Where Cell Phone Readers Have the Advantage
I had an anachronistic experience last night—I was to get a ride home from my parents, and we wound up leaving early because my uncle had to get to Indigo before it closed at 10 pm so he could get a...
View ArticleBluetooth keyboards are good enough for tablets
On ReadWriteWeb, Brian Proffitt opines that the one thing that will keep tablets from dominating the mid-sized mobile device market is the lack of a decent built-in keyboard. Tablets are light and...
View ArticleDoes the death of the PC herald a closed-device future?
Oh noes! They’re killing the PC! Mass computing devices face the dark future of tablets with restricted operating systems that limit what you can do and what apps you can install! We must all run...
View ArticleeReader Holiday Gift Guide
I’ve been thinking about this one for a while now. I think the original list was close to ten items, which made it awkward as a practical holiday gift guide. I’ve finally narrowed it down to just...
View ArticleHello Android; Goodbye iPod Touch and iPad
A couple of years ago, I wrote about how there was no good Android iPod Touch alternative. Then a couple of months ago, I discussed the possibility that the best iPod Touch alternative might be cheap...
View ArticleBe careful with that e-reader charger! Man arrested for ‘stealing’ pennies of...
Perhaps the headline is a little sensationalistic, as the arrest was over a man plugging in his Nissan Leaf electric car for twenty minutes. That’s a couple of orders of magnitude more power than an...
View ArticleLatest IDC tablet numbers show signs of saturation
Following the release of its decidedly upbeat latest report on global smartphone shipments, the the International Data Corporation (IDC) has just issued a more moderate edition of its Worldwide...
View ArticleTesco readies ebooks for the UK supermarket checkout aisle
UK supermarket chain Tesco, already a mover in the ebook and digital content space through the release in September of its well-regarded Hudl budget Android tablet, is now on track to roll out the...
View ArticleTo solve a pet peeve, Ryan Seacrest funds development of Bluetooth keyboard case
When most of us aren’t satisfied with the current state of mobile technology, we don’t have any recourse but to hope that someone comes up with something better. But if you’re a high-powered, wealthy...
View ArticlenVidia Tegra tablet processor soon to power automotive on-board computers
The system-on-a-chip technology that powers modern tablets and e-readers has some very interesting spinoff applications available. ReadWrite has a feature on the onboard “supercomputers” that more and...
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4 Easy Steps To An Irresistible Book Blurb
Spirit Warriors has a short, compelling blurb. The blurb. The back-of-book description. The dust-cover copy. Whatever you call your book’s summary, it’s an important element of your marketing package....
View ArticleGoogle Auto Awesome may be a bit too automatic
How far is going too far to get consumers interested in your services? It’s a question Google must have to ask itself repeatedly. Sometimes, as with the Google+ privacy debacle of a couple years back,...
View ArticleGoogle Play Books adds from-device uploading in impending update
Android Police notes that Google Play Books has gotten an update that allows you to upload e-books into its cloud directly from your device, rather than being restricted to doing it only via the web...
View ArticleConfessions of an eBook Fanatic
Book Riot has a great post up this week about book ‘fanatics’ which begins with ‘I don’t care if you dog-ear my pages…’ The author then enumerates all the so-called sacrilegious ways he treats his...
View ArticleIn the future, concealed embedded computers might spy on you
On his blog, Charlie Stross ponders how small the electronics necessary to power computing and wi-fi have become, and wonders if the next great malware frontier might be physical spy devices concealed...
View ArticleMajor cell phone companies agree to implement unlocking of paid-off phones
Here’s good news for all those who do their e-reading on their smartphones or cellular-enabled tablets. Ars Technica reports that major carriers AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint, T-Mobile, and US...
View ArticleDeal alert! 2013 Nexus 7 tablets, $40-$50 off
Here’s a great deal on the 2013 Nexus 7. Office Depot has the 16 GB version for $180, $50 off list (sold out online; in-store pickup only), and the 32 GB version for $230, $40 off the $270 list...
View ArticleOffice Depot offers $50 Android tablet in its retail stores
We live in a world where you can walk into an Office Depot and buy an Android tablet for $50. Not a very good Android tablet, it should be noted: 28 reviews on the Office Depot site give it an...
View ArticleUPS driver throws Android tablet away on delivery
Sometimes you just can’t make this stuff up. CNet has the story of a UPS driver who was delivering an Archos 7 Android tablet to a house with a steep, iced-over driveway. Rather than attempting to...
View ArticleAmazon Kindle with Special Offers: $49, today only
Amazon is running a sale today (12/17) on its Kindle with Special Offers. This is the basic model, with the arrow buttons rather than a touch screen. It’s normally $69, but Amazon’s got it on sale for...
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