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OEM Partner Highlight-Archos

Tuesday, 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
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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

Friday, 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

Friday, 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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German Version of Aldiko and German Catalog Now Available

Wednesday, 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

French Version of Aldiko Now Available

Wednesday, 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.

28 O’Reilly Books Now Available as Android Apps Using Aldiko Technology

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

O’Reilly has made 28 of their titles available on the Android market as standalone book apps using Aldiko technology. These include  “The Twitter Book” , “Facebook : The Missing Menu”, “YouTube, an insider’s guide” and more. All of the book apps are under the “Reference” category on the Android market, you can see the full list here.

The standalone book apps were built on top of the Aldiko Book Reader, therefore, you can find most of the features of Aldiko, including navigation control, search, bookmark, dictionary, front, margin and alignment setting, day/night theme and more. We did remove the library and import features because they are not needed in standalone book apps. All of the books are in non-DRMed ePub format, you can easily export the ePub files to your SD card by using the “Export” function and import them to Aldiko Book Reader.

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We’re excited to see how nicely color images can be displayed on Aldiko. We adjusted the images dynamically to the size of the device’s display, you can see the images as you go through the book and you can also do a long press on images to view and zoom them in a separate window.

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Moreover, you can do a long press on any link within a book to open them on browser.

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You will also find the “Forward/Backward” feature very useful in O’Reilly’s book apps. It allows you to go back to where you were before clicking a link to a different section of a book.

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The apps also showcase how we handle some complicated materials such as source code and table on a small display.

We’ re glad to work with O’Reilly and we’re happy to see ePub handles images and complicated materials well.  O’Reilly’s books are well-known for their high quality, for prices ranging from $2.99 to $4.99, it’s definitely a great deal.

Grab some and read them on the go! Happy reading!

Aldiko now free and available anywhere – New distribution channel added

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

Since Aldiko was released, we have received a lot of feedback from engaged users telling us how much they like Aldiko and what improvements they would like to see. We want to thank you all for your feedback. It is your appreciation which motivates us to deliver as high quality a product as we can.

However, a point that was raised on repeated occasions was that a lot of people who had interest in the app were unable to get their hands on it, simply because they are located in a country where the Android Market does not yet support paid applications. In order to make it as widely available as possible, we’re excited to announce that we have put Aldiko for free on the Android Market.

The paid version is still available as a “Premium” package, which we encourage you to get if you like Aldiko and would like to support us.

Moreover, we have also listed the application on SlideMe, thus making Aldiko available anywhere in the world (including countries where the Android Market is not currently supported). The Aldiko package can be directly downloaded from SlideMe’s website from your computer, or directly installed to your phone through the SAM application.

Thanks for your interest and support! Enjoy!

Aldiko now available on the Android Market!

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

We are excited to announce today the release of Aldiko, our ebook reading application for Android smartphones. Aldiko enables you to very conveniently download from a vast collection of books and read them right on your phone.

Aldiko supports the EPUB industry standard format for reflowable electronic books and lets you fully customize your reading experience (display brightness, font and background color, font size and type, margin, etc.).

We have partnered with Feedbooks to provide seamless access to their huge selection of free public domain books. Aldiko also implements the emerging OPDS standard for content distribution, which will enable us to add even more content in the future.

Check out the app today on the Android market! We’re looking forward to your feedbacks!

About Feedbooks

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Feedbooks is a Paris-based start-up specialized in digital publishing & distribution.  Its mission is to create high-quality e-books with tools that anyone can use, integration of their publishing technology into any platform & direct distribution to mobile devices. For more information, please visit http://www.feedbooks.com