April 13th, 2010

Alex eReader shipping tomorrow

We told you all the rumors, we told you it was available for pre-order, and now we’re here to tell you, it’s finally shipping! The Spring Design Alex eReader is shipping their pre-orders (at least the US ones) tomorrow. The Alex is that dual screen, Android based reader that many consider to be a very feasible alternative to the iPad. → Read More

March 17th, 2010

Hands on with the Alex ereader

The Alex ereader is out and I got to look at it today for a few minutes. The top part is a real epaper screen and the bottom part is essentially a small Android MID. The device has Wi-Fi and is available now for $399, shipping in May.

The company had a few interesting points about their sales strategy. Their goal isn’t to sell and ship devices, although their ereader will play epub, PDF, HTML… → Read More

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

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