Photos Of Barnes & Noble E-Reader Posted Online

Photos Of Barnes & Noble E-Reader Posted Online

Author cobster | 14.10.2009 | Category Gadgets

 
4:01 PM EDT Wed. Oct. 14, 2009 The online gadget site Gizmodo has posted photos and descriptions of what it says is the upcoming Barnes & Noble e-reader device, which seems to have a dual-screen configuration with a monochrome e-book reading screen and a color touch-sensitive LCD for browsing.
Gizmodo declined to publish the name of the device because it may change and because the existing name “is freaking terrible,” it wrote on its Web site. However, in one of the photos, the word “Athena” appears to be silk-screened on the upper right of the front bezel.

Barnes & Noble has been expected to launch such a device in the near future. Sources have said in the past that the device is expected to be produced by Plastic Logic.

The company, which is best known as a nationwide book seller, already makes an e-reader application available free of charge in order to encourage the downloading of both free and purchased e-books from its Web site. It also provides AT&T Wi-Fi service free of charge in its bookstores.

Gizmodo on its Web site posted several photos with descriptions of what it claims to be the Barnes & Noble e-reader device.

The photos show a device with two screens.

The main screen is a 6-inch, 800 x 600 pixel e-ink display similar to that of other devices such as the Amazon (NSDQ:AMZN) Kindle.

Under that screen is a separate smaller color LCD screen with touch function that can show color images of the book covers and allow browsing of the titles. Gizmodo said the LCD is 480 x 144 pixels and has a resolution of 150 dpi. That LCD screen also seems as if it can be configured as a QWERTY keyboard for searching. The LCD supposedly turns off when the user is reading the e-book, Gizmodo said.

There are two sets of page-turn buttons, one for front and one for back on each side of the reading screen. There also is what appears to be a “home” button marked “BN,” as well as a button with a drawing of a person that might be used for sharing books, although Gizmodo wrote that such a function may be cut.

Pricing for the supposed e-reader is not yet available, but Gizmodo said the price should be less than that of an Amazon Kindle, with Barnes & Noble making its money via e-book sales.

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Cool Zippo for Gundam’s 30th Anniversary

Author Ciel501 | 16.06.2009 | Category Gadgets

It has been 30 years since Gundam was unveiled and here are nicely designed cool Zippo for Gundam’s 30th anniversary.
If you are interested in Gundam series, they will make you satisfied even though you never smoke.

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Stocco, Cool Maitre Mirror with MP3 Player

Author Ciel501 | 05.06.2009 | Category Gadgets

Here is a cool and not an ordinary Maitre mirror from Stocco. It contains touch screen console in the lower-right corner, which offers MP3 player, programming and operation of a radio, and a clock, so you can listen to music or radio even while you are taking shower. The Maitre mirror is polished and flush-mounted on an aluminum frame, complementing any contemporary style and bringing an understated elegance to your spa-inspired space. The Maitre mirror is available in sizes from 90-cm to 2-meters.

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Diesel’s Cool Frankenstein watch

Author Ciel501 | 29.05.2009 | Category Gadgets

If you are interested in fashion, you should be worried about accessories because summer is coming in. So, what kind of watch will you pick out, Cool metal band or luxury leather band? You are rich? It doesn’t matter. But most of us have to select one. Here is a cool and thankful watch called for Frankenstein watch from Diesel, DZ4160. The left side of the watch looks high tech and the band of upper side is made of metal. The right side looks a general leather band watch and its band is made of leather for sure. Such a ‘hybrid design’, it is very unique.
As you guess, it is not cheap, but reasonable, $219.

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Motorcycle or Bicycle??

Author Ciel501 | 25.05.2009 | Category Gadgets

Actually, they are bicycles operated by rounding its pedal and they are designed by ‘Jason Battersby’. They have a unique feature with a combination of orange and white color. Their external shapes are made of glass fiber. You can feel as you are riding a motorcycle even though you are riding these cool bicycles.

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GameDr, Controls your time for a game

Author Ciel501 | 19.05.2009 | Category Gadgets

Here is a smart gadget called for ‘GameDr’. This is designed for a person who plays game without realizing how long he spent time for a game. You can plug it and check your time and it also alarm for each hour or 10 minutes. If you set a time for a game and the time pass away, its power will be off so you don’t need to worry about gameholic.

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Japan Triumph, Smart Marriage Hunting Bra

Author Ciel501 | 14.05.2009 | Category Gadgets

Japan Triumph unveiled cool and smart bra, ‘Marriage Hunting Bra’. It looks like a wedding dress and shows the time that you have spent for finding a marriage partner with LED display placed on the front of bra. And you also clip pens and a legal seal for wedding. When you find someone who you want to get married to and he put a wedding ring into heart-shaped device, the timer will be stopped. Here is a video shows how it works.

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Sweet heart-shaped watermelon in Fukuoka

Author Ciel501 | 14.05.2009 | Category Gadgets

The summer is coming and we feel cooler when we eat sweet fruits like a watermelon. Hiroichi Kimura, a farmer from Kumamoto, and his wife have invented heart-shaped watermelon for 3 years and did succeed. It will be a valuable present on the special day for special person. But do you want get it for about 15,750 Yen (US$150)??

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Cool Orchestra with iPhone, iPod and Nintendo DS via Multi Headphone

Author Ciel501 | 13.05.2009 | Category Gadgets

Here is a cool mix of music using Nintendo DS Lite running Electroplankon, a DSi running Korg DS-10, an iPhone, an iPod Touch and a Kaossilator. They are all connected through Belkin Rockstar multi headphone splitter.

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JTT, Cute Puppy-Shaped Speakers ‘WONSPUSB’

Author Ciel501 | 08.05.2009 | Category Gadgets

JTT releases the Cute Puppy-Shaped Speakers, WONSPUSB. It offers 2Wx2 output with 120Hz-20000Hz frequency response. They connect to your PC using USB ports. You can control them with a guitar-shaped volume remote control device. It is available for 3,980￥ in Japan.

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