According to foreign media reports, ebook reader, entertainment, education software developers BeamItDown software 11 announced that the company and its designed for apple iOS operating system design ebook reader sales iFlow Reader application ", "will be in on May 31, 2011 and end the operation. BeamItDown blamed apple change horses in midstream sales of e-books in principle, is the key to cause the company went bankrupt.
BeamItDown pointed out that apple's program in the purchase of (purchase) mechanism - app now stipulates ebook reader dealers (namely the BeamItDown) each iBook applications by apple to sell a book, apple will commission 30%, and ebook publishers also will only 30% (past to 50%) of revenue to dealers, this led to the firm had to put all the profits to apple, still must soon operation. In BeamItDown statement, this company trust apple, but apple eat all the profits.Have the media, said BeamItDown may not last victim, expected Barnes&Noble, amazon and other large ebook dealers may soon will suffer.
Large ebook dealers Safari browser is through apple over the past in his own electronic bookstore sells books directly to consumers, ebook reader and collection by apple, lest smoke into. However, apple spokesman in February, ruud miller interview that the company now stipulates application within the program must provide external buying an ebook options. That is to say, amazon Kindle applications must add the electronic bookstore function, this will make apple have a chance to commission 30%.Use electronic paper screen ebook reader no backlighting, advantage is close to paper books to display, but in external light inadequacy environment can't read. Qualcomm mirasol display ebook reader of the latest lighting is embedded lead a solution to these problems, and has engineering prototype listed. And caught in the e-book reading light is different, Qualcomm LED lighting source of new screen in the front of the display panel, uniform lighting the entire screen. Qualcomm mirasol screen for this new configuration with environmental radial sensor, when environment when insufficient light, LED light source automatic open.Qualcomm mirasol using this new, said the ebook reader will display in 2011 autumn to enter the market sales.
These two years, mobile Internet is popular, to the amazon kindle e-book and as a representative of the iPad to apple as a representative of the tablet computer, became a global market two best consumer favorite mobile terminal product. However, ebook reader the kindle and iPad spat between, has always been without ceasing, and the focus of the spat, which display technology wrangling.For apple iPad ebook reader market impact launched the worries, amazon dollars and bezos (E - but too technology monopoly ebook reader supplier of electronic paper screen LiuSiCheng the chairman of iPad are emphasized, because by TFTLCD panel.
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