Stanza

Stanza has updated to fix those problems we have been hearing about. I guess Amazon felt guilty or something. As I am a iPad user I will stick with my non-DRM PDFs and iBooks thank you with the occasional Kindle sale because well iPad users have every option worth having and everyone else is peasant class.

From: Gizmodo ~ Your Dell Streak Questions (Mostly) Answered

Dell is announcing the 5 inch screen Android running Dell Streak to be sold in the US for $500! With no particular data plan or anything smart companies would have worked out already.

So the fact of the matter is that the Sprint HTC EVO 4G and the Verizon Motorola Droid X are both close to all these specs of the Dell having 4.3 inch screens and they are only $200 total after signing one of those two year contracts with the cell provider.

So I don’t know Hmmm… $200 and a data/cell contract and warranty or $500 and a big “thank you suckers” from Dell? Which would it be? I have a bad feeling this is going to not go well for Dell.

It’s one thing to offer a cool gadget but it’s another to package and sell it properly.

From: Slate Droid ~ Beginners Guide to hacking the Pandigital Novel

It’s really great to see the hackers are grabbing this Pandigital dog and seeing if they can get a real Android Tablet without the fleas. They have been able to load a new home screen and get all the different Android eBook Apps loaded on the thing. I have seen Kindle and B&N and Borders and Kobo so they can all function on this thing.

I have also seen claims of people finding the Pandigital on sale and with rebate offers making the price around $115 (A 20% off coupon at Bed, Bath & Beyond plus a $15 Mail-In-Rebate) which is a neat trick if you find it for such a low price.

Makes the effort to hack it to get it to work decently even more attractive. The point is IF you buy this thing to hack it then it is probably easier to accept a $115 loss if you end up “bricking it” or “breaking it” to put a bigger Micro-SD card in it or eventually root it so it can run Android’s latest version etc.

Even Apple does not “brick” their phones if you Jail Break an iPhone.
Stick with HTC for Android Phones they seem to be rocking in the real world.

HTC EVO 4G
From: Gizmodo ~ HTC Evo 4G Review: A War Machine
From: Engadget ~ HTC EVO 4G review: “we love this phone. Nay, we adore it.”

Motorola Droid X
From: Slash Gear ~ DROID X bootloader block bricks phones on Motorola’s orders
From: Gizmodo ~ So Motorola Won’t Break The Droid X, They’ll Just Make It Unusable
From: Gizmodo ~ Motorola Droid X Review: Almost Feels Malicious
From: Engadget ~ Motorola Droid X review: “it’s not a must-have phone”

From: Teleread ~ InteRead, maker of Cool-er ereader in liquidation?

Rumor has it the next bankruptcy seems to have happened. I liked the COOL-ER for it’s crazy colors even if it was a cheaply made mess. It had a certain flare for a mess.

UPDATE! The Bookseller ~ Company behind Cool-er reader goes into liquidation

Kobo For Android

Borders eBooks For Android

Well it looks like Kobo will build Borders eBook Apps for them but Kobo does not share the ability to open the Borders eBooks you buy. So be aware of that.

From: TeleRead ~ B&N ereader app for Windows Mobile
Someone I talked to was asking me about Windows Mobile 6 eBook Reader Apps for their HTC HD2 they got such a deal on…

Well, not much out there… You have the unique and interesting HTC eReader that you can find on the Winmo forums in a CAB that you can install and then TeleRead reminds me that B&N has their eBook Reader App for Windows Mobile 6.

Now for other models of phones out their I have no clue if any of this will work for your particular version of Windows Mobile due to the way some versions of Windows Mobile 6 WILL WORK with these Apps and other versions WILL NOT WORK.

That’s just the way Windows is and why I do not own one of their phones.

Is it an Android Phone or an Android Tablet?

HTC EVO 4G

Motorola Droid X

Blio: Now At Toshiba Book Place

So it looks like Blio found another company to hawk it’s wares for them. Toshiba come on down! Remember Microsoft was showing off the HP Slate running Blio at CES this year? Well, the HP Slate never happened.

The thing about Blio is I still do not see a Apple OSX App or an Apple iOS Blio App and I do not see an Android Blio App or a Linux based Blio App so the only way to use it is on your Windows based computer.

Seems rather limiting to me for a DRM multimedia eBook format that “says” it can “run on anything”.

From: Plastic Logic refunds pre-orders, delays Que indefinitely

Microsoft killed The Courier and then HP dropped The Slate
IREX went BK
Foxit eSlick fell into the Gulf
Even the Dell Streak is a dog with fleas. Not available in the states.

Now Plastic Logic is calling it a big old day.

It’s like CES only in reverse.