Barnes & Noble envisage de se séparer de son e-reader Nook. La chaîne de librairies envisage une cession ou un spin-off de son lecteur de livres électronique, pour lui donner plus de visibilité.
Le livre électronique Nook de Barnes & Noble, concurrent du Kindle d'Amazon, pourrait être séparé des autres activités de la chaîne de librairies, a annoncé son PDG William Lynch à Associated Press, sans préciser s'il envisageait une vente ou un spin-off. En 2011, ce concurrent du Kindle d'Amazon devrait générer un chiffre d'affaires de 1,5 milliard de dollars sur les 7 milliards de revenus de Barnes & Noble. Si cette activité n'est pas encore rentable, William Lynch la juge néanmoins sous-évaluée et estime que le Nook gagnerait énormément à bénéficier de la meilleure visibilité que lui conférerait son indépendance.
Ses ventes ont augmenté de 70% à Noël, accompagnées d'une hausse de 113% des ventes de contenus numériques. How To: Install Flash 10.1 On Android 2.1 Eclair Devices. It has been a widely believed myth amongst most Android users that only Android 2.2 Froyo or later versions are capable of handling Flash 10.1 but now as the story unfolds, it appears that you can in fact install Flash 10.1 onto your Android 2.1 Eclair powered handsets as well, and that too wishout any complicated procedure.
So if you’ve got an Android device running Eclair and want to enjoy Flash 10.1 on it, we’ve got the complete installation instructions for you. Just read on after the jump for details. This has definitely got to be great news for those of us who often find ourselves browsing through Flash-based websites on our Android phones. As we mentioned earlier, installing Flash 10.1 on your Eclair device is a breeze. All it requires is sideloading the APK of the Flash Player 10.1 modified to work on Eclair, and you’re good to go. Enough with the details, let’s get Flash 10.1 up and running on your Android 2.1 Eclair phone. Barnes & Noble announce Nook Color: $249 color e-reader and Android tablet. Barnes & Noble has confirmed the Nook Color, a full-color touchscreen e-reader and tablet all in one – all powered by Android.
At a special unveiling in New York, America’s largest book retailer unveiled a touch sequel to its popular Nook e-ink device released last November. The Nook Color, which is 8.1 inches long 5 inches wide, sports a 7-inch touchscreen. The screen includes a “VividView” that includes 16 million colors with 1024 x 600 resolution. It is treated with reduced glare for better viewing outdoors and includes a backlight for reading in low-light situations. Nook Color ships with an as-yet-unnamed version of Android that has been heavily customized and built specifically for this device. According to Engadget, B&N stated during the press conference that apps will be “curated” (pre-approved), sideloading will be allowed, and there’s no Flash support. Nook Color rooted - what does it mean for Barnes and Noble?
November 30, 2010, 3:55 PM — When the Nook Color was firs announced, I pointed out that it was more than an e-reader.
With the ability to browse the web, edit Office documents thanks to Quickoffice, and run apps approved by Barnes and Noble, it's really a basic tablet that doubles as an e-reader for a price well below other tablets. Yesterday, the potential for the Nook Color exploded as folks of XDA announced success in rooting the device (modifying it to allow the injection of additional or altered code). As proof of their success, they offered pictures of the Nook Color running Angry Birds and with other items added to the device's Extras screen. Although there is no video of how well the game runs on the Nook, Engadget's initial review included a statement about seeing Angry Birds running on a dev unit and reported that it runs as smooth as on a Galaxy Tab or iPad. I have no doubt, however, that the instructions will get cleaned up eventually (perhaps in short order).