Spring Design, a small IT startup, claims that Barnes Noble’s Nook infringes on their own Alex e-reader. Both devices claim a dual-screen form-factor, powered by Google Android. The e-reader space has become more competitive in the past few months, with not only Barnes Noble but a host of smaller startups announcing their own devices, all of them hoping to take market share away from Amazon.com and its line of Kindle e-readers.
– What’s the difference between two e-reader models, produced
by separate companies, that both include dual screens and a Google Android
operating system? According to Spring Design, which unveiled its Alex e-reader
with just such a form-factor on Oct. 19, not much which is why it plans on suing
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