Put nook and QUE together and you’ve got the ideal setup for a filthy pun, but you’ve also got Barnes and Noble’s upcoming ebook device lineup. Plastic Logic and the publisher have announced that the QUE will go on sale both in B&N retail stores and online, when it hits the market in 2010, right next to the Barnes and Noble nook announced earlier this month.
Plastic Logic have finally announced details about their ebook reader, which will launch as the Plastic Logic QUE at CES 2010 in January. The QUE has the largest E Ink display among ebook readers today, as well as a touchscreen interface, and Plastic Logic are aiming it at business professionals. QUE will be able to download ebooks from the Barnes and Noble store either via WiFi or integrated 3G (courtesy of AT&T in the US).
Last Friday’s news that Plastic Logic were apparently building a color ebook reader for Barnes and Noble now looks to be a little too optimistic; the company – who are on course to deliver their first, monochrome model in early 2010 – have denied that a color device is pipeline for next year. According to Plastic Logic, the Barnes and Noble employee who seemingly announced the color ebook reader “was misinformed” and not an “authorized” spokesperson of the retailer.
Barnes & Noble look set to enter the ebook reader market in a big way, with rumors and revelations aplenty about not only an imminent device launch but a color model in 2010. According to the Wall Street Journal’s sources, B&N are preparing to launch a greyscale 6-inch E-Ink device potentially as soon as November 2009, complete with a touchscreen and on-screen keyboard. However, according to a B&N spokesperson caught on video (which you can see after the cut), next Spring will bring a Plastic Logic color ebook reader together with clients for mobile devices.
Video announcement after the cut
Plastic Logic announced today that Olive Software will be a key service provider and partner for the Plastic Logic Publishers Program. Together, they plan on developing content publishing solutions that enable major newspapers, magazines, web content, and other publishers to simply and efficiently optimize and distribute their content for the company’s forthcoming eReader. The Plastic Logic Reader is designed specifically for mobile business professionals, and is due in the market in early 2010.
Hot on the heels of Plastic Logic’s “exclusive eBookstore” deal with Barnes & Noble comes word that the ebook reader will use AT&T’s wireless network. Full details of the deal are unknown, though Plastic Logic have confirmed that the device will also be able to get online via its integrated WiFi connection.
Barnes & Noble and Plastic Logic have announced a partnership which will see the publishing house become the “exclusive eBookstore provider” for the 8.5 x 11 inch super-skinny ebook device. Set to arrive in early 2010, the Plastic Logic reader will have wireless access to the Barnes & Noble download store, which they’re calling the largest selection of ebooks available in one place.
Plastic Logic brought along their latest e-reader prototype to the D7 conference, and they’ve spilled a few more details ahead of the E Ink slate’s 2010 launch. The touchscreen device now has an on-screen QWERTY keyboard and a pop-up toolbar with navigation options; there’s also confirmed WiFi and 3G data.
Video demo after the cut
Amazon are tipped to launch a new, large-screen version of the Kindle e-reader “as early as this week”, according to the New York Times. The device is apparently intended for viewing newspapers, magazines and “perhaps textbooks”; ironically, when article author Brad Stone asked his own paper for a comment on talk that the NYT will be involved with the large-format Kindle’s launch, they declined to give a statement.
Plastic Logic were the thorn in Amazon’s side when the company announced the Kindle 2 earlier this month, launching their own content partners at the O’Reilly TOC Conference. The Open Publishing Lab shot some video of the latest Plastic Logic Reader prototype, this time around with a working touchscreen layer; you can see it after the cut.
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