iOS reading apps begin ditching outside store links in droves
As Apple's do-or-die deadline has come and gone for apps that offer users ways to purchase content outside of Apple's ecosystem, a number of prominent reading apps have begun to seed updates with the necessary...
The little things give you away: why the Literati e-reader fails
Quick, name three e-readers! Can I guess which ones popped into your head? Let's say the Kindle, the Nook, and the iPad. It's very possible one of the Sony models was also included. It's now a crowded market with...
Notre Dame embarks on a paperless course with iPads
The University of Notre Dame's yearlong study of eReaders in academics is starting the school year with a bang -- a course that will use the iPad as the only textbook students need. The course is entitled Project Management, and each of the 40 studen...
Reading a book is faster than reading an iBook
Filed under: iPadA study conducted by usability consultant Jakob Nielsen claims that reading on e-book readers like the iPad and the Kindle still doesn't match up to the reading speed of good old printed paper. The test chose 32 people (admittedly a sm...
Whatever happened to the e-reader tsunami of 2010?
Along with the rise of 3D TV, E-Ink-based e-readers were one of the biggest tech trends in evidence at CES 2010 in January. Everywhere you turned on the show floor, there was either a 3D TV or a wall...
How the iPad gobbles up netbook sales
Also getting cannibalized: iPod touches, eReaders, desktop PCs and handheld videogames There's an interesting chart in a report to clients issued early Thursday morning by Morgan Stanley's Katy Huberty. The subject of her report is last week's acquisition of Palm (PALM) by Hewlett Packard (HPQ). In Huberty's bull-case scenario, HP builds a tablet computer around...
iPad vs. Kindle: Which way to go?
Filed under: Hardware, Multimedia, Cult of Mac, Books
In my post yesterday I touched on the likely long faces at Amazon H.Q. in Seattle. The iPad is something I'm sure they wished hadn't happened, but of course it did,...
