Bookeen’s much delayed 8″ ebook reader showed up on the FCC website this morning, bringing it one step closer to being officially available in the US. The FCC paperwork doesn’t...Continue reading
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Microsoft Doubles Down on a Bad Idea: New Windows RT Tablet Clears the FCC
Like any huge company, Microsoft makes a lot of mistakes. It’s almost inevitable, given their many activities. Sometimes, as in the case of the Kin phone, Microsoft realizes their mistake...Continue reading
First Firefox Tablet Clears the FCC
One of the first tablets to run Firefox OS could be coming to the US in the near future. A new device from Chinese tablet maker Infocus cleared the FCC...Continue reading
Today’s Net Neutrality Ruling Could Throw a Wrench in Amazon’s Gadget Plans
An appeals court in the District of Columbia ruled today that the FCC’s net neutrality rules, which prevent ISPs from favoring one source of internet traffic over others (example: Youtube...Continue reading
Boogie Board Sync Clears the FCC – Expected to Ship in Time for Christmas
Improv Electronics’ latest digital writing slate showed up on the FCC website this week. The Boogie Board Sync has a 9.7″ cLCD screen (cholesteric LCD). It is one of Improve...Continue reading
B&N’s New Nook eReader Cleared the FCC
Barnes & Noble has had a troubled history with hardware development, sometimes releasing a device that was ahead of the market (Nook Color) and sometimes releasing gadgets no one wants...Continue reading
Updated: Kobo’s New eReader Clears the FCC, Photos Leaked Online
Kobo’s newest ereader showed up on the FCC website on Friday, and even though the more interesting details are embargoed this filing told me a lot. If the hints dropped...Continue reading
New Sony Reader PRS-T3 Shows Up on FCC Website – With Photos!
Sony’s latest ereader showed up on the FCC website today and it looks like the third time could be a charm. We don’t know much about the PRS-T3 (most of...Continue reading
Early User Manual for the Kobo Aura HD Reveals New Explanation for the Funky Backside
The Kobo Aura HD is the first ereader to use E-ink’s new 6.8″, and as such it has been something of an obsession of mine. Where’s B&N’s model? What About...Continue reading
OLPC XO-4 Clears the FCC
OLPC’s latest laptop showed up on the FCC website today. Unfortunately there’s not much to tell you about the device because pretty much everything of interest (internal and external photos)...Continue reading
Txtr beagle Clears the FCC
The formerly World’s Smallest eReader showed up on the FCC website yesterday, raising the hopes of smartphone owners everywhere that they might be able to overspend on their next phone...Continue reading
B&N Nook HD+ Gets Inadvertent Teardown at FCC
Here’s a surprise for you today. B&N’s new 9″ Android tablet showed up on the FCC website yesterday and they forgot to hide the internal photos, external photos, and the...Continue reading
Kindle Fire HD 4G Clears the FCC (For Real This Time)
Another of Amazon’s gadgets cleared the FCC yesterday and I have egg on my face again. It turns out that one of the filings I identified a few weeks ago...Continue reading
Amazon’s Other 2 New Kindle Fire Tablets Clear the FCC – 4G Model Confirmed for Canada
A couple days ago I was caught flat footed. I predicted we’d see a new the Paperwhite Kindles as well as a new Kindle Fire. Instead we saw 3 new...Continue reading
New FCC Paperwork Suggests Amazon Will Unveil 2 Kindles and a Kindle Fire Tomorrow
Amazon’s media event is just over 24 hours away. While we still don’t know for sure what Amazon plans to unveil, I’m betting that it’s going to be a new...Continue reading