Amazon is looking to spread its ereader wings even further, promising to launch tablet-centric versions of its Kindle app for Android and Windows based slates in 2011. The announcement follows the release of the Kindle for iPad app in 2010, which tailored the ereader software's UI to suit the larger display of the Apple tablet.
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SlashGear Morning Wrap-Up: December 29 2010
Take a peek at a prediction column by Chris Davies: 2011: The Year of Pentaband? Glance in awe as Paul Allen sues Apple, Google, YouTube, Facebook, Yahoo, AOL, eBay, Netflix, OfficeMax, and Staples, all at once. Giggle to yourself as you see France enact a tablet tax which exempts only Windows devices. Scratch your head as Verizon plans to focus on Android, not a new iPhone, at CES. Dance with glee as Sony Ericsson's 1GHz XPeria Mini Pro's replacement leaks with stats! Wonder at Rovios elite strategy as ad consistency, location, method changes for Angry Birds on Android devices. All this and MORE on SlashGear Morning Wrap-Up!
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France wants tablet-tax for iPad and Android slates while Windows exempt
French legislators are considering imposing a tablet-tax that would affect all models with at least 40GB of internal storage, though Windows-based slates would be exempt. The proposal, reported by Numerama, is part of French "private copy" taxation which imposes extra fees on digital media like blank CDs, DVDs and thumb-drives; it's estimated it would add up to €12 ($16) to the cost of Apple's top-spec iPad or Android tablets. However, because Windows is classed as a "full" OS rather than a mobile one like iOS or Android, it escapes the taxation.
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Microsoft to Announce an ARM Processor Compatible Version of Windows OS
It appears that Microsoft is set to announce a version of Windows that'll be ready to work with ARM processors at CES next month. Two sources familiar with Microsoft's plans have spoken with Bloomberg and revealed that Microsoft's plans for ARM Holdings Plc are confidential, so they'd like not to be identified. This means support for Tegra 2 and Qualcomm's upcoming dualcore CPUs, a big push indeed, one that Microsoft appears to need after losing some ground to Google and Apple. Qualcomm Inc., Texas Instruments Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. make the ARM chips found in all the sweetest smartphones as well as the omnipotent iPad.
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SlashGear Lenovo ThinkCentre M90z Giveaway WINNER ANNOUNCED
If you'll remember back a while we reviewed Lenovo’s ThinkCentre M90z, then we had a giveaway, one where entrants were asked to suggest excellent non-profit groups that might benefit from a pack of 5 ThinkCentre M90zs (three sets of which will end up going to non-profits at a later date.) From the entries we received, we've chosen (at random) one big winner to receive an M90z of their own! Take a peek below to see if it's you!
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PC versus Windows Phone 7 gaming launches
Head to head gaming between a Windows PC and a Windows Phone 7 smartphone is now on offer, though if you're expecting high-tension Halo: Reach battles while you're on the bus, you should probably lower your expectations. The first title to support cross-platform play has arrived in the shape of Game Chest: Chess, which unsurprisingly offers turn-by-turn chess games.
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HP ENVY 17 3D Laptop Hands-On and Unboxing
As you might already know, we’ve already had our fingers on a ENVY 17 3D in a small way back in October and indeed the laptop IS now for sale from HP – and you know what that means – Review time! Today we received no less than the ENVY 17 3D laptop in the mail in a freezing cold box (I am in Minnesota, after all,) and couldn’t help but to release it from its boxy prison before it was even able to thaw all the way out (you’ll notice when I flip the machine upside down that you can see my frozen fingerprints all over it.) Take a look below!
Sony Demonstrates Solar Power Window Panels
Take a look at this flower power right here. This is what Sony calls Hana Mado (aka Flower Power), a solar panel that uses screen printed dye to generate custom designs for windows. What's that? windows that double as solar panels? I'll take them all, thank you. Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC) in any color combination and design you like. For the demonstration at Eco Products 2010, Sony attached a tiny cute fan to an approximately 10 inch(?) panel that when light was introduced turned, and when light was taken away, stopped. In my walls and in my car next too, please?
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Windows Phone 7 Gets Silverlight Enhanced Movie Apps from Paramount Digital Entertainment
So Paramount has decided to release some movies, each one of them individually, as apps on Windows Phone 7. How will this work? Each movie (starting, strangely enough, with the Jack Black movie "School of Rock") will release by itself as an "enhanced" movie app, each of these apps containing the full movie plus bonus features and "unique experiences not available on other platforms." Other movies coming up soon are Zoolander, Waiting for Superman, and GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra. Clearly they're trying to find the most random movies they could possibly think of to... cast a wide net?
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World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Live and Up For Sale Now! What are You Waiting for?!
Feel free to submit your life back to the everlasting addiction of Warcraft in a brand spanking new expansion by the name of Cataclysm, right now, available today. You can choose to venture your way out of your cave and get a physical copy of the game at your local fun store or stay low in your seat, downloading and upgrading directly through Blizzard. Inside this expansion you'll find new zones, hundreds of new quests, unique dungeons, an increased level cap of 85 (WHO WILL BE FIRST?) and two completely new races - worgen and goblin (I'm surprised it took this long for them to give up a goblin!) A new age has begun!
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Chrome OS Re-Announced at Google Chrome Event
As you know, our man Ben is at the Google Chrome event today and he's feeding us back info as he gets it. Today, amongst talks of updates to the Google Chrome browser as well as a Chrome Web Store comes a new batch of news about Chrome OS. Follow us live below. "Nothing but the web."
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PopCap’s Bejeweled 3 Now Available for $19.95 [Video]
For fans of casual games, there's not many that are as adored as PopCap's Bejeweled series. With Bejeweled 2 still one of the most played games out there. But, it was time for a sequel. One that could actually live up to the full title's name. One that, after 10 years, was a necessity more than anything else. And it's finally here. The developer of the much-loved puzzle game have finally unveiled their latest endeavor: Bejeweled 3. And there's plenty to love in this new installment.
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