08-26-2009, 09:22 AM | #1 |
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More details for the txtr emerge!
A new press release from the makers of the txtr just arrived and gives us some more tidbits of information.
The most important news here is that txtr will be cooperating with e-plus and ecotel to bring Kindle-like on-the-go bookshopping capabilities to the txtr. No exact details like prices and terms of use have surfaced yet, but the news that somebody has managed to form this kind of deal in Germany is already quite an amazing feat in itself! The other exciting news is that the txtr will be launched on the Franfurt Book Fair on the 14. of Octobre 2009. All information about prices, subsription fees and content will become available then. It's another date to look forward to! The attached .pdf is in german, if somebody feels like translating it he's welcome to... Last edited by CommanderROR; 08-26-2009 at 09:31 AM. |
08-26-2009, 09:26 AM | #2 |
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nevermind
Last edited by Nate the great; 08-26-2009 at 09:33 AM. Reason: I had pointedout that the wrong one was attached |
08-26-2009, 09:27 AM | #3 |
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Got it yesterday, I just noticed that I attached the wrong one...
Thanks for pointing it out Nate! Last edited by CommanderROR; 08-26-2009 at 09:33 AM. |
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According to Google:
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08-26-2009, 10:22 AM | #5 |
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I am really looking forward to this reader. Not because of the online stuff, it prob wont work here in sweden anyway but rahter because of the design and the quickness it is suppose to have.
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08-26-2009, 11:29 AM | #6 |
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are they planning to sell in the states?
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08-26-2009, 11:52 AM | #7 |
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Not at first, maybe later on, who knows.
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08-26-2009, 12:23 PM | #8 |
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At least a new device in and for Europe! Iam looking forward to seeing all the specifications and the price. Perhaps it will be "my Ebook", who knows?
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08-26-2009, 12:26 PM | #9 |
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Sorry! I did not want to say "at least", but "at last"!
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08-26-2009, 12:31 PM | #10 |
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08-26-2009, 12:31 PM | #11 |
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Sorry! I did not want to say "at least" but "at last"!
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08-26-2009, 01:19 PM | #12 |
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According to the attached PDF 3G will work only in Germany at the beginning, because Eplus and Ecotel are german firms.
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08-27-2009, 06:43 AM | #13 |
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08-27-2009, 09:07 AM | #14 |
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Will it have built-in dictionary, like the Sony and Kindle have? I have a feeling it won't have...
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