Archive for the ‘ereader’ Category

Kindles Galore

06Dec09

It seems everyday that goes by more and and more people are ditching physical books, magazines, and newspapers for the Amazon Kindle or an e-reader. In the last two weeks alone I’ve seen more than a handful of people on the subway using said devices. Here is what I’ve observed. Not being racist or anything […]


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Kindle Ready to Fight Rivals With 85% More Battery

24Nov09

Are you ready Nook? I hope so, because Amazon is ready to get it on. Amazon announced today that a new firmware update will bring the world’s most popular e-reader (at the moment) a boosted battery life of 85% more. According to Amazon, 85% more battery with 3G on equates to a full week of […]


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No Photos of the Nook Guy

21Nov09

Last week after wrapping up the visit to the Apple UWS Store, I went to try to get some info on Barnes & Noble’s Nook e-reader. The one guy at the Nook booth started to chat me up and jazz up Barnsy’s new e-reader contender by sizing it up against the Amazon Kindle. There weren’t […]


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eReaders Aplenty, Print Death Looming?

10Nov09

Sitting on my desk are two piles. One is smaller than the other. They are both stacks of magazines that arrive in my mailbox on a weekly and monthly basis. The larger pile are all the magazines from the last three months that I haven’t even had a chance to flip through. With so much […]


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