Hit the break for a short hands-on video of the Cruz Reader and stay tuned for a full review of that one soon.
Its large screen will make it an attractive e-reader and video player, but it will also inherit a vast array of games and other software from the iPhone.
Mallick talks about some of the apps that are coming to the BlackBerry, including Skype video calling, Kindle e-reader and the "Angry Birds" game.
Group video chats bring back the connection to the reader and encourage interaction.
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Amazon competes with a variety of stellar tech companies in its business structures like Apple with its e-reader and with Netflix for streaming video, which is an area where the Kindle Touch and Kindle Fire will play.
Each week, I post a video about some Pigeon of Discontent raised by a reader.
Plus a TUAW reader, Zeno, sent in a video of Front Row running on his Mac mini.
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In addition, its card reader supports SD card and MMC, so customers can play their music and video directly from the card, or upload photos, video and music to their favorite sites.
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Each week in a video, my friend Maria poses a question about some Pigeon of Discontent raised by a blog reader.
On paper and within the Barnes and Noble ( BKS) conference rooms, NOOKColor, a dedicated e-reader with touch-screen, color, presumably-good web browsing and even video capability, had to seem like a slam dunk.
Even with its outsized price, the new iRex reader won't offer two features also missing from other electronic books: color and video capability.
Clearly, that "e-reader" is really a 10-inch Galaxy Tab: It's making a video call (not something you'd do on, say, a Kindle) and it has the same row of buttons on the bottom bezel as the smaller 7-inch Tab.
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