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Curious about ebooks? Check out the best article ever on ebooks

Curious about ebooks? Check out the best article ever on ebooksA couple of pointsFirst, I have to disagree with the concept of the iPhone, or any other small screen devices, being suitable for ebooks. While the casual reader might find that suitable, most of us would prefer a device...

Tags: E-books, e-book, Curious about ebook

Discussion threads 2009-02-11

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Barnes & Noble iPhone apps surpass 1 million downloads

If you're an iPhone owner, chances are you're one of the many people who have downloaded the B&N Bookstore app, or the B&N eReader app for the iPhone and iPod touch, which recently hit the one million mark. ...

Tags: App, Barnes & Noble Inc., eReader App, E-books, Smart Phones, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jennifer Bergen

Blog posts 2009-09-21

Report: Netbooks now one-fifth of portable PC shipments

The point of netbooksis that they are cheap, portable second computers. More expensive portable computers may sell and they may sell well, but they are not competing with the same market. Customers would only want to drop more money for a portable computer if it were going to be their...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, netbook, computer

Discussion threads 2009-08-31

Kids are changing their online habits, will adults change too?

You've made me curious.... with the last sentences of your blog post. What invite-only places do you mean? And why wouldn't we know that they existed?RE: Kids are changing their online habits, will adults change too? "Now, they seem overrun with marketeers and I?m visiting less."The same is true with...

Tags: online habit, advertisement, Facebook

Discussion threads 2009-08-07

E-reader devices: The fun is just starting

The interest in e-readers, or e-books as they are called now, has reached a fever pitch. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos fields nothing but Kindle questions at the company's  shareholder meeting. Prime View picks up E Ink, the company that supplies the screen to Amazon's Kindle, for $215 million. And companies...

Tags: Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, Sarah Rotman Epps, E-books, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-02

Kindle 2 - It is what it is

Kindle 2 - It is what it isCuriousWas the person who dropped the Kindle able to replace the content at no, or very little charge? That'd be a central decision point for me, as I tend to be hard on portable devices.As long as DRM is used it matters...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Digital rights management (DRM), Manufacturing, Kindle 2, Kindle IS

Discussion threads 2009-02-10

The BlackBerry Curve with @Home UMA service convinced me to buy my first BB

My experiences with the T-Mobile HotSpot @Home service began over a year ago when I beta-tested the service in Washington State. I was mildly impressed with the service, but the poor phone selection kept me from adding the service to my account. I then received a free compatible phone that...

Tags: @Home, HotSpot, Device, Mobile, BlackBerry Curve, T-Mobile, RIM BlackBerry, Volume, Service, QWERTY Keyboard, Display, Handhelds, Wireless, Hardware, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2007-10-24

What a long strange trip it's been

What a long strange trip it's beenCongrats.And at $18.99 it's a steal compared to most tech books.I've already ordered a copy. (Although I was a little amused by this notice: "We may send your order in separate boxes to ensure the fastest service." I've never seen a book you had...

Tags: Groupware, Tablets, Notebooks, Microsoft Outlook, Congratulations!, Wiley, Outlook 2007

Discussion threads 2007-03-30

Adobe tries again with e-books

Adobe tries again with e-booksWowI can understand the need for eBooks, and Adobe wants to be a player, but we need open standards.http://ticklephoto.blogspot.com/Absolutely no benefit to users ...Here's the only useful information in the article: "In conjunction with the reader software, Adobe is planning a hosted digital rights management service,...

Tags: E-books, Adobe Systems Inc., e-book

Discussion threads 2006-10-24

The Passion of the Gospels Collection (Mobile)

Were you curious to know more about Jesus Christ's life and times after reading Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code?" Did viewing Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" make you want to speak to eyewitnesses to the events portrayed in the film? Then, "The Passion of the Gospels Collection"...

Tags: Mobile, Knowledge, Palm Inc., Rampart Software Development, Gospel, Thomas, Gnosticism, E-books, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2004-04-07

The Adventure Collection (Mobile)

When was the last time you went on an adventure? Come along on three with "The Adventure Collection" featuring H.G. Wells' "The Time Machine," "The Adventures of Robin Hood" and Mark Twain's "The Prince and the Pauper." In "The Time Machine" journey with H.G. Wells from a drawing room in...

Tags: Mobile, Palm Inc., eReader, Rampart Software Development, Adventure Collection, It', E-books, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2004-02-10