http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/ Engadget Comments for 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/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/Jan 7th 2010 8:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/I wouldn't say it's ugly: it's just simplistic, like pretty much every other reader out there.]]>Jan 7th 2010 9:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/Ugly ???? It's way more good looking than Kindle with 50 buttons on the face. And the browser functionality is something really important for people like me who read a lot white papers on the web.

At the price of a Nook, it'd be a killer eReader, but even at $300, most people would prefer this to a nook. I hope a Kindle DX killer (or one with magazine sized display) with browser is on the horizon.]]>Jan 7th 2010 10:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/Jan 7th 2010 10:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/
And no, most people WON'T buy it just because it can theoretically do more. Most people want an ebook reader. Most people don't care about all the "open source" stuff that Spring is adding. Gadget nerds like the people on this blog might, but we aren't MOST people.]]>Jan 7th 2010 10:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/Jan 8th 2010 1:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/it is ugly. i still love my kindle. the screen below on this reader is a bit distracting to the eye while reading. i don't know why they keep introducing a second screen - this is not a NDS.]]>Jan 8th 2010 4:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/I have a nook (got it for Christmas!) and love the design. The screen is actually really useful, and it sleeps really quickly so when you are reading it doesn't distract at all. I prefer the design to the Kindle actually, because the screen offers wider functioanlity than the dedicated keyboard. I always thought a keyboard on the Kindle was an odd choice since the primary purpose of the device is reading, not writing. The touchscreen keyboard on the nook is great when you need it, but since its not there when you don't its less wasted space. Plus the touchscreen eliminates the need for extra buttons for navigation that the kindle uses.

Springs problem isn't the second display per se, its just that they must be a bunch of engineers with no UI person to reign them in.]]>Jan 8th 2010 3:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/Jan 7th 2010 9:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/Jan 7th 2010 9:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/Jan 7th 2010 9:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/
Just to cover all bases, this is $100 more than (what I would think would be) an equivalent Kindle or nook. So yeah, they priced themselves out of the market.]]>Jan 7th 2010 9:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/Your all pretty much right when it comes to it's design....
Buuuuuut....... It's wifi,3G,Android...WOW!!! That alone opens a bucket load of possibilities and lower screen (touch screen) is a brouser, microSD card slot,Faster load than nook(nook does look hot.)
Find article online and then display it in eink. Cool.
Check out the specs.
Alex...So much more for $359.
Nook... much less for a ereader$249.(which is fine)
Nook and me at hello...Glad I fished around, for me it's Alex or maybe Azus....Maybe!]]>Jan 21st 2010 10:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/They need to get oprah on board though, that's why the kindle sold so many!

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*= unless it was over $100 less than it is now



]]>Jan 7th 2010 9:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/Jan 7th 2010 9:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/(cue conspiracy music)
]]>Jan 7th 2010 9:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/Jan 8th 2010 12:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/Jan 7th 2010 9:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/Oh and any e-reader would have to support pdf and common text formats, and without having to convert them (especially through some site/email). And when I say support pdf that does include some basic zooming, although I get you can't scrollzoom on e-paper smoothly.
WiFi would make me pay upto 40 more if I felt I wanted that.
And it must have an external SD card slot (or microSD).
]]>Jan 7th 2010 9:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/And it should have a mini USB port.
]]>Jan 7th 2010 9:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/Jan 7th 2010 10:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/But yeah you expect low cost because you can get a lot for not that much money, it sets the bar, it's a bit awkward to lay down $400 for an e-reader while standing in a shop full of large full color HD monitors that cost half, makes you feel foolish somehow.
And somehow the lack of color in e-readers, although not a huge issue for reading novels and expected still does make it FEEL like you should expect a lower price, humans will be humans.
It's very odd how that works, I've paid $300 for stuff without blinking while other stuff makes me feel unsure when paying $50 for it, it has a lot to do with psychology.
Lately I'm in a shift towards that in respect to computers, I used to be much more happier to spend a lot of money on a new computer than I am nowadays, they have less thrill and more association with annoyance for me.]]>Jan 8th 2010 12:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/Jan 7th 2010 9:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/Jan 7th 2010 10:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/Jan 7th 2010 10:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/Jan 7th 2010 11:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/Jan 7th 2010 11:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/Jan 8th 2010 2:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/spring-design-announces-partnership-with-borders-lowers-price-o/
For the person that mentioned how distracting the bottom screen is, if this is like the nook, it blanks after a certain period of non-use to preserve the battery and reduce the distraction.

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But I don't want an e-book reader primarily. I want a mobile internet device, a tablet with a screen larger than an IPhone. I don't want a phone that browses the web occasionally. I want a fully functional, mobile web browser that makes phone calls occasionally. The Archos 5/7 has the right form factor, but I read that it's buggy, and it doesn't have a multi-touch display. Cellular radio doesn't matter to me at this point. If I want a contract, I'll get a MiFi.

So I don't see this device as an e-book. I see it as a mobile internet device with an e-ink display to save the battery. I browse 'til I'm ready to read for a while, then I copy a page (or several) to the e-ink display and power off the LCD. The device is also functional as a conventional e-book reader, but that's gravy. It seems more functional as a conventional e-book reader than as a MID, because of the large, ungainly form factor, and that's not gravy.

But I kind of like it anyway, and I want an android device to explore the development potential. It might find a niche as a MID/document reader in commercial applications. For that purpose, an open architecture and developer support is important, and SD seems to be pushing in this direction. They're fighting an uphill battle for sure, but MIDs are coming fast, and we're still in the first inning of the game.
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