http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/ Engadget Comments for Spring Design Alex comes out to play and show off Marvell's Armada chip http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/Nov 3rd 2009 9:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/Nov 3rd 2009 9:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/
And (unlike the Nook?) you can turn off the LCD when you aren't using it.]]>Nov 3rd 2009 11:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/Nov 4th 2009 12:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/Nov 3rd 2009 9:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/Nov 3rd 2009 9:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/
What's that, some kind of high tech ebook? I mean, what's the point? Ebooks have always been good enough for your mother and me

All this new technology, it makes me despair...]]>Nov 3rd 2009 10:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/I think he was typing on iPhone and dictionary changed nook to book.
So, what he actually meant was "*sigh* I just read regular nooks... I feel so left out :("]]>Nov 3rd 2009 10:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/Nov 3rd 2009 10:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/Nov 4th 2009 12:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/
If they can match the $259 price of the nook, it would be awesome. ]]>Nov 3rd 2009 9:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/
And we can always use a bigger battery.

Unfortunately, the browser experience will probably be sub-par.

What I'd personally like to see is an ebook reader that can connect to a mobile phone via wifi or Bluetooth, so you can download and send documents that way]]>Nov 3rd 2009 10:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/Nov 3rd 2009 10:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/Nov 3rd 2009 10:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/Nov 3rd 2009 10:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/]]>Nov 3rd 2009 10:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/Nov 3rd 2009 10:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/Nov 3rd 2009 10:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/



Do not deny me my star trek fantasy with your silly keyboard. ]]>Nov 3rd 2009 10:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/Nov 4th 2009 12:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/
.. It's all about ME!]]>Nov 3rd 2009 10:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/Nov 3rd 2009 10:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/]]>Nov 3rd 2009 11:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/Nov 4th 2009 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/Nov 3rd 2009 10:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/Nov 3rd 2009 10:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/Nov 3rd 2009 10:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/Nov 3rd 2009 10:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/Nov 3rd 2009 10:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/Nov 3rd 2009 10:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/Nov 3rd 2009 11:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/
Silly me.]]>Nov 4th 2009 12:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/
/s]]>Nov 4th 2009 10:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/Nov 3rd 2009 11:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/Nov 3rd 2009 11:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/Nov 4th 2009 10:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/Nov 3rd 2009 11:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/Steve Jobs has been pondering for months where the Apple symbol should go.]]>Nov 4th 2009 12:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/Nov 3rd 2009 11:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/Nov 3rd 2009 11:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/
The display below is there instead of the keyboard on the Kindle and allows them to add touch without running into the problems Sony ran into, where the ePaper display wasn't readable enough with the touch layer over the top of it. So it needs to handle simple typing, note taking, scrolling through titles, etc. At the same time though it needs to not blow the battery life to hell or make the device a whole lot bigger than the eInk display you'll be using almost all the time. By making the display on the bottom bigger than necessary they made the whole thing bigger, heavier, and more expensive than it needs to be.

The Nook looks like they understood that. These guys clearly don't.

If they have a case against B&N I wish them luck in its pursuit. But this thing is going to vanish into thin air otherwise. The Marvell tech sounds interesting regardless though.]]>Nov 3rd 2009 11:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/Nov 4th 2009 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/Nov 4th 2009 12:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/Nov 4th 2009 12:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/Nov 4th 2009 12:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-alex-comes-out-to-play-and-show-off-marvells-arma/
And besides which, full displays have the advantage of displaying video. Its hilarious to me that all these magazine companies are talking about how these mythical devices will save the company once they start playing video. Almost every cellphone and MP3 player at this point has the capability to be the magic e-reader device that the industry "needs" and even so, they're basically admitting that they believe that their audience would rather watch videos of the content in the magazine rather than to actually read it themselves. Doesn't this defeat the purpose of producing the "magazine" in the first place? Perhaps it isn't the idea of print, or the apparent lack of technological innovation that's the problem. Rather its an issue of poor creativity and incompetence on the count of management
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