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B&N settles in Spring Design ereader legal spat

Chris Davies, Mar 2nd 2011 Discuss [0]

Spring Design may be voluntarily "phasing out" the Alex ereader but its taken a settlement offer from Barnes & Noble to end the ongoing lawsuit between the two firms. According to a B&N press release, "Spring Design will grant Barnes & Noble a non-exclusive, paid-up royalty free license for the entire portfolio of Spring Design patents and patent applications." Read The Full Story

SlashGear Week in Review – Week 9 2011

Shane McGlaun, Feb 27th 2011 Discuss [0]

Welcome to this week's edition of the SlashGear Week in Review! It was a busy week in the tech world with some major new products landing this week. The new Hanvon HPad A112 surfaced packing Android Froyo, a 3MP camera and a lot more. The tablet has a 7-inch 800 x 600 screen and is 10.8mm thick. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Morning Wrap-Up: February 22 2011

Chris Burns, Feb 22nd 2011 Discuss [0]

Well hello there all you morning readers, haven't seen you around for a while! We've been to Barcelona and back and now we're back in the New York Groove to get you all the news you want in the tiny package you love the best - SlashGear Morning Wrap-Up! Have a look at a HTC Inspire 4G Review, the winners of the Android Community Big Fat Android Toy Giveaway #1, and the Motorola XOOM Street Egg Ad that'll swallow you up whole! Don't forget the odd Motorola Roadster [In-Car Bluetooth Speakerphone] Review - talk in your car all day! Have a look at a slew of Lenovo item releases: the ThinkPad W520 quadcore desktop replacement, the Lenovo ThinkPad T420s, T420 and T520, and the Lenovo ThinkPad L420 and L520 entry-level notebooks. All of them very black with a red nose. Then while you're mind is still at it, get the official price of the Verizon released Motorola XOOM. Read The Full Story

Spring Design “phasing out” Alex ereader

Chris Davies, Feb 22nd 2011 Discuss [0]

Spring Design has apparently confirmed that it is "phasing out" the dual-screen Alex ereader, with no replacement in sight. On sale since March 2010, the Android-based device - which has an E Ink panel on top and a color LCD touchscreen underneath - will apparently be retired over the next six months, according to an email the company sent to The Ebook Reader. Read The Full Story

NOOK design theft suit with Spring Design to continue

Chris Davies, Dec 29th 2010 Discuss [2]

Barnes & Noble's calls for the Spring Design lawsuit that claims the retailer stole design ideas to use in its original NOOK ereader have been denied, leaving the case - in which Spring Design claim misappropriated trade secrets, breach of contract and unfair competition - to continue. Spring Design allege that B&N stole ideas from their Alex ereader during a period of co-development in 2009, with a judge deciding there was "significant factual dispute" over whether the NOOK's design was influenced by ideas shared under NDA. Read The Full Story

Sony dual-display touchscreen ereader patent application unearthed

Chris Davies, May 28th 2010 Discuss [0]

A new patent application from Sony suggests the company might be the latest to jump on the dual-display ereader bandwagon. Unlike the nook and Spring Design Alex, however, the Sony design would incorporate its two screens into a foldable housing that could be used in either book orientation or, rotated 90-degrees, in a notebook orientation. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Week in Review – Week 17 2010

Shane McGlaun, May 9th 2010 Discuss [0]

Another week come and gone, check out the latest Week in Review! Early this week we learned that there was an antitrust inquiry brewing with Apple at the center. The inquiry has to do with the iPhone OS 4.0 SDK and Adobe is said to be behind it. Read The Full Story

Kobo ereader hits Borders preorder for $150

Chris Davies, May 7th 2010 Discuss [0]

Kobo and Borders have announced that the Kobo ereader is now available for preorder, and will begin shipping from June 17th 2010. Priced at $149.99, the Kobo lacks WiFi or 3G but does at least come with Bluetooth, for wireless transfers of ebooks from your computer to the device; those ebooks, Borders hope, come from their own selection of over 1m titles, though you can also load up any DRM-free ePub or PDF content. Read The Full Story

Reviews

Spring Design Alex Review

Ewdison Then, May 5th 2010 Discuss [0]

Two screens, Android OS and ebooks a-plenty: no, not Barnes & Noble’s nook, but the Spring Design Alex. Promising extra flexibility than its big-name rival and an imminent partnership with Borders, the Alex nonetheless has to deliver if it’s going to live up to a whopping $399 price tag. Can it hold off not only the Kindle and nook but the iPad currently looming over the ereader market? Check out the full SlashGear review after the cut.

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Spring Design Alex ships today

Chris Davies, Apr 14th 2010 Discuss [1]

If you eschewed Kindle, nook and iPad last month and instead slapped down your money for Spring Design's Alex dual-display ereader, then the good news is that your new toy is expected to ship out today. Up for preorder since March 16th, the $399 Alex runs Android and - unlike the nook - allows for full internet access over its WiFi connection. Spring Design have also confirmed that their international multi-language versions will be made official "shortly". Read The Full Story

Kobo $149 eReader and “Powered by Kobo” ebook platform announced

Chris Davies, Mar 24th 2010 Discuss [0]

Break out the bunting, there's a new e-reader in town. Kobo have announced that they'll be taking on Amazon's Kindle, Barnes & Noble's nook and the eventually-linked-to-Borders Spring Design Alex with their own dedicated device, the Kobo eReader. Great, aside from the fact that they've apparently just recycled a four-year-old Netronix ebook reader with a bright new case. Read The Full Story

Integrated 3G to overtake external modems by 2012

Chris Davies, Mar 19th 2010 Discuss [0]

Will flexible data contracts like Apple have negotiated for the iPad - and Spring Design are planning for their Alex ereader - drive adoption of integrated 3G/4G data connections rather than external modems? That's certainly one interpretation of DigiTime's latest statistics; they're quoting industry sources who reckon global sales of built-in 3G modules will exceed sales of external data cards by 2012. Read The Full Story