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Comment on To buy or not to buy the Kindle 2 by Jacque

Jacque — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 07:44:56 +0000

Chris, I own a Sony Reader Touch Edition which allows me to read DRM-protected ePUB and Adobe PDF format books from my library. I read nearly a book a day so you can understand why I don’t buy them. There are definitely issues with the Sony Reader, but I have learned to make it work for me and I love being able to set the type to a size that does not strain my eyes. I’m reading fiction so I don’t worry about not having color or good graphics which might be an issue for some books. I think the choice of ereader really depends on what is important to the individual. I know Kindle users want that instant wireless access, something that is not really important to me since I don’t travel a lot these days.
Good luck finding a reader that works for you.
Jacque

Comment on To buy or not to buy the Kindle 2 by Chris Robbo

Chris Robbo — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 06:59:25 +0000

I travel 3 hours a day and have decided I just need to get an E-Book reader, especially when I saw the price on the Kindle 2 was a lot more reasonable. Having looked into this long and hard I can tell you some more reasons not to buy a Kindle: No ePub, LBR, or MOBI formats in any shape or form, no memory expansion, and rather limited functionality about how I can get my Gb’s of E-Books onto a Kindle. Conversion programmes? It’s illegal to convert E-Book files with DRM to any other format, so good luck finding some decent software that does that… and I’m finding even good conversion software for non-DRM E-Books doesn’t always do such a great job.

The problem is, good E-Book readers that don’t try to limit you to Amazon’s propriatary AZW format aren’t cheap. ASUS have been promising “the cheapest E-Book reader on the market” for nearly a year now. They’d better hurry up because if they don’t beat the Apple iPad to market I may just have to buy one of those: After all the expected price of the iPad is only a little more than the BeBook but with tons more functionality.

ASUS are also promising a book like version with dual colour touch screens as well.

I wish they’d hurry up, I’m getting sick of lugging these dead tree books around with me… One thing seems likely though, if Asus and Apple both manage to get their products on the market in the next two months and at the prices promised then the price of good E-Book readers like the BeBook should plummet.

Chris.

Comment on Jing and Bing by Kymm

Kymm — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:39:10 +0000

i think that Bing is not as good as Google. Google would still index new websites faster than Bing. Microsoft would still need a lot of catching to do with GoogleBot.

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Comment on To buy or not to buy the Kindle 2 by elizabeth roemisch

elizabeth roemisch — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:59:57 +0000

i am typing this comment using my kindle 2 which i got for free so i may be biased but i love my kindle. i wish it showed images for websites, true and the text to speech is robotic but it is fantastic. i dont like buying books either but with most classics etc you can get them free. the fact is i have 44 kindle books and only paid for 4 of them, with out illegal downloading.

Comment on Ebook readers gain in popularity by Minh Truong

Minh Truong — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:59:26 +0000

I don’t usually review products on Amazon (or any other website for that matter), but the Kindle 2 is so amazing, that I wanted to add my 5-stars and encourage any fence-sitters to pull the trigger. The instant wireless delivery is the thing that will change your perspective on book purchasing. I was eating lunch in Killeen, Texas and had just finished “Ur” by Stephen King. Lunch wasn’t over, and I wanted to read a little more, so even at Quizno’s in Killeen, Texas, with no bookstores in the vicinity, using nothing more than the fingers of my still-clean right hand, I purchased “The Stand” and was off in another world within 2 minutes of finishing “Ur.” Amazing. Addictive. Expensive, but worth it.

Comment on Screenr: a screencaster integrated with Twitter by Kristine Shuee

Kristine Shuee — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:12:08 +0000

- i just love to Twitter everyday with my friends. Twitter is much better than blogging in my opinion and it is very addictive too.
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Comment on Tweetdeck video tips show you the power by E learning

E learning — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:34:46 +0000

Cool. Thanks for letting us know this great tool. I’m always seeing tweetdeck from my twitter following. I didn’t that it’s that powerful.

Comment on Firefox security, privacy; Backpack update; eLearning tools by Anna

Anna — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:24:26 +0000

I gotta say that I love Firefox. The best browser for me.

Comment on Podcasting; Free video footage; Open source for school by Leonor

Leonor — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:17:42 +0000

I started Podcasting about a year ago and it is more exciting than blogging. I love podcasting maybe because i love music so much and radio programs when i was still a kid.