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OEM Partner Highlight-Archos

July 20th, 2010

Last time we highlighted Camangi Webstation where Aldiko app is pre-installed, this time we will feature Archos’ Archos 7 Home Tablet where Aldiko app is also pre-installed.

Archos 7 Home Tablet is a 7-inch Android tablet which is designed to revolutionize the digital lifestyle at home. It’s priced at a very competitive pricing point. With Aldiko app pre-installed, you can enjoy browsing and reading tens of thousands of ebooks right on the tablet.

Here is the press release and some screen shots:

DENVER, CO–(Marketwire – May 6, 2010) –  ARCHOS, a top innovator in the portable media market, announced today the new ARCHOS 7 home tablet that combines the best of web browsing, multimedia, live information, social networking and Apps, and testifies to ARCHOS’ strategy of offering innovative electronic products with extremely competitive pricing.

The ARCHOS 7 home tablet sees the debut of the first large-screen Android-based tablet. Bridging the gap between the Smartphone and the desktop PC, the ARCHOS 7 provides always-on access to the web, email, photo, video and a dedicated library of Android Apps enabling users to customise the device to their lifestyle.

The stylish ARCHOS 7 home tablet sports a high resolution 7 inch touch screen (800×480) and a super slim form factor at just .47 of an inch thick. Weighing in at 0.8lb, it is extremely portable and can be used in any room of the home. With built-in Wi-Fi, users can connect to a home network while on the move throughout the house. The USB connection makes transferring files from a PC, digital camera or other digital devices very simple. The ARCHOS 7 is also a low-power consumption device providing seven hours of video playback or 44 hours of music on a single charge.

“The ARCHOS 7 is great for the whole family. Anyone can use the ARCHOS 7 to stay up to date on email, news and weather, catch up on TV shows, get the recipe of the day or update a social media profile,” said Henri Crohas, ARCHOS Chief Executive Officer. “This tablet is just perfect for times when a Smartphone is not enough and a computer just too much.”

Multimedia showcase

With a large 7″ high resolution touch screen (800×480), the ARCHOS 7 home tablet has been specifically developed with multimedia in mind. The home tablet provides the best HD movie viewing experience (at 720p) in the kitchen, bedroom, living room or garden. Its brilliant screen makes it a high-quality photo display. The ARCHOS 7 can easily replace your radio with its on-board MP3 player and access to the free music streaming service, Deezer.

Apps to meet all lifestyles

The ARCHOS 7 home tablet comes with a selection of pre-installed Apps ready for use
including the popular
eBuddy instant messaging app, Aldiko for downloading and reading thousands of books, DailyPaper for viewing your favorite newspaper and much more.

Users also have the option to customize their home tablet by downloading their favorite App. AppsLib offers unlimited access to free and paid Apps developed specifically for the large 7-inch touch screen display of the ARCHOS 7. With a range of apps available to fit any lifestyle, the ARCHOS 7 can easily become an ebook reader, give access to cooking recipes, news, weather and games, and provide recommendations on theatres or restaurants.

Communication and connectivity

With Wi-Fi on board, the ARCHOS 7 home tablet easily connects to a home network and gives you constant access to the Internet. Its high-resolution, 7-inch touch screen, allows consumers to surf the Web in full width, send email, tweets or update Facebook pages as if they were surfing on their home PC. Download your personal applications from Appslib and the ARCHOS 7 home tablet will become the perfect tablet for the entire family.

Pricing and Availability

The ARCHOS 7 home tablet will be available in June at $199.99 SRP through selected retailers. Exclusive pre-orders are available at Amazon.com, with product shipping mid May. Order information and customer support details are available from our website: www.archos.com.

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Aldiko Partners with Dooland to Offer High-Quality Magazine Content

July 16th, 2010

High quality digital content is always what readers are seeking. Aldiko app offers the world’s best e-reading experience for Android devices and we work hard on partnering with more and more content partners to bring a wider selection of content to our users.

Today, we are happy to announce that Aldiko has teamed up with Dooland, a pioneering digital publishing and reading platform in China, to offer Aldiko Chinese users the most popular and updated Chinese magazine content.

With Aldiko app, you can discover and browse magazines from over 700-brands by categories such as News, Business, Sports, Fashion, Education, Technology and so on. There are also many free magazines for you to enjoy, you can just start reading your favorite one with only a few click in Aldiko.

With Aldiko app’s intuitive user interface design and powerful rendering engine, we hope to bring you a new magazine reading experience.

