12:00 PM by Nate the great in E-Book General | News

I just posted a review of the Nook over on my blog. The Nook has been out a couple months now so it's difficult to say anything new, but I think I did. Here is an excerpt:

As you probably know, the Nook runs Android OS, and has Wifi & a small touchscreen. This potentially makes the Nook a small Android tablet, and that’s probably going to be the WOW Factor for the Nook – but only after someone figures out how to do something neat with it. When it comes to the stock firmware, the touchscreen is not used for anything more than a basic interface for the menu. It feels like they took a K2 and replaced the keyboard and joystick with the touchscreen and then did not bother to think up anything new to do with it.
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My Recommendation

The only reason to get the Nook is if you are planning to hack it and install new apps. The stock firmware is limited in features when compared to the K2 or the Sony Touch Edition. At the very least, the current problems with battery life should give you pause.

A Second Opinion

I've heard from a number of people who love their Nook. They're right; it is a nice ebook reader. I'm sure if you got one you would be happy with it. But there are a number of nice ebook readers on the market; you might be happy with any one of them.

11:32 AM by davem2bits in E-Book Readers | Amazon Kindle

There is an update available at amazon.com

http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custom...deId=200324680

I was able to uninstall the screensaver hack and font hack, then install the update. Then reinstall the two hacks. And all seems good.

No idea what the update does.

11:23 AM by BKeeper in E-Book General | News

Update: I was at MWC today and got a chance to talk to Rahat Sahni from Notion Ink. We have more info concerning software compatibility.

The much anticipated iPad killer Adam gets final specs.
Price Range: $327-800
Release date: September

1) PixelQi screen: Should provide plenty of battery life with the pixelQi display in B/W.
(We can agree that it will have better battery life than an Iliad...)
2) Expansion slots: USB , an HDMI port and an expandable SD card slot.
3) 3.2 MP Swivel Auto Focus Camera: A Notion Ink patented design, this could lead to interesting cases of recording your meetings, lectures in High definition.
4) Flash Acceleration
5) Multitouch
6) 3G/wifi/BT - AGPS
7) Multitasking: Yeah, Apple made this a feature.

Will run Android/ Ubuntu / Chrome

Check specs: Here
Video: Here

Now, will June be too late? ie: won't Apple have saturated the market by then?
What do you think?
I for one am really excited!

via [NI CEO]

10:27 AM by zelda_pinwheel in Miscellaneous | Announcements

Crikey ! How time flies ! Our next Paris meetup is next week, on saturday, the 20 of February. That's only seven days to clear your schedule and post a confirmation in this thread that you'll be there ! You don't want to miss it, since we're thrilled to announce the presence of a Guest Star, MobileRead's own nekokami, all the way from the US ! Mark your calendars, and be sure to put on a hat before you leave home, it's cold out there.

Here are all the details :

When : Saturday, 20 February starting at 6pm

Where : bar La Sardine, place Ste. Marthe (room behind the bar)

google map

more infos

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Boudi, ce que le temps passe vite ! Notre prochain apéro parisien est déjà la semaine prochaine, samedi 20 février ! Plus que sept jours pour dégager vos agenda et confirmer votre présence dans ce fil. Ne le ratez surtout pas, car nous sommes ravis de vous annoncer la présence d'une invitée spéciale, notre propre nekokami, qui fera le déplacement depuis les US ! Marquez donc vos agendas d'une pierre blanche et surtout n'oubliez pas le bonnet, il fait pas chaud dehors.

Voici tous les détails :

Quand : samedi le 20 février, à partir de 18h
Où : salle du fond au bar La Sardine, place Ste. Marthe,

plan google

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06:00 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Week in Review

If you've been a bit too busy to keep up, here are a few of our favorite stories from the past week.

E-Book General - News and Commentary

• Hanvon N516 review
• TeleRead Sold to North American Publishing Company

06:40 AM by anurag in E-Book General | News

From http://www.teleread.org/2010/02/10/t...cept-for-mine/

TeleRead, the oldest English-language site devoted to general e-book news and views, is now owned by the Gadgetell subsidiary of the North American Publishing Company (NAPCO). We closed the deal today.

I’m leaving as editor-publisher, but Co-editor Paul Biba (left photo) will remain—now as full editor. What’s more, Senior Writer Chris Meadows (right), the second most frequent contributor, will stay. Both Paul and Chris have been e-book-lovers for eons, and publications ranging from the New York Times to the Guardian have quoted Paul over the years. Under Paul, who has supplied most of TeleRead’s posts since September 2008 and managed it day to day, you’ll continue to be able to speak up for or against DRM and share your thoughts on e-book formats or the Macmillan-Amazon controversy.

Started to advocate well-stocked national digital library systems, a cause still dear to me, TeleRead has been online in one form or another since 1992, when I was posting the library plan on CompuServe. Nowadays we draw close to 100,000 unique visitors a month and are among the world’s primary sources of e-book news for readers, writers, editors, agents and publishers. Among other things, TeleRead prodded the main trade group, the International Digital Publishing Forum, into finally going ahead with a consumer-level standard for e-books; and today the Sony Reader, the new Apple iPad and countless other machines can read files formatted in ePub.

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12:21 PM by Nate the great in E-Book General | News

I just posted part 2 of the review over on my blog. I think it's worth a read.

Original Firmware

When using the default firmware (v1.7), the N516 scores a 1 out of 3. It has no sleep mode, and it can’t read a popular format. In fact, it’s really not very good at reading ebooks. My unit only supported HTML, TXT, and PDF. The HTML was completely unusable; all of the tags were ignored. The PDF was marginal (on a 5″ screen). And the txt is text.

Open Inkpot Firmware

My reading experience improved greatly after I installed OI. Open Inkpot uses FBReader as its reading software, and all of FBReader’s features were implemented: page margin, line spacing, font choice & size, justification, everything. It’s difficult to convey how many options FBreader has, but I can say that it will satisfy the pickiest user.
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My Recommendation

I still think the Jetbook is better, but if you get the N516 then you should install Open Inkpot. It’s worth it. If it were available, I’d use the OI firmware on my Jetbook.

I'm still trying to find the right level of detail to include in a review. If there is too much detail, then the review is too long. Too little detail, and it's shallow. I think this review is about right. If you think there's something I missed, please let me know.

06:00 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Week in Review

Ladies and Gentlemen, it's time for our weekly roundup of what's new and interesting in the world of e-books.

E-Book Devices - Barnes & Noble nook

• New Update available for the nook.

Portable Devices - Apple Devices

• IPad Design - if Apple was custom designing one for me

Miscellaneous - Announcements

• Mobileread's ebook library turns 15,000