- More new on the Nokia suit against Apple.
- Facebook privacy problems continue.
- Kobo e-Book reader comes out of Borders Books.
- More on the Neanderthals.
- iPhone killing the Blackberry? Seems so.
- Yahoo attacking Google. I think MSFT is behind it.
- Netbooks doing just fine, thank you.
- Scribd going to HTML5 over Flash.
- Hand washing is good for you in a very surprising way.
- New Jail-breaking stuff coming.
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Borders is a union busting company that pays its wage-slave workers $7/hour. They also place Ann Coulter’s books prominently, according to activists.
The Kobo reader seems a little lame — it only reads ePub (which is cool) and Adobe.
For me, one of the most exciting use of eReaders is to finally start delivering on the “paperless office” promise that computers were suppose to bring us
OK, not paperless but _less paper_ … board reports, manuals, data sheets