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Don't Buy an eReader Unless it Supports Wide Range of Contents or Big eBookStore
The ebook and ereader markets are still going through some turmoil even after substantial price cuts of major eink-based ereaders like Kindle, Nook, Kobo, and Sony Readers – all of which are backed by large scale ebook retailers like Amazon, B&N, and Borders. While it seemed just a couple of months back that all other ereaders those donot have decent market share would disappear soon. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen. There is a bunch of ereaders like Pocketebook, Sharper Image Literati, iReiver Cover Story, Cool-er, Pandigital Novel, Pockerbook IQ, BenQ K61, Ectaco Jetbook mini, Aluratek More >
Are Dedicated eReaders Going to be Dead Soon?
What does it mean for dedicated ereaders in the face of flood of tablet PCs (specially android-based) after the success of iPad? Some might think it’s a threat to iPad, not ereaders. I think the other way around. There are huge number of MP3/MP4/MP5 devices; but that didn’t announce the demise of iPodTouch. Similar way, a lot of iPad-like devices wouldn’t mean to die out iPad crave. As more and more people adopt 7″-10″ Tablet PCs with Pixel Qi or mirasoul screen in the coming year, the attractiveness of dedicated ereader will decline. I think B&N understand this fact better. That’s why B&N is More >
7+7 Reasons Why eReaders are Lousy+ Great Gifts This Year?
Mike Elgan from ComputerWorld writes 7 reasons why e-book readers make lousy gifts this year. In counter, Lance Ulanoff from PCmag writes 7 Reasons Why eReaders Make Great Gifts This Year. The following table shows the main points from these two authors:
Why Lousy? Why Great?- We’re on the brink of radical change in how people read e-books
- Form Follows Function
- E-book readers are the least discounted gadgets on the market
- There is No better Way to Travel with All of Your Reading Material
- There are so many other new ways to read e-books
- Access to the Digital More >
E-Readers: The Most Recent Future
by Eric Nicolas | The Recent Future
Remember back in the 1980s companies were making dedicated word processors that were a hybrid typewriter/computer approach? They were actually fairly popular until PC prices came down and made them redundant. Now, technology is approaching The Written Word from the opposite angle: reading. Before long companies will realize that an all-in-one Written Word solution is needed.
Electronic book readers are a fast-growing gadget market that is just now getting steady on its feet. Since Amazon introduced the kindle device, the e-reader is seen as a practical More >
