https://pinboard.in/u:guardiantech/public/ recent bookmarks from guardiantech 2014-06-05T21:48:51+00:00 http://winsupersite.com/mobile-devices/nook-samsung guardiantechFor a while there it looked like Microsoft would either purchased Barnes & Noble's struggling Nook e-book reader business or partner with the firm to create Windows-based Nooks. But today, Barnes & Noble upended those possibilities in announcing a partnership with Samsung in which the consumer electronics giant will make future Nook tablets. Some may see this as a blow to Microsoft and/or Windows. But I see this as bullet dodged: Let's face it, the last thing Microsoft needed was another money-losing hardware product line. Certainly, for Barnes & Noble, this is a nice out, too, since it really couldn't afford to invest in the hardware lineup.]]> nook samsung ereader https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:guardiantech/b:89e482a22e7a/ 2012-01-05T22:38:03+00:00 http://www.one37.net/blog/2012/1/5/doomed.html guardiantech "Moreover, despite the many merits of e-ink in its current form - merits I've written about at length in the past - the e-ink display is unquestionably life-limited. There is little that can be done to evolve the technology further. Sure, the current form is good for reading (and only for reading) - I do not question that - but it is very clear to me that there's only so much more that can be done before color and video become involved."]]> charlesarthur ereader https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:guardiantech/b:d2b9685aeac3/ 2011-05-25T05:25:50+00:00 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/23/business/media/23nook.html guardiantech "The success was not so easily predictable for a device that has been on the market only since November and faces stiff competition from Apple, Amazon and the Android-based tablets."

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