Filed under: Gaming, Hardware, OS, Software, Apple, Developer, App Store, SDK
Apple meeting with “nearly all 6″ largest trade publishers
Filed under: Apple Corporate, Rumors
Electronista is reporting today that Apple is in talks with "probably all six" of the largest publishers in preparation for the tablet's release (I think it's safe to officially call it real now). Publishers Marketplace notes that it's all...Report: Harper Collins, Apple negotiating tablet deal
Filed under: Apple Corporate, Hardware, Multimedia, Rumors
The Wall Street Journal is reporting this morning that Apple is in talks with Harper Collins regarding ebooks for the new tablet. They suggest that the publisher will set the prices of the books...Brief: Hardware details for Sprint/Skiff e-reader
The Skiff e-reader platform from Hearst and Sprint was perhaps the most interesting device in our recent preview of e-readers at CES 2010, but it was also the lightest on details. Today, Sprint has rectified that shortcoming a bit by releasing some information on the reader in advance of a...
Rumor Has It: Apple “iSlate” Intended as a Kindle Killer
Yhe Apple tablet isn’t going to be a tablet computer at all, really, according to the Quick PWN blog. If you believe Quick PWN contributor Hans’ inside sources, the Apple iSlate, as he maintains it will indeed be called, is more aimed at taking on the Amazon Kindle and its ilk as an e-reading device.
Presumably,...
Kindle Software Coming to the Mac
The competition is really heating up in the e-reader market. Hot on the heels of Barnes & Noble’s newly-released Nook reader, Amazon last week announced its Kindle branded e-book reader software for the PC. With it, users will be able to read their electronic books on their Kindle and on their desktop PC, too. And,...
Apple’s Mythical Tablet Perfect for Comic Books
In his latest article for the Chicago Sun Times, Mac-afficianado and supergeek Andy Ihnatko discusses LongBox, an iTunes-like comic book online store and screen reader. If you’re into graphic novels, you’ll likely want to know more about this service, which promises to bring order and unity to the chaotic digital world of comic books. What...
Borders survey adding fuel to the iPAD / iTablet fire
Filed under: Hardware, Rumors, Odds and ends
As if it isn't getting bad enough with the iPAD / iTablet rumors, now book retailer Borders has been adding to the rumor mill.Numerous TUAW readers including Jennifer, who supplied the screenshot below, have received a marketing survey...
eBook Roundup: 8 Apps for iPhone readers
Filed under: Reviews, iPhone, App Store, iPod touch, App Review
An e-book (or ebook, or eBook, depending upon who you ask) is the digital equivalent of a paper book. According to KiwiTech, the publishers of...
Apple’s Tablet Is Good News for the e-Reader Market, Even If It Isn’t Real