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Amazon’s Super Bowl Advert Features Harrison Ford, and a Boston Terrier (video)
Amazon posted its Super Bowl ad yesterday. I am unfortunately in a place where I can't play audio, but it looks like a lot of fun. From what I...
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Samsung Veiled a Folding Smartphone (video)
Rumors have been circulating for several years now that Samsung was working on a folding smartphone, but up until yesterday all we had were rumors. Now we have rumors...
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Boyue Likebook Mimas Has a 10.3″ Screen (video)
The next ereader from Boyue is going to have a screen the same size as the Sony Digital Paper and the Remarkable. The Likebook Mimas (model 103D) features a...
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Onyx Boox Poke and Boox Poke Pro (video)
The Chinese ereader maker Onyx has a couple new 6" devices due out later this year. The Onyx Boox Poke is a more basic model running Android 4.4, while the Onyx...
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Onyx Youngy Boox Sports a 10.7″ Color E-ink Screen
With tablets being cheaper and offering better color and decent battery life, color-E-ink is a dead duck. But don't tell Onyx that; they just showed off a new educational...
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Hands On With the Onyx Boox 7.8″ Nova, 6″ Poke, and 13.3″ Max2 Pro
Charbax caught up with Onyx at the Frankfurt Book Fair, where they showed off several of their ereaders. The Onyx Boox Nova is a 7.8" E-ink ereader with edge-to-edge glass...
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Dasung Launches the Nixon of eReaders (video)
The Chinese E-ink monitor company Dasung is branching out into ereaders. They first teased this development in late 2016, but today Dasung made it official. They've sent me a...
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Boyue Likebook Mars Features an Octacore CPU
It looks like the next device from Chinese ereader maker Boyue has leaked on Youtube. The Boyue Likebook Mars is a 7.8" very similar to last year's Likebook Plus, only...
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E-ink Booth Tour SID Display Week 2018 (videos)
The ereader market is mostly dead, but E-ink is still showing off nifty looking new prototypes. For example, E-ink showed off their new 10.3" flexible display last week at SID...
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ClearInk is Still a Year Away From Mass Production (video)
ClearInk demonstrated the latest examples of their screen tech at SID Display Week 2018. The screens missed their promised ship date of last quarter, but ClearInk says that in...
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Dasung Paperlike HD E-ink Monitor (video)
Dasung is a Chinese startup that is the only company to have produced an E-ink monitor. They call it the Paperlike, and launched their first model in 2015, then followed...
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Hands On With Jezetek eReaders, Including 13.3″, 10.3″, and 7.8″ (video)
Jezetek is a little-known mobile device subsidiary of a Hong Kong-based electronics firm. The company had previously focused on smartphones, but about two years ago they branched into dual-screen...
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Hands On with the One-Handed Onyx Boox Ligo (video)
Chinese ereader maker Onyx was less than forthcoming when they announced their new models last week; they left out the most interesting model. Onyx is working on a Kindle...
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The Ten Lost Letters of the English Alphabet (video)
Here's a fun and useful video for anyone trying to read historical documents or trying to write historical fiction. As everyone who has heard the song can attest, English...
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