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CES is like the nerd show that keeps on giving. My father spent lots of time with tons of devices today. His impressions will come later tonight. Here’s the straight up news of happened today at CES about ereaders and ebooks!
Plastic Logic QUE proReader in-depth video hands-on (Engadget)
Skiff and Marvell make it easy(er) for people to build their own e-ink devices (sorta) (Engadget)
Borders is the ebook store of choice for the Alex (mediabistro)
Mediabistro’s hands on with the Entourage eDGe (mediabistro)
COOL-ER reader was apparently developed in less than 8 months, is #1 in Europe (mediabistro)
Interview with CourseSmart’s Frank Lyman (mediabistro)
Pixel Qi promises screens in devices in 2010 (Engadget)
Speaking of Pixel Qi screens in devices, here’s the Notion Ink Adam (Engadget)
Bookeen debuts Orizon touchscreen ebook reader (Engadget)
Best selling author talks about ereaders and ebooks (mediabistro)
More time with Havnon’s WISEreader ereader lineup (Engadget)
Enough with the ereaders already, says Gawker (mediabistro)
There you have it! Our own hands on impressions coming later tonight.
This is actually one of the better looking designs I’ve seen get out of OEM phase from a Chinese manufacturer. The buttons on the right side don’t give me a whole lot of confidence in its ease of use, but so it goes.
