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Posted on April 29th, 2011 by Nathan
Zagg is most known for their invisibleSHIELD screen protectors and skins for portable gadgets like cell phones, ereaders, and tablets. They also sell accessories such as the ZAGGsparq, a portable battery pack and USB charger. Zagg was nice enough to send a sample to review.
The ZAGGsparq is essentially a 6000mAh Lithium Polymer battery with two USB ports attached. It has folding prongs on the corner for charging the device using a standard outlet, along with a European adapter. Along one edge there are four LEDs that indicate charge capacity and a button to turn them on.
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Posted on April 7th, 2011 by Nathan
Here’s something interesting. The developers over at PocketBook ported a version of the video game Doom 2 to run on an updated version of the PocketBook 360, called the PocketBook 360 Plus.
Information about the PocketBook 360 Plus is scarce at this point, but the video below shows some of its potential. It is presumably equipped with an E Ink Pearl screen and a new Freescale processor to achieve frame rates for video games.
Filed under: News, PocketBook, Technology | Tags: pocketbook 360 | No Comments »
Posted on March 12th, 2011 by Nathan
The last week of February, Asus announced that the EEE Note EA-800, a blend between an ereader and digital notepad, is coming to the US for less than $200.
Asus’s other ereader, the DR-900, is selling in Europe and Taiwan, but has yet to make an appearance in the US.
Filed under: News, Technology | Tags: asus, asus dr-900, eee note | 3 Comments »
Posted on March 11th, 2011 by Nathan
Below is a quick look at a video for a color E Ink ebook reader from an Italian company that was on display at EBook Lab Italia 2011.
The device is called the Onda MyTile 10C Pro. It has a 9.7″ capacitive touchscreen with a 800 × 600 pixel resolution and incorporates E Ink’s new color Triton display technology.
Filed under: New eBook Readers, News, Technology | Tags: color, e ink | 1 Comment »
Posted on February 28th, 2011 by Nathan
I’ve been testing the Notion Ink Adam’s Pixel Qi display in various lighting conditions to see how it compares to E Ink and other types of LCD displays.
Pixel Qi screens are known for using less power than traditional LCD displays because they have transflective and reflective modes that utilize ambient light to illuminate the pixels on the screen. Because of this, the power-hungry backlight is used less and can even be turned off completely when reading in bright lighting environments, even direct sunlight.
Filed under: Reviews, Technology | Tags: notion ink adam, pixel qi | 8 Comments »
Posted on February 11th, 2011 by Nathan
Bookeen posted a YouTube video (below) on their blog today showing video playback on an E Ink Pearl display, the same type of screen the Kindle 3 and Sony Readers use.
Back at CES, Freescale demoed their latest ereader processor hooked up to a Pearl panel running at 8 frames per second.
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Posted on January 20th, 2011 by Nathan
Are you tired of driving into trees and causing ten car pileups while trying to read and drive at the same time? Tired of always falling into open manholes or getting run over by buses when walking down the street while trying to read your favorite novel?
If this has happened to you then you are in desperate need of the MegaReader ereading app for iPhone with its new Heads Up Display feature that uses your phone’s camera to superimpose what’s in front of you on the background of the phone’s display.
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Posted on January 13th, 2011 by Nathan
Pixel Qi is one of the new display technologies coming to ereaders, tablets, and other portable media devices in 2011.
Pixel Qi displays are similar to regular LCD displays like a computer’s screen but are more energy efficient because the backlight can be adjusted and turned off to save on power. In this mode ambient light is used to illuminate the display, making it readable in bright lighting environments.
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Posted on January 8th, 2011 by Nathan
Mirasol is an alternative display technology that Qualcomm has been working to perfect for mass-production over the past few years to use for color ereader displays.
Mirasol displays are a lot like existing monochrome E Ink screens in that they use little to no energy when an image is on-screen and don’t use back-lighting so require external lighting for viewing—more light enhances the display quality instead of worsening it like with LCD.
Filed under: New eBook Readers, Technology | Tags: ereader, mirasol | 2 Comments »
Posted on January 8th, 2011 by Nathan
Freescale is showing off the power of their new processors at CES. One to look forward to is the new i.MX508 processor for E Ink ebook readers.
This next generation processor is capable of getting the most out of E Ink’s new Pearl display technology. It allows for faster performance, lower production cost, and increases energy efficiency.
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