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March 2010

Newer: Quel avenir pour l'ePaper ?

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Go to the page | Comment | 1156 | Tuesday 30 Mar 2010, 09:06

Egypt : Snorkeling Photos

Egypt... Red Sea... Makadi Bay... March 2010.
2 photos I took while snorkeling.

From 20100311 Snorkeling Photos

Go to the page | Comment | 1155 | Saturday 27 Mar 2010, 08:34

See here 2 photos I took while snorkeling in Egypt - http://bit.ly/9oGFUa

Go to the page | Comment | 1154 | Saturday 27 Mar 2010, 07:37

Du moment qu'on se prend pas le ballon en pleine poire... : Belgacom TV offre le premier match de foot belge en 3D

Go to the page | Comment | 1150 | Friday 26 Mar 2010, 14:16

RT @KoenG: En Notubiz krijgt de award voor meest innovatieve b2b applicatie. #eenl10 Mannen die vrouwen haten best verkochte e-boek

Go to the page | Comment | 1151 | Friday 26 Mar 2010, 10:17

ZBD #ePaper in Spanish Pharmacies : http://bit.ly/cU6Eao

Go to the page | Comment | 1152 | Friday 26 Mar 2010, 09:47

Spanish pharmacies install ZBD?s epaper solution to ensure compliance with labelling legislation

I had already blogged about ZBD and their ePaper retail solutions. They have now also applied the same technique in Spanish Pharmacies.

Read more here :

Spanish pharmacies install ZBD?s epaper solution to ensure compliance with labelling legislation

Go to the page | Comment | 1153 | Friday 26 Mar 2010, 02:38

Cool I'll be able to download and read more eBooks : Software upgrade for DR1000S available in April http://bit.ly/93I7Js

Go to the page | Comment | 1149 | Thursday 25 Mar 2010, 12:44

Thank you Jakajima (@ereadingevent) for the great eReading event yesterday #eenl10

Go to the page | Comment | 1147 | Wednesday 24 Mar 2010, 09:06

Thank you Jakakima for the organization of a great eReading event yesterday #eenl01

Go to the page | Comment | 1148 | Wednesday 24 Mar 2010, 08:59

#eenl10 Hans Brons, CEO iRex : epaper payback is 5 months, eco payback is 6 months

Go to the page | Comment | 1143 | Tuesday 23 Mar 2010, 16:38

I m at the ereading event in Eindhoven. Lunch time now. #eenl10

Go to the page | Comment | 1144 | Tuesday 23 Mar 2010, 12:58

Le 30 Mars je serai l'invité de SparklingPoint à Paris pour une discussion sur l'Avenir de l'ePaper. http://sparklingpoint.com/networkg.html

Go to the page | Comment | 1139 | Friday 19 Mar 2010, 19:47

30 Mars : Sparkling Point : Quel avenir pour l'ePaper ?

Le prochain rendez-vous [SparklingPoint] du mardi 30 mars 2010 de 18h45 à 20h30 accueillera, pour sa quarante-neuvième édition, Jean-François Declercq, AppePaper.com, autour du thème :

"Quel avenir pour l'ePaper ?"

Cette année (2010) le marché des eReaders connaît une évolution importante :

On voit les premiers lecteurs ePaper en vente à la FNAC
Le Kindle d'Amazon atteint une certaine vitesse (3 millions d'exemplaires)
l'iPad pourra être pré-commandé le 3 avril
Google s'apprête à lancer Google Editions
Les solutions de lecture sur téléphone se développent à toute vitesse (ex: Issuu.com sur Android)

Ceci crée un marché technologique complexe pour les lecteurs, les éditeurs, les écrivains.

Dans cette jungle, on peut se poser deux questions :

1. Y a-t-il encore un avenir pour le papier électronique ?

En effet, la plupart des liseuses utilisent des technologies écrans plats (LED, OLED) combinées à un écran "touch" (iPad, Google Tablet, téléphones...), ce qui permet une meilleure ergonomie grâce à une meilleure réactivité de l'écran et le support de la couleur. Cependant, l'encre électronique évolue et a quelques atouts. Quelques cas d'utilisation seront décrits. (plus de 30 cas d'utilisation du papier électronique identifiés).

2. Quel livre électronique choisir ?

Que je sois lecteur, écrivain, éditeur, face aux poids lourds que sont Apple, Google, Amazon, lequel choisir ? iPad, Kindle, Sony Reader, Bookeen ? Existe-t-il une alternative ? Comment faire du livre "durable" ?
Une approche "architecturale" permet de découper le problème et faire des choix stratégiques. Quelques scénarios seront présentés pour illustrer :

Pourquoi Amazon écrit des applications pour l'iPad ?
Quelle est l'importance des standards comme ePUB ?
Quelle est l'importance des DRM ?

prochain rendez-vous sparklingPoint

mardi 30 mars 2010

18h45 , Paris Centre

thème :

Quel avenir pour l'ePaper ?

invité : Jean-François Declercq

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Go to the page | Comment | 1140 | Friday 19 Mar 2010, 12:32

