all, won’t cost you a thing. We’ve also got word of Time Magazine pricing what’s free on the iPhone at $4.99 per issue on the iPad, with the excuse being that you can “experience Time in a revolutionary new way.” Good luck with that, we say.

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Apr 01

Amazon agrees to agency pricing model with two more publishers, Jobs prophecy coming to pass

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Time to add HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster to the list of publishers who’ve managed to strongarm Amazon into acceding to their supposedly industry-saving agency pricing model. Under the new agreement, you might still see e-book versions of bestsellers priced at the familiar $9.99, but the majority will be jumping up to $12.99 and $14.99 price points, depending on the publisher’s discretion. This is essentially the same deal that brought Macmillan books back to Amazon.com, and the e-tailer is believed to also be in advanced negotiations with Hatchette Book Group and Penguin Group to ensure that no book is left behind. This development was cryptically predicted by Steve Jobs mere hours after the iPad’s launch and then reiterated by Rupert Murdoch with regard to HarperCollins, so we can’t exactly act surprised now, but we can at least grimace a little at having to face a more expensive e-reading future.

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Mar 30

iTunes 9.1 now available, brings iPad syncing and iBook support

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Hot on the heels of a ginormous OS X update comes this, the freshest version of the music management software that everyone loves to hate. iTunes 9.1 is live and available to download, bringing with it support for iPad syncing (you know, that little tablet that arrives on Saturday?) as well as the ability to “organize and sync books you’ve downloaded from iBooks on iPad or added to your iTunes library.” The new version also gives users the ability to rename, rearrange, or remove Genius Mixes, but we’re fairly sure you stopped caring after hearing the first point. It’s weighing in at around 97.3MB (give or take a few KB), so fire up Software Update and get it going… if you dare.

Update: We’re hearing that the new version renames “Applications” to just “Apps” and the Genius Mixes / iPhone / iPod touch sync pages have been retooled. Anything else major? Let us know in comments!

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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Mar 29

Beijing Gorld combines sub-par cellphone with lackluster e-reader

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Alongside the Get Smart shoe phone, Beijing Gorld’s 600TW e-reader / cellphone has to be one of the less useful combos we can imagine. As an E Ink device, it’s pretty straightforward — 6-inch display and a battery life of approximately 6,000 page turns. And there’s no denying that the plethora of connectivity options (including SMS messaging, GSM, GPRS, and EDGE, WiFi, and Bluetooth) is a pretty sweet deal. All the same, we can’t really picture this thing providing a satisfying handset experience at all. Available in China for 2,880 yuan (about $420).

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