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I recently got my hands on a Kindle Fire, Amazon’s 7″ Android tablet. I can see why they are selling like the preverbal hotcakes. For $200 you get an Android tablet that is optimized for the Amazon eco-system. The screen is sharp, and the text clear. It’s still not an e-ink display, so if all [...]
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With Apple’s announcement of the iPad and the Apple iBook store, people have been noticing the ongoing debate about e-books, e-readers and the ugly concept of DRM, which assumes that paying customers are thieves. Joining the fray, is is Stephen Green, also known as the Vodkapundit. Of course, I had join in.
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From what I’ve read, there was nothing really eye popping at CES this year. Some cool stuff, but nothing to really thrill anyone. Apple is having their own press announcement next month. So of course, Apple tablet rumors have been running hot and heavy again. I heard the name “iSlate” dropped several times. My favorite rumor was [...]
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Barnes and Noble has announced the Nook, their e-book reader. This is in direct competition to Amazon’s Kindle. It’s a very similar bit of technology, the major difference being that the B&N Nook will allow users to “share” e-books with other Nook users. It works this way. You purchase an ebook from B&N on your [...]
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As I’ve noted before, it is my theory that Amazon does not actual sell e-books on it’s Kindle device, it leases the book to the reader. Another point of evidence to support that theory has just come out. According to this New York Times story, Amazon can delete e-books off your Kindle, that you have [...]
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I came to the conclusion a while ago that you don’t buy ebooks from Amazon, you are only leasing them. First off, the highly restrictive Amazon DRM not only limits access to the ebook to their proprietary Kindle device, it restricts it to your specific device. Once you are done with the ebook, you can loan [...]
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Before you get too excited, it won’t be released until next month, it’s only available in Japan, and it has a $1,000 price tag. The FLEPia will however have a color screen with touch capabilities. Old School Palm OS stylus touch control though. The display uses a variant of LCD tech that doesn’t use a [...]
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Another dedicated etext reader platform is due to join the ranks of the Sony Reader and the Amazon Kindle. This one, put out by Plastic Logic, it is based on the e-Ink technology that has been out for years. The drawo of this reader is that is larger (8.5″ x 11″) and more “rugged” than [...]
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It’s called Bookshelf, and yes, it costs money. I found it worth the $10 It supports a wide range of formats including ASCII text, HTML, AportisDoc, unencrypted Mobipocket, rft & Word Docs (not docx). I can access my Baen webscription account from it and download books directly as well as tapping their free etext library. [...]
Filed under: Apple, cell phone tech, Etext Reader, Smart Phone | Tagged: Baen, ebook, etext, Etext Reader, iPhone | 4 Comments »