Happy Reading and let us know if you have any feedback.

Here is the press release and some screen shots:

http://u.dooland.com/space.php?do=blog&t=v&uid=1821175&id=23454

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OEM Partner Highlight-Camangi

July 16th, 2010

Over the past few months, Aldiko app has been hand-picked by a number of device manufacturers to be pre-loaded on their Android Smartphones and Tablets. For the next few blog posts, we will highlight some of those devices.

First , it’s Camangi Webstation Tablet. Camangi Webstation is the world’s first 7-inch Internet Tablet that runs Google Android system. With Aldiko app preinstalled, you can enjoy downloading and reading thousands of books right on  the tablet. The 7-inch resistive TFT LCD touchscreen will give you a different reading experience. Here is the press release and some screen shots:

(I-Newswire) April 2, 2010 – Being a leading brand in this industry, Camangi is ready to release a new version that provides firmware updates and more superior applications to the customers. The company released their new updated version tablet just right before the iPad shipment, it seems the company has determined that they are not going to be absent from this battle of tablets arising by Apple and Google. 

Many companies have claimed that they are going to launch their tablet soon, but we only see few that actually show us the finished products. Camangi says that new version is going to refurbish their brand and impress their customers. The company announced the reversion hours ago, and new products will be ready for market within days. Camangi already started the updating process for their current customers. There were thousands of devices returned so users can get their free updates. Seems Camangi is determined to fulfill customer satisfaction and are working hard on that. So if you are a Camangi WebStation owner and haven’t signed in for renewal, you should get in contact with Camangi now. 

Camangi claimed that they’ve solved several technical issues and improved the performance of WebStation. They also pointed out that the new version integrates many practical applications which will bring a better user experience. Aldiko and fring are the two highlight applications in this reversion. Aldiko is a wonderful ebook reader supporting thousands of book collections for free. And it’s easy to read and organize your books. Another featured application, fring, is well known as mobile application for communications via the most popular networks in the world.

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Aldiko Book Reader app is featured on Verizon Droid TV Commercial

April 18th, 2010

It’s very cool to see that our Aldiko Book Reader app is featured on Verizon’s latest Droid TV Commercial.

Using Aldiko app to read ebooks on Motorola Droid is very awsome thanks to its big and gorgeous screen. If you have a Motorola Droid or you are planing to get one,  don’t forget to try out our Aldiko app and let us know how you think. :)

Here is the commercial, enjoy!

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Aldiko Supports Read an Ebook Week March 7-13

February 25th, 2010

Update (March 17th, 2010) Over the Read and Ebook Week (March 7-13), there were 144, 360 books downloaded through the Aldiko Book Reader applications.

Thanks again for all authors, publishers, ebook stores that participated. Thanks for our users’ support for the event.


Update (March 7th, 2010): Read an E-book Week kicks off today! As part of the week-long celebration, we have made a special “Read an E-book Week” catalog on the Aldiko Book Reader app. A collection of free and discounted titles are available from March 7-13. Check it out! (Screenshots are attached at the end of the post)

A big thank to all authors, publishers and ebook-stores that participate!

Aldiko has announced to support the “Read an Ebook Week ” event this year (March 7-13) to celebrate the joy of electronic reading. The press release is as follows:

Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R., February 25, 2010 — Aldiko Limited announced today that it is supporting Read an Ebook Week, an international literary event which will be held in March 7-13.

The purpose of the Read an Ebook Week is to raise the public awareness of electronic reading. Read an Ebook Week’s website (http://www.ebookweek.com/) provides information on the latest ebook reading devices, different ebook stores, benefits of ebooks, as well as the history and the future of ebooks. Visitors will be able to download free reads from different major retailers, authors and publishers during the Read an Ebook Week event period.

Aldiko Book Reader application allows users to seamlessly download thousands of content from different publishers right on their mobile devices, including Smartphones, tablets and other multi-purpose mobile devices, read at anywhere and anytime, organize their personal digital library on the go. It’s a one-stop place for users to discover, browse, purchase, download, read and organize a large selection of ebooks.

“We are pleased to support the Read an Ebook Week event.” said Tiffany Wong, co-founder of Aldiko Limited. “The mission of Aldiko is to bring more e-content to more readers. The collaboration between Aldiko and Read an Ebook Week a well as other participating partners will help bring new authors and readers to ebooks.”


About Aldiko Limited

Founded in 2009 in Hong Kong, Aldiko focuses on developing ebook reading software and solutions that revolutionize the way people access and consume digital publications on their mobile devices.

