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2 New Elonex e-reader videos from IFA – Copia fans take note

September 6th, 2010 · No Comments · conferences & trade shows, hardware reviews, video

IFA-Berlin is still in full wing today and the videos are still coming.
Sidenote: There was also a Boox 60S video. I added it to the post announcing the Bebook Club.
The first video shows the Elonex 500EB. The Elonex rep holding it really knows what he’s doing. I learned a number of things from this [...]

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Ectaco Jetbook Mini demo video

September 3rd, 2010 · 1 Comment · conferences & trade shows, hardware news, video

Ectaco are continuing their campaign of torturing me with driblets of information. This demo video was shot at the Moscow Book Fair this week. It’s in Russian, but you can still learn a lot about the Jetbook Mini.
I also learned from here (scroll down) that the retail in Russia will be 4,990 rubles (~$162 USD).

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Pocketbook 602, 902, 903 hands on videos

September 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · conferences & trade shows, hardware reviews, pocketbook, video

Charbax followed up the press conference video with some hands on time with the display samples.
I’m really impressed with the design on these e-readers. According to my sources, they were designed by Foxconn. They’re a big change from the previous Pocketbook models.

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Pocketbook IFA press conference

September 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · conferences & trade shows, pocketbook

This is another video by Charbax of ArmDevices.net. This event is in English and it’s about 30 minutes long.
At about 14:00 you can see a live demo of the PB 902. It now has a desktop with widgets that you can swap out. At about 17:00 they demo the TTS. Q&A begins at about 27:00.

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Elonex demoed 6 tablets at IFA Berlin

September 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · conferences & trade shows, hardware news

Pocket-lint stopped by the booth today and snapped some photos of 6 of the new gadgets. Pocket-lint didn’t get much detail in the way of specs, but they do know that the new line will retail from £99 to £159. The £159 is for a 10.1 Android tablet. The keyboard/case is an extra £39. The [...]

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Sony Reader Meetup in NYC on 1 September

August 25th, 2010 · No Comments · conferences & trade shows

Sarah of SBTB just announced that Sony asked her to co-host an event next week .This might be the launch event for the Sony Reader. If possible, sign up now.
Where: Sony Style, Madison Avenue at 55th Street, New York City
When: 1 September 2010, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Why: Digital reading! Actual Food! Literal Drinks! [...]

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ORGCon: Theft! A History of Music (video)

August 9th, 2010 · No Comments · Open Rights Group, conferences & trade shows, video

One last video from ORGCon.

[ORGCon] Theft! A History of Music from Open Rights Group on Vimeo.

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ORGCon: ACTA – a shady business (video)

August 9th, 2010 · No Comments · Open Rights Group, conferences & trade shows, video

Here’s one more video from the Open Rights Group conference in London a couple weeks back.
It’s still queuing in my browser, so I can’t give you a summary. But according to the ORGCon program this is who was on the session panel:
Chaired by Becky Hogge (ORG Advisory Council)
Jeremie Zimmermann (La Quadrature du Net)
Michelle Childs (Medecins Sans [...]

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ORGCon: James Boyle: The Incredible Shrinking Public Domain (video)

August 9th, 2010 · No Comments · Open Rights Group, conferences & trade shows, video

The Open Rights Group held a conference a couple weeks ago in London. I just now learned that they posted 6 videos of the sessions on Vimeo. If you follow digital content, the ACTA, and related issues then this is a group worth watching.

[ORGCon] James Boyle: The Incredible Shrinking Public Domain from Open Rights Group [...]

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ORGCon: Digital Economy Act: what’s next? (video)

August 9th, 2010 · No Comments · Open Rights Group, conferences & trade shows, video

Here is another video from ORGCon, a conference held by the Open Rights Group a couple weeks ago in London. This session might not interest US readers that much. It focuses on a UK law that was recently passed. Here is the session summary for this video:
Ps critical of the Digital Economy Act give their [...]

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