1   | Nook Has Hidden Support for MMS and Speech Recognition submited by in Hardware |
It’s been a few months since the Amazon Kindle was hacked to run X applications or even Ubuntu. Over the weekend a report came in saying the Barnes & Noble Nook e-book reader had been hacked to grant users root access,
Source: http://www.pcworld.com/article/184587/nook_hacked_has_hid...
Spring Launches Alex Dual-Screen E-book Reader
The Alex, first introduced last October, includes a six-inch electronic paper display and a 3.5-inch, color touchscreen for accessing the Web. Spring Design started taking pre-orders for the device on Tuesday, promising shipment no later than mid-April. The Alex costs $399.
Apple iPad , war begins with e-book readers
The company directed by Steve Jobs expects to take another major blow in the war in next-generation devices with Internet access; before the company has surprised with the iPod, iPhone and MacBook Air. Now the war begins with e-book readers. An e-book reader made by Amazon and launched commercially in late 2007. Yesterday Apple again surprised [...]
Netronix is working on e-book readers on Android platform
Network equipment maker Netronix is currently cooperating with Texas Instruments (TI) to develop e-book readers on the Android platform and expects shipments to top one million units in 2010, according to company chairman Arthur Lu.
