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  • Dentsu Innovation Institute Survey Comparing the Actual Usage of Tablet Devices in Japan and the US

    Posted on March 30, 2012 | No Comments
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  • NEC BIGLOBE Launches Android(TM) Application Download Marketplace

    NEC BIGLOBE Launches Android(TM) Application Download Marketplace

    Posted on February 1, 2011 | No Comments
    TOKYO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–NEC BIGLOBE, Ltd. (Headquarters: Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo; President and CEO: Hisao Iizuka; BIGLOBE) announced today the USA launch of “andronavi” (http://us.andronavi.com), an Android...

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  • Digi-Key Corporation Announces Availability of iPad/HTML5 Version of Lighting Solutions TechZone™ Magazine

    Posted on December 14, 2010 | No Comments
    THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design engineers as having the industry’s broadest selection of electronic components available for...

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  • Samsung Vibrant From T-Mobile USA to Bring Robust Entertainment Experience on a Brilliant Screen

    Posted on June 28, 2010 | 1 Comment
    BELLEVUE, Wash. & DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--T-Mobile USA, Inc. and Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung Mobile), the No. 1 mobile phone provider in the U.S.1, today announced the Samsung Vibrant™, a Samsung Galaxy S™ device available from T-Mobile. Through pre-installed applications and pre-loaded content, the Samsung Vibrant’s comprehensive multimedia capabilities combine all your entertainment and communication needs into one device — it’s a television, bookshelf, radio, movie library, g

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  • Video: NEC’s “LifeTouch” Android tablet up and close

    Video: NEC’s “LifeTouch” Android tablet up and close

    Posted on June 17, 2010 | No Comments
    We've shown you the LifeTouch [JP], NEC's first stab at making a touchscreen tablet PC, on Monday, and now we got pointed to a video that shows the device in action. To recap, the LifeTouch is a seven-inch Android 2.1-based tablet running on an ARM Cortex A8 CPU (more info).

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  • Free coffee at Barnes and Noble

    Free coffee at Barnes and Noble

    Posted on June 7, 2010 | 1 Comment
    Let's face facts: today's all about the iPhone. (Yes, we're already there, waiting in line.) Non-iPhone stories will be few and far between. Even the following story has an iPhone connection—it's madness! Right then. Barnes and Noble has a begun a clever little promotion to get you into their stores (and hopefully buying their books): free coffee. Who doesn't like coffee, and free coffee at that?

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  • Sony Reader spreads its wings, will be available internationally later this year

    Sony Reader spreads its wings, will be available internationally later this year

    Posted on June 4, 2010 | No Comments
    The Sony Reader, going international. The electronic book reader, which is only available here and there, will spread to Japan, China, Australia, Italy, and Spain before the end of the year. Shocked.

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  • Kindle application pre-installed on Asus laptops and netbooks

    Kindle application pre-installed on Asus laptops and netbooks

    Posted on May 24, 2010 | No Comments
    Notebook and netbook maker Asus is pre-installing the Amazon Kindle for PC application, allowing Asus owners to access Amazon's selection of e-books without having to suffer through the pain of software installation on their own time. Not much more to say about this, except that it further cements Amazon's hegemony in the e-book market. How will Barnes and Noble respond, I wonder?

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  • Video: Toshiba’s amazing, tactile feedback-based UI solution for touchpanels

    Video: Toshiba’s amazing, tactile feedback-based UI solution for touchpanels

    Posted on May 21, 2010 | No Comments
    Many hardware makers, especially in the mobile device area, are betting high on touchscreens to let users interact with their products. Toshiba subsidiary Toshiba Information Systems has now developed the "New Sensation UI Solution", which is supposed to make user interaction via touchscreens more intuitive through tactile feedback. While this approach isn't new in itself, Toshiba's technology is different from other solutions as it doesn't actually "move" hardware through actuators. Instead, the system is based on a special film that's affixed to the touchpanel. That film, made by a Finnish company called Senseg, gives tactile feedback to the user when he or she touches the screen, charging the film.

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  • Samsung S-Pad coming in August?

    Samsung S-Pad coming in August?

    Posted on May 5, 2010 | No Comments
    Well, we're apparently in the time of the tablets. First it was the netbooks, then the e-book readers, and now the big thing is everyone has to have a tablet to peddle. Samsung is doing things a little differently, but I don't know if it'll be different enough to make an impact in the (soon to be) flooded market.

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  • Nook passes Kindle sales in March

    Nook passes Kindle sales in March

    Posted on April 26, 2010 | No Comments
    Well look at this: new kid on the book, Barnes & Noble's Nook ereader, just surpassed Amazon Kindle sales in March. Obviously the Nook is a bit newer than the Kindle and those who were going to buy a Kindle probably have already, but it also looks like B&N's retail network is also driving sales. Digitimes reports that 53% of e-book readers shipped were Nooks while 1.43 million ereaders were sold in Q1 2010. They're estimating that total ereader sales will reach 11 million by year's end.

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  • Video: No-touch, mid-air 3D input interface for mobile devices

    Video: No-touch, mid-air 3D input interface for mobile devices

    Posted on April 26, 2010 | No Comments
    A lot of sophisticated, portable gadgets nowadays have a touchscreen, but what if you could operate those gadgets with your fingers - without touching the display or any part of the device itself? A research team led by Masatoshi Ishikawa, a professor at the University of Tokyo, has developed a way to operate mobile devices by moving your fingers in mid-air.

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  • Sharp unveils glasses-free 3D display for ebook readers, tablets

    Sharp unveils glasses-free 3D display for ebook readers, tablets

    Posted on April 12, 2010 | No Comments
    It was just a matter of time, but now Sharp has unveiled a 10.6-inch display [JP], which is 3D, can be used without glasses and is suitable for e-book readers, tablet PCs and digital photo frames. Just like with the 3D TV the company showed today, technical details are relatively scarce (both devices were publicly shown for the first time today).

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  • Author Solutions To Distribute Indie E-Books Through B&N Website, Nook

    Author Solutions To Distribute Indie E-Books Through B&N Website, Nook

    Posted on March 1, 2010 | No Comments
    Fresh off the heels of a distribution agreement that brought many of e-books in its catalog to Scribd, indie book publisher Author Solutions (ASI) has inked a similar deal with bookseller Barnes & Noble. Under terms of the agreement, e-book formats of all new ASI titles published through the AuthorHouse, iUniverse, Trafford Publishing, and Xlibris imprints will be made available for purchase through the B&N website on its nook reader.

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  • Beginner’s guide to barefoot running

    Beginner’s guide to barefoot running

    Posted on February 3, 2010 | No Comments
    Beginners Guide to Five Fingers – The good lads over at BirthdayShoes.com put together an interesting presentation on VFFs and barefoot running. It’s fairly concise and nicely designed so I’ll excuse the fact that “free ebooks” are pretty dumb generally. The [beginner's guide] is a twenty page e-book aimed at V5F “newbies” because let’s face it, [...]

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