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First e-reader to come with Google eBooks connectivity to hit the US shelves this Sunday
This Sunday the US citizens will witness the birth of yet another eBook ecosystem. The iriver Story HD is the first e-reader integrating direct Wi-Fi access to Google’s eBooks open platform and it’s bound for a Sunday release over at Target stores all over the country.
The iriver Story HD, will retail for $139.99 and will offer over-the-air (Wi-Fi) access to hundreds of thousands of Google eBooks for sale and more than 3 million for free. As long as you are hooked up to a Wi-Fi network you will be able to browse, buy and read Google eBooks without the need for a computer for uploading them to the device.
A really cool feature lets you store your personal ebooks library in the cloud – picking up where you left off in any ebook you’re reading as you move from laptop to smartphone to e-reader to tablet – something Amazon Kindle has been offering for a while via their proprietary Whispersync tech.
According to Google, its eBooks platform was designed to be open to all publishers, retailers and manufacturers. This means that there is a good chance many will follow iriver in releasing a Google-powered e-reader.
Specs-wise, the iriver Story HD is on par with the pricing of the competing basic e-readers on the US market – the Kindle, the Kobo, and the Nook and even bests Sony. But we are yet to see what its specs will turn out (not published yet) and whether the slow page refresh rates have received a boost since the original iriver Story. The addition of touchscreen functionality wouldn’t hurt either.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Microsoft demands royalties for every Samsung droid made
Microsoft is demanding Samsung to cash in $15 for every Android phone sold to date on the base of using several of Microsoft's patents in these devices. HTC as the first company to give in to Microsoft claims and Samsung is now next.
We bet you’re wondering what is actually infringing Microsoft patents in the Android OS and why Microsoft is not trying to get that money from Google.
Well, Microsoft believes the Linux-based operating systems are infringing its intellectual property in some way and Android OS is a Linux-based one. We are sure Microsoft has a well prepared case about what the Linux kernel infringement is, but we are not going to dig in there.
But why not sue Google then? The question perhaps has a very simple answer - Google is not makin any money from the distribution of the Android OS - it's the device manufacturers that make a profit out of it.
HTC obviously didn't have objection to these claims and were happy to sign a deal and pay $5 for each of their Android-based phones.
According to industry officials, Samsung is going to try negotiating a lower $10 fee in exchange for some kind of alliance between the two giants.
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