Our flagship product, the Aldiko Book Reader, lets users around the world: 1) Read ebooks directly on their mobile devices; 2) Browse and download ebooks from an extensive catalog of content; 3) Manage and organize their collection of downloaded content.

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Happy 2010 !

December 31st, 2009

2009 has been a very amazing year for Aldiko. We started out with a goal to make more content available to more users. We have launched our ebook reading app for the Android platform and established a number of partnerships with publishers, ebook stores and content providers to make it possible for our users to discover, browse, purchase, download, read and organize ebooks right within the app. Our user base has reached over 200,000 within just a couple of  months.

As we enter into 2010, we will continue our goal of brining more content to our users, providing an easy and convenient way for publishers, ebookstores and content providers to distribute content, as well as improving the overall user experience of the Aldiko app.

Last but not least, we want to thank Aldiko users, our partners and other friends in the publishing and mobile spaces for your great support this year. We are looking forward to continuing to serve and work with you in 2010. Wish all of you a very happy new year!

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German Version of Aldiko and German Catalog Now Available

December 9th, 2009

We are happy to release the German version of Aldiko in the latest update. A big thank to Christian Meyer for helping with the translation. In additional to that, we are thrilled to announce that we have partnered with German ebook store, Beam eBooks, to make a large collection of German ebooks available for direct purchase and download in Aldiko.

For German users, you will be now able to browse Beam eBooks’ online catalog, read detailed description of each ebook, purchase and download them directly within the Aldiko Book Reader application. You will be also able to enjoy a large collection of free German content from Beam eBooks’ catalog. The ebooks that you purchased and downloaded will be always on your personal digital bookshelf inside the application. You can enjoy reading them at anywhere and anytime you want, no cable, no internet and no subscription are required.

Start exploring now, happy reading!

About Beam eBook:

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Beam eBook was founded in 2005 in Berlin, Germany. It’s an online eBook  shop providing a broad variety of German-language literature, from crime thrillers to specialist books.  eBooks from Beam eBooks can be read on various devices and are not restricted by DRM. The range of eBooks is constantly being extended.  There is also a huge number of free eBooks available. To Beam eBooks,  it is of great importance to deliver quick and customer-friendliy service. For further information about Beam eBooks,  please visit: www.beam-ebooks.de

O’Reilly Ebooks Now Available on Aldiko Online Catalog

October 28th, 2009

A couple weeks ago, we announced that O’Reilly had made dozens of titles on the Android market as standalone book applications using Aldiko technology. Today, we are excited to announce that O’Reilly ebooks are now available for direct purchase and download in Aldiko Book Reader app. Buying ebooks through Aldiko gives you the same benefit as buying ebooks directly on o’reilly.com. You will get free lifetime access to the book and 3 DRM-free file formats. What’s more, you’ll automatically get discount for any ebook purchase in Aldiko.

To discover O’Reilly ebooks, go to Aldiko Online Catalog, select “O’Reilly Ebooks”, choose a sub-catalog that interests you and select a title to read detailed description. When you are ready to purchase, just click “Add to Cart”, which will bring you to O’Reilly website to complete the transaction.

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Moreover, at any time when you want to re-download your purchased O’Reilly ebooks, you can always do so by going to “My O’Reilly Bookshelf” from O’Reilly Ebooks in Aldiko.

Why wait, start browsing and discovering now! Happy reading!

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About O’Reilly Media:

O’Reilly Media spreads the knowledge of innovators through its books, online services, magazines, research, and conferences. Since 1978, O’Reilly has been a chronicler and catalyst of leading-edge development, homing in on the technology trends that really matter and galvanizing their adoption by amplifying “faint signals” from the alpha geeks who are creating the future. An active participant in the technology community, the company has a long history of advocacy, meme-making, and evangelism. For more information, please visit http://oreilly.com/.

Special Halloween Collection For Your Enjoyment

October 27th, 2009

Halloween is just around the corner, are you ready for some scary time? For this special occasion and for your enjoyment, we have created a special Halloween collection on Aldiko’s online catalog. You can find such scary classics as “Dracula”, “Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde” and more. Check it out!

Happy Halloween!

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French Version of Aldiko Now Available

October 21st, 2009

One of the main changes in the latest update (Version 1.2.0) is the support for French. A big thanks to Mathias Monnerville!

If you would like to see Aldiko translated in your own language and would like to help out with the translation, please drop us an email.