Plastic Logic QUE proReader pre-orders halted?
We’re not going to engage in too much wild speculation on this piece of information, but there are certainly a few raised eyebrows in Engadget-land right now. Apparently Plastic Logic is no longer offering pre-orders of its QUE proReader, as a tipster of ours discovered while trying to push through his order of the $799.99, 8GB / 3G version of the large-screen device. According to the order page “Pre-orders are sold out. QUE will be available online and in select Barnes & Noble stores this summer.” This of course comes on the heels of news that the company would be further delaying the ship date from mid-April to summer related to “fine-tuning” and “enhancing the overall product experience.” So our minds aren’t exactly at ease, as we’re trying to understand why a company wouldn’t just caveat pre-orders by letting people know there’s been a run on supply — though it’s possible that Plastic Logic is doing separate batches for mail order and in-store, and just needs to pace themselves. We’ve reached out to the company for comment, and we’ll let you know as soon as we hear back.
[Thanks, Clive]
Plastic Logic QUE proReader pre-orders halted? originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:13:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Lenovo unleashes three new monitors, one boasting multitouch
Lenovo’s quietly unleashed three new 1080p resolution-boasting monitors. Up first, the 21.5-inch L2261 Wide LCD, a pretty basic affair with VGA and DVI inputs. The L2361p Wide is 23-inches, with a more stylized look than the L2261, with integrated speakers and microphone, a webcam, and three USB 2.0 ports. Finally, the real star of the show, the L2461X Wide is a 23.6-inch, multitouch display. It also has integrated speakers and microphone, a 2 megapixel webcam. There is no official pricing or availability information for any of these bad boys yet, but there are two more images after the break.
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Jackie Gleason Apologizes For Bad Show (Why Don’t More People Do This?)
‘You’re in the Picture’ was one of those rare TV shows that only last one episode. It was a CBS game show hosted by Jackie Gleason where celebrities would stick their heads through carnival cardboard cutouts and panelists had guess what the scene was. The following week, instead of the next episode, Gleason came out in a chair and just talked to the audience, apologizing for the show. The following week he turned it into a talk show.
More people on TV should apologize like this. And I think more people should smoke on TV again too.
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SXSW Review: Barry Munday
If a movie paints itself into a corner in its first few minutes, it rarely finds anywhere interesting to go. Barry Munday, the directorial debut of Chris D’Arienzo, is an exception, transcending a familiar plot with sharp dialogue and awkward grace.
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Studies: Intense treatment doesn’t help diabetics
ATLANTA (AP) — Key results from a landmark federal study are in, and the results are disappointing for diabetics: Adding drugs to drive blood pressure and blood-fats lower than current targets did not prevent heart problems, and in some cases caused harmful side effects….
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Lehman Report: Were Securities Regulators Out to Lunch?
The report detailing Lehman Brothers’s deliberate misstatements in public filings suggests securities watchdogs failed to effectively regulate the bank, which went bankrupt in 2008. Also nailed in the report is the Federal Reserve’s short-sighted approach toward Lehman. Better regulation may have saved the bank.
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Lehman Report: Were Securities Regulators Out to Lunch? originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:45:00.
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Google ‘99.9% Certain’ to Close Chinese Search Engine: Report
Capping two months of high-stakes brinksmanship, Google appears ready to make good on its threat to shut its Chinese-language search engine after the Chinese government’s unyielding resistance to ease Web censorship. But Google’s mobile business in China will continue.
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Google ‘99.9% Certain’ to Close Chinese Search Engine: Report originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:15:00.
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Pelosi confident House will pass health care bill (AP)
AP - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Saturday she’s confident the House will pass health care legislation and dismissed Republican criticism that she did not have enough votes for the measure.
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‘Dirty Denim’: Premium Jeans Designers Including J Brand and Chip & Pepper Come Clean
Filed under: Fashion, News, Denim, Designers & Brands
Why on earth do $500 jeans exist?
That’s the question Douglas Keeve — the director behind the iconic 1995 Isaac Mizrahi documentary, “Unzipped,” as well as 2005’s fashion-competition flick “Seamless” — set out to answer in his Web-only series “Dirty Denim,” which focuses on the California-born premium denim market.
