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Robin Wauters
March 2nd, 2011

Barnes & Noble Settles With Spring Design, Licenses Its Alex E-Reader Patents

Barnes & Noble this morning announced that it has settled a lawsuit it was served by Spring Design back in November 2009 in connection to the latter’s Alex Reader (which, perhaps not so coincidentally, is in the process of being phased out).

Under the terms of the settlement agreement, Spring Design will grant B&N a “non-exclusive, paid-up royalty free license” for the entire portfolio of… → Read More

Robin Wauters
March 16th, 2010

Alex eReader now on sale in the U.S. for $399 a pop, starts shipping mid-April

Spring Design this morning announced that its dual screen Alex eReader will be available online today (the rumors were true!) for $399. Customers can thus start pre-ordering the Android-based multimedia e-reader, which supports eBooks in EPUB, PDF, HTML and TXT formats.

Spring Design says due to localization of international versions with partners, pre-orderded units placed on the Web in the… → Read More

Robin Wauters
January 5th, 2010

Spring Design Strikes Deal With Google To Bring More Books To Its Alex eReader

Spring Design, developer of the dual-screen Alex eReader, has struck a deal with Google that gives users of the device access to more than one million Google Books online or downloaded using Alex’s touch-screen browser and search apps. Spring Design is set to debut its Alex eReader at the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas later this week.

The device will feature a Google Android-based platform… → Read More