Magazines On The Cloud: Barnes And Noble Should Get Their Act Together
Image by somenametoforget via Flickr Being a cloud evangelist and an eco-conscious person, I embraced the idea of ebooks early on. After playing around with Sony ebook reader for some time, I jumped over to buy Nook as it had wireless and 3G capabilities. Well, this post is not about Nook per se but my [...]
When Innovation Backfires. MSI’s Dual-screen eSomething
I love innovation – just not innovation for the sake of innovation. It should be useful – and when I look at MSI’s dual-screen eReader – Netbook – Whatever, I seriously question the usability. Multipurpose devices do make sense, especially when it comes to the one-little-thing you carry in your pocket: it’s great not having [...]
Books On Clouds: A Game Changer?
I am a big sucker for ebooks for many reasons. First, there is a noble reason of not cutting the trees and helping the planet. There are other practical and lesser mortal reasons like saving space by not having huge bookshelves occupying most of the office space, cost (the consumers are supposed to have huge [...]
CrunchPad Getting Close to Launch – Now Really Sexy Situational Device.
I admit I was skeptical when Mike Arrington first announced he wanted to build a lightweight Web Tablet. But a few month later we saw the first prototype, which was not particularly attractive – but real. Mea Culpa, I was wrong. The second prototype was already quite likable, albeit not as sexy as as the [...]
NetBooks Will Not Replace e-Readers
PC World has jumped the shark with the bombastic title: Bye-bye Kindle, E-reader Screens Coming for Netbooks. It’s all about start-up Pixel Qi’s new screen which can operate as traditional backlit color LCD or as a black-end-white e-paper that hardly consumes energy and most importantly reduces eye-strain. PC World jumps to the conclusion: E-reader makers [...]
Kindle App For iPhone – Do Books On Clouds Matter?
Image via CrunchBase Amazon launched the Kindle App for iPhone yesterday night and it has set up a flurry of posts on Techmeme. I downloaded it yesterday night and played around with it. Now I am thinking whether it matters at all. iPhone already has two good book reading applications in the name of eReader [...]