In the four short films, now on the Sundance Channel’s Full Frontal Fashion site, Keeve delves into the supercompetitive premium denim industry through the eyes of the designers behind Chip & Pepper, J Brand, Hudson Jeans, Serfontaine, Degaine, and Henry Duarte.
“When I started hearing stories about the denim industry, I was shocked at how much more hard core it was than the rag trade,” Keeve tells StyleList.
“It’s bigger, so obviously the stakes are higher. And it has to do with the special nature of denim itself. It wasn’t until I did this series that I realized that jeans are expensive and difficult to make. And, as with producing any fashion collection, a lot can go wrong, but even more so with denim.”
“It’s a very dirty business,” Pepper Foster, half of the identical-twin design duo Chip & Pepper, tells StyleList. “Everyone thinks they can get in, and it’s so tough. [The film] gives you the inside view on how hard we work.”
The documentary goes behind the scenes at the few washhouses outside Los Angeles that develop the washes and hand-worked styles which are then duplicated around the world, often with cheaper materials using computers and machines in place of humans, giving an inside look at the cut-throat and sometimes sleazy denim business.
It also focuses on the beginnings of the $200-plus premium denim market — attempting to explain the craftsmanship behind those soaring price tags — and the boom-and-bust cycle brought on by the economy.
“Denim took a major hit, and for us, it’s just about regrouping,” Chip Foster tells StyleList about Chip & Pepper’s method of staying afloat in the recession.
“We have different divisions. We have our premium denim, and we have two brands that are lower-priced jeans, C7P and Foster, which are unbelievable and just on fire, and you can buy them at JCPenney. We’ve adapted.”
Jeff Rudes, co-founder of J Brand, says he’s focusing on collaborations with hot brands like Hussein Chalayan and Proenza Schouler to keep his company relevant, as well as sticking to J Brand’s relatively affordable price point.
“When we opened, the market was flooded with high prices, but there wasn’t added value in $200-plus jeans,” he tells StyleList. “But I saw long-term, and there’s been a correction and the competition has brought the prices down. We opened up with a price point of $140, and right now the volume is at about $158. Our business has been up, and we haven’t felt the recession at all.”
Which might also have something to do with the brand’s clean and easy-to-wear style.
“We have a timeless product,” says Rudes. “We are the black Chanel clutch bag of what we do. Or that black Armani suit that you can rely on. We are that, and that’s what fashionistas aspire to.”
As for Keeve, who started making fashion documentaries more than a decade before “The September Issue” and “Valentino: The Last Emperor” came around, he says more exciting projects are in the pipeline.
“We have a television show produced by Fox 21 that’s set in the fashion world, created with Ryan Murphy, who is the guy behind ‘Glee‘ and ‘Nip/Tuck.’ So that’s in the works,” he tells StyleList.
“And about 12 years ago I followed Polly Mellen around; she’s one of the great doyennes of fashion. She’s pretty much retired now, but the footage is amazing.”
“Polly has worked with every single great photographer on earth. She was trained under Diana Vreeland, and she did everything from the Nastassja Kinski-and-the-snake photograph with Avedon to amazing Helmut Newton and David Bailey photographs,” he says. “I’m working on finishing that film, which is very exciting.”
And, of course, StyleList just had to ask him about the hundreds of hours of film — we’re talking vintage Kate, Naomi and Linda in their heyday! — that Mizrahi says Keeve has left over from “Unzipped.” Could it eventually make its way to a theater?
“I like to look forward and not backwards,” Keeve says. “However, whenever you make a documentary, you always have five movies, not one. And it would be really nice to explore some of that other footage. So, yes, I would love to do that.”
Drool.
Until then, head over to Full Frontal Fashion to watch Keeve’s “Dirty Denim.”
Also, find out why fitting into old jeans is better than sex.
‘Dirty Denim’: Premium Jeans Designers Including J Brand and Chip & Pepper Come Clean originally appeared on StyleList on Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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