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Alex the Android eBook has Two Screens and Smartphone Capabilities

by Jay Garrett on October 19, 2009

alex-ebook-readerEveryone say hello to Alex the eBook reader.

This lovely, and friendly sounding gadget comes courtesy of Spring Design.

This eBook reader not only has the usual black and white e-Ink screen it has another display that features full colour niceness!

Alex also throws in full web browsing over Wi-Fi and 3G (or EVDO/CDMA in America).

I love the idea that publishers can embed links in to the main text and create live footnotes for further reading in the colour section :)

Web content can be cached onto the device’s internal memory, and swapped to the monochrome screen to preserve battery life.

Alex apparently has ‘full smartphone cabilities’ as well but I’m guessing more info will surface ahead of its ‘before the years end’ release.

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Phosphor e-Ink Watches – Coolness With a Hint of Geek Chic

by Jay Garrett on May 19, 2009

screenhunter_05_may__19_01_29These watches look cool, use e-ink and don’t look overtly geeky – WIN!

Personally I think that these new Phosphor watches have real-world style.

The watches have a cool kind of bold newsprint look to them, really using the retro-future style of e-ink to the ultimate.

 They’re just right in the chunkiness levels too and the best thing is that the whole range slips beneath the $200 mark and they’re available now!  :)  

Check out Phosphor which I found via Engadget

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Amazon Kindle 2 Shot In The Wild

October 4, 2008 Click to read more →

Well Amazon has tried to quiet the next gen Kindle rumours but GBR has something that will be more difficult to refute.
As you are probably aware there has been lots of talk about a pair of totally new Kindles.
Not so much as totally new but more along revised this device appears to address the initial [...]

Sony’s Reader Goes Open

July 24, 2008 Click to read more →

Another feather in the cap for Sony’s Reader.
An update will allow it to use EPUB books as well as the ones from the Sony e-Book Store. 
This is something that the Kindle can’t do and opens up a large range of books to the new reader which it was definetly lacking before.
Could this be the start of more open readers?
 
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Sony Pips The Kindle in UK With PRS-505 Reader

July 23, 2008 Click to read more →

Pipping the Kindle v2 to launch here is Sony’s reader!
The second-gen book replacer from Sony, the PRS-505 Reader is smaller than a hardback, has memory to store up to 160 e-books, which is expandable via an optional Memory Stick or SD Memory card, and it can also be used as a mass storage device for file transfers.
Weighing [...]

Epson Hi-Res e-Paper – e-Ink

May 22, 2008 Click to read more →

Most of you readers here will have seen quite a handful of e-papers and designs using e-Ink but Epson’s new prototype display demands a closer look!
Why?  Well it features an eye lovingly high resolution for its dimensions: 3104 x 4128, swaggering in at something like 385ppi.
According to FarEastGizmos, The e-ink is being supplied by E-Ink (duh!) and the [...]