by Allen Weiner | April 25, 2011 | 12 Comments
Barnes and Noble has made good on its promise of upgrading the firmware on its Nook Color, launched in October 2010, by announcing that Froyo, aka Android 2.2, will now be available to Nook Color owners. The upgrade for the $249 device can be done immediately through “sideloading” (download from web and install) or via [...]
Category: Uncategorized Tags: Amazon, Android, Apple, Barnes and Noble, e-books, e-readers, Froyo, iPad, Nook
by Allen Weiner | December 6, 2010 | 3 Comments
Google’s entry into the digital publishing space with the launch of its eBookstore, partner program and device neutral distribution scheme is a big deal. On first look, there is the significant impact on rivals in the distribution space (Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Apple and Amazon) as they face new competition. However, as the first “media [...]
Category: Amazon Apple Cloud Google Tags: Amazon, Android, Apple, ebooks, Google, Google ebooks, iBookstore
by Allen Weiner | February 11, 2009 | Comments Off
In the research that led to our report, “Publishers Explore Digital Editions, Devices as New Channel Opportunities,” Mike McGuire and I debated/handicapped the merits of various e-reader devices and their chances of becoming the go-to gadgets for reading books, magazines and newspapers. Our conclusions were, well…inconclusive. With recent events, those inconclusive conclusions are even more…well… [...]
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Category: blogging Mobile Newspapers Publishing Television Web 2.0 Tags: Amazon, Android, Apple, books, e-books, e-readers, Google, iTune, Kindle, Plastic Logic
by Allen Weiner | October 22, 2008 | 3 Comments
About six weeks ago, I shelled out $299 for an iPhone as our corporate policy changed to allow us to use the device to access company email and calendar services. For someone who travels as much as I do, this was a big step which allows me to stay in touch without finding a WiFi [...]
Category: Mobile Video Tags: Android, Flixwagon, Google, iPhone, Mobile, N95, Nokia, Qik, T-Mobile
