Apple · E-Books · Rumors

HarperCollins working with Apple to provide e-books for tablet?

  • January 18, 2010

According to the WSJ, HarperCollins Publishers is in talks with Apple to provide e-books for the upcoming tablet. If something like this actually happens, companies like Amazon will take a serious hurting from such a deal. According to HarperCollins’ own chief exec, Amazon would have something to worry about because: “e-books enhanced with video, author interviews and social-networking applications could command higher retail prices for publishers than current e-books”.

Such an idea would (and should) be ideal for Apple’s upcoming tablet on the 27th. Of course, there will be more speculation until Apple’s press event, but just imagine this for a moment: man created the e-book, and now a super e-book. I like it.

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Apple · Hardware · Rumors

New Rumor: 22-inch touchscreen iMac coming on the 27th?

  • January 18, 2010

If the official revealing of the Apple Tablet (or iSlate) is on the 27th of this month, then why not have a new rumor for another touchscreen Mac? This time according to the Commercial Times, Apple has signed a deal with a Korean company (Quanta, a long time partner) to provide 22-inch touchscreens that would be used on a full fledged all-in-one Mac computer.  Yes, it’s more rumors, but it isn’t the Apple Tablet, which is becoming a tiring subject, but might be an exciting one at the end of the month.

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Apple · BlackBerry · Rumors · Tablets

Apple Tablet January 27th Event: “Come See Our Latest Creation”

  • January 18, 2010

The rumors, leaking, and guesses are true. Apple is sending out invites to “Come See Our Latest Creation” on January 27th. The event is taking place at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco, starting at 10AM PST. Stay Tuned!

UPDATE: With all of those colorful splashes of color, you might expect that Apple’s “latest creation” has to do with creating things. And what better thing to create with than a tablet? It all seems so obvious, at least that would have to be one of the primary functions. Oh, and if you’re interested in reading previous Apple Tablet coverage, hit the new banner I just put up.

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E-Books · News

Uncovered: ASUS E-Readers, The DR-950 and DR-570

  • January 18, 2010

All of a sudden ASUS has 2 e-readers which look like they can pack some serious punches. Starting off with the DR-950, it includes a 9-inch 1024 x 768 pixel touchscreen with 16 levels of gray, text-to-speech in 26 languages, a web browser that can switch between landscape and portrait modes, built-in RSS reader, and an expandable built-in dictionary with real-time translation. The 222 x 161 x 9-mm / 370-gram e-reader also packs in Wi-FI and HSPA (WiMAx is optional), 3.5 mm headphone jack, 4GB of internal memory and SD card expansion. Supported formats include: PDF, TXT, Audible, MP3, and unprotected ePub.

As for the 6-inch OLED DR-570, it has that amazing 122 hours of battery life, Wi-Fi, 0.03 second page turns (making it 23 times faster than the Kindle’s), 124 x 170 x 8.8-mm / 200-g size, 4GB onboard storage with SDHC card expansion, 512MB of SDRAM, and 1,530mAh battery. Text-to-speech and built-in web browser, RSS reader, support for ePub, PDF, txt, MP3, MP4, and AVI content formats, audio/video/Flash player, as well as a possibility for online video streaming from Amazon. As for the 6-inch screen, there is some doubt that it could actually be a smaller 5.7 inches, but that’s not confirmed yet.

Not too shabby ASUS, not too shabby. Now, where’s the content partners for these things?

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Android · Breaking · Google

Confirmed: Next Version of Android will be called — Froyo

  • January 16, 2010

No “Flan” for you, my Android-loving friend. According to Google man Erick Tseng, the next version of Android will be called “Froyo”, and fusion of the word frozen yogurt. So let’s see: there’s been “Cupcake”, “Donut”, “Eclair”, and now “Froyo”. There’s no word on what number will be assigned to it, but now we have the name, and that’s enough to start a ton of rumors, right?

[Via Engadget]

HTC · Microsoft

HTC Touch Pro2 gets Windows Mobile 6.5 on T-Mobile, Sprint waits for 6.6?

  • January 16, 2010

Ahead of schedule (January 20th) T-Mobile has given the go to Windows Mobile 6.5, allowing HTC Touch Pro2 users to download the latest version of Microsoft’s mobile phone operating system via T-Mo’s website once you access the phone’s IMEI. So far the only network that is not giving 6.5 to its customers is Sprint, but according to a statement made by Sprint, “significant enhancements to the Touch Pro2 user interface which will allow additional customization / personalization options and more integration with the applications users access most.” Probably meaning they’ll get Windows Mobile 6.6, due at MWC next month.

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Mobile · Motorola · Rumors

Motorola Shadow is the Nexus Two with a QWERTY keyboard?

  • January 16, 2010

Right now there’s no word on whether the image above is fan-made super-Photoshopping, or if it’s the real Motorola Shadow, aka Nexus Two, a keyboard-equipped counterpart of the Google Nexus One. It very closely resembles a Droid/Milestone, but with a QWERTY sliding keyboard and a wrist strap. If this really is the real one, it would serve as Google’s second official Android device. An image of the Nexus Two with the wrist strap is after the jump. This Android handset business is getting puzzling.

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Leaks · LG · Mobile · Rumors

LG releasing Windows Mobile 7 & Android 2.1 handsets in September and April?

  • January 16, 2010

A French blogger (a high profile French blogger, mind you) named Eric at Presse Citron was at a LG Design Lab and tweeted in French (then in English) that LG is planning to release a Windows Mobile 7 handset in September and an Android 2.1 handset in April, first in the States and then Europe soon after. The tweets, which have now been removed, but WMPoweruser caught the tweets via Google Cache. Now we have to figure out this: is this just another rumor, or is it hardcore, strong and solid info that really means Windows Mobile 7 is the future for Windows Mobile? MWC just got a heck of a lot more interesting just now.

[Via WMPoweruser, Google cached page, Engadget]

HTC · Mobile · Rumors

HTC Espresso, aka myTouch2 or myTouch Slide headed to T-Mobile in May?

  • January 16, 2010

TmoNews is reporting that three new handsets will go to T-Mobile USA in the first quarter of this year. One of them is the confirmed HTC HD2. The other two are the myTouch2 or myTouch Slide (codenamed Espresso), and an unknown Garmin phone demoed at CES. The last 2 phones have an expected launch in May; you might remember the codename Espresso that was found in a leaked Android 2.1 ROM, the new Sense UI for the Esspresso, along with the rumored specs of a QWERTY keyboard, a 320×480 display, and the same 528Mhz processor in the Hero/Magic. As usual, only time will tell what this handset even looks like.

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