Back from Egypt yesterday was tiring : sand storm in the morning, long flight because of opposite wind and lost luggage

Go to the page | Comment | 1141 | Friday 19 Mar 2010, 08:11

Le truc de fous : Match de Foot à 100 contre 11 http://bit.ly/d7SJNC (via Scoopeo)

Go to the page | Comment | 1134 | Tuesday 09 Mar 2010, 22:59

Texte de présentation AppePaper publiée avec Isuu. http://www.appepaper.com/Home/bienvenue

Go to the page | Comment | 1135 | Tuesday 09 Mar 2010, 18:32

And if Microsoft Courier was the best for eReader applications ? http://bit.ly/bcRdEA #ePaper #Courier #Microsoft #iPad

Go to the page | Comment | 1132 | Tuesday 09 Mar 2010, 16:39

And if Microsoft Courier was the best for eReader applications ?

It has been more than 2 months now that I'have been looking at eReaders. After the iPad, it's now the turn of Microsoft to show off a model called the Courier.
if we want to maximize the usefulness of an eReader like a Tablet, it needs to support the largest number of applications. Let's have a look at the major options :

The iPAD can reuse all the iPhone/iPod applications. If there are a lot of those applications, let's note that they need to be developer specifically to run on Apple's products.
The Google Tablet will support any web development (web sites) thanks to ChromeOS which has a strong web focus. If one wants to work offline, those web applications will probably have to be ported to ChromeOS, for using its asynchronous services. There is also the possibility for Google to leverage the Android market and allow those (Java) applications to run on ChromeOS.
The Kindle has its own (Java based) Software Development Kit (SDK). Again, one needs to develop specifically for the Kindle.
Some Other readers, mainly those with ePaper screens, use Linux as Operating System. You than need to make sure your application will run with the distribution and ePaper screen (GTK+?) constraints.

Now let's look at a "Windows based" eReader as -I suppose- Microsoft Courier. From an application point of view, such a device might well be one of the best platform for the "applications of ePaper":

It could run everything that runs under windows, and that's a lot
It could than also run a browser (google chrome for instance)
It could leverage Microsoft Office, which I believe still has a large market share

Would a windows based Tablet have the lowest barrier on entry for eReader applications ? Probably yes.
On the same line, there would be Linux based Tablets, but they don't have so many ready to go applications. For instance OpenOffice is still lagging a bit behind MS Office (personal opinion, of course).

MS Windows based tablets would nevertheless still to face some challenges:

Boot time : You don't want to wait 30 seconds for you ebook to 'boot' before reading
Security Management : You don't want your eReader to freeze while working because some Anti-Virus needs to start now...

Links:

ZDNet : Microsoft's Courier 'digital journal': The 'second coming' of all student tech

Go to the page | Comment | 1133 | Tuesday 09 Mar 2010, 08:36

Suis-je un "Nouveau Riche" ? http://bit.ly/aYidj4

Go to the page | Comment | 1131 | Monday 08 Mar 2010, 21:43

Livre numérique: un objet d'idées reçues -- RTL info http://bit.ly/bPRzJI

Go to the page | Comment | 1130 | Monday 08 Mar 2010, 11:21

Cool : Papier Electronique: Etiquettes à base d'encre électronique chez Western Digital http://bit.ly/buNmHo #ePaper

Go to the page | Comment | 1128 | Sunday 07 Mar 2010, 17:49

De retour de Durbuy ou on a fait un peu de vélo : BRRRRR.

Go to the page | Comment | 1129 | Sunday 07 Mar 2010, 16:13

Content d'avoir vu Lukaku en équipe Nationale.

Go to the page | Comment | 1126 | Wednesday 03 Mar 2010, 23:22

Midori works great on the iRex DR1000! Thanks to http://www.twotoasts.de/. #ePaper

Go to the page | Comment | 1127 | Wednesday 03 Mar 2010, 21:03

RT @ebouquin: Les prédictions pour 2010 par le patron de Kobo http://bit.ly/cvnMed

Go to the page | Comment | 1123 | Wednesday 03 Mar 2010, 10:53

eBooks : With or without DRMs ? 4 possible scenarios http://bit.ly/bmPzXY #ePaper #eBook #DRM

Go to the page | Comment | 1124 | Wednesday 03 Mar 2010, 10:21

DRM : Readers/Writers * With/Without = 4 scenarios

Last week, for eBouquin.fr there was a debate on eBooks and DRMs. I wrote a text in French called : Scénarios de Stratégies DRM. I have now translated it in English.

The principle is the following : If writers can choose to publish their eBooks with or without DRMs and if readers can accept or refuse DRMs, there are 4 possible combinations ::

Power to eBook distribution platforms
Hack Zone
Impossible Love
Blind Trust

Can an hybrid solution be designed for a true Win-Win ?
Read it here : http://bit.ly/92zUlx

Go to the page | Comment | 1125 | Wednesday 03 Mar 2010, 02:18

Izibook : Pour un marché eBook sain, il faut résister à l'assciation avec des liseuses (iPad, Kindle...) http://bit.ly/dpWzCA