Condé Nast haven't exactly been shy or retiring about their digital magazine plans for the Apple iPad, but a new report from the NYT suggests they're looking to lead the charge when it comes to digitizing their content. According to an internal memo apparently set to go out to staff today, there will be a tablet-ready version of GQ by the April issue, while Vanity Fair and Wired will follow suit with their June issues.
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Condé Nast iPad mags fast approaching: GQ April issue to be digital
Entourage eDGe early preorders shipping now; everyone else can wait until March
Entourage's dual-display eDGe ereader went up for pre-order a while back, but if you didn't get in there early you shouldn't expect to see your device until sometime in March 2010. According to the company, anyone who pre-ordered the eDGe before January 12th will have their ereader ship this week, and Entourage have also revealed a few more details about what sort of user experience - specifically battery runtimes - owners can expect.
Alex ereader preorders in early March say Spring Design
Spring Design's Alex dual-screen Android ebook reader was meant to have begin presales on February 22nd, at least according to what the company told us back at CES 2010, but it seems there have been a few hiccups in the plan. According to a new page on the company's site, preorders for the E Ink/touchscreen combo now won't be accepted until the first week of March 2010.
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Astri MyID dual-display ebook reader gets video demo; $130-$150 price predicted
Astri's MyID dual-screen ebook reader made a discrete debut at CES 2010 last month, offering the E Ink/LCD touchscreen flexibility of an Entourage eDGe only in a far smaller form-factor. Ebook reader fanatic Nate Hoffelder grabbed some hands-on time recently with the latest MyID prototype, and his feedback is actually pretty good; navigation is straightforward and the hardware is obviously more portable than the eDGe. It's also got the potential to be much cheaper, too.
Video demo after the cut
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Acer ebook reader plans shelved over segment uncertainty
Acer have apparently shelved their ebook reader plans, with company chairman Wang Jeng-tang telling reporters that the ereader market was not yet big enough and that a proven business model had still not been finalized by the industry as a whole. Earlier this year, Acer had announced plans to release a 6-inch ereader - based on an E Ink e-paper panel - by the end of June 2010.
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iRex DR800SG hits Best Buy online
Chalk this up under "about time"; iRex have been in touch to tell us that their DR800SG ebook reader is now up for sale at Best Buy. $399.99 gets you an 8.1-inch 768 x 1024 e-paper display, 3G connectivity and a Wacom active digitizer for note-taking.
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Qualcomm mirasol e-reader coming Fall 2010
Qualcomm's mirasol team had their animated demo device at MobileFocus today, but what was more interesting was their information about shipping e-readers using the low-power display technology. They've confirmed that the first mirasol-based unit is expected in fall 2010, though they won't reveal who exactly will be using the panel.
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Notion Ink Adam: Flash, iPad comparison & App Competition
One of the most exciting products from CES 2010 last month was Notion Ink‘s Adam tablet, the Android-based slate using the latest-gen NVIDIA Tegra chipset and Pixel Qi‘s innovative low-power display. The company had brought along a prototype they could exclusively show us, and now they’ve sent over renders of what’s likely to be the final Adam design complete with some mockups of a SlashGear digital magazine. And, since Apple’s long-awaited entrant to the tablet arena – the iPad – has since made its debut, we also asked Notion Ink just how Adam holds up to the new competition.
B&N nook in-store availability this week; “More In Store” content launching
Now that the nook firmware v1.2 is out, Barnes & Noble's ebook reader is a whole lot more tempting. So it's a good thing that, starting this week, the retailer is aiming to get stock of the nook into all its bricks and mortar stores; B&N tell us that as of mid-week, the majority of stores will have the nook in.
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Barnes & Noble nook v1.2 firmware out: “noticeably faster”
An over-the-air update for the Barnes & Noble nook has begun to go out today, and according to at least one user with the updated firmware it leaves the ebook reader "noticeably faster" at loading pages, while the touchscreen interface "seems more responsive". nook firmware v1.2 also improves the general UI of the ereader, with clearer indications as to which ebooks can be lent to others, and more ways to sort side-loaded documents.
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Amazon willing to renegotiate e-book pricing with Rupert Murdoch’s HarperCollins
In News Corporation’s earnings call today, media mogul Rupert Murdoch (whose company owns publishing giant HarperCollins) made public that they’re discontent with Amazon’s e-book prices, and that Amazon is “is now ready to sit down with us again and renegotiate pricing.”
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Macmillan ebook prices “needlessly high” but we will “capitulate” says Amazon
Round three in the Amazon/Macmillan ebook price war, and the online retailer are now seemingly attempting to play the consumer-fairness card. Having pulled Macmillan's catalog late last week after the publisher demanded a new "agency" pricing scheme for electronic content, and seen Macmillan threaten "extensive and deep windowing of titles" if they didn't agree, a new Amazon statement now confirms Amazon's eventual intent "to capitulate and accept Macmillan's terms because Macmillan has a monopoly over their own titles". Still, Amazon describes $14.99 bestsellers as "needlessly high", and suggests other publishers may not choose to follow suit.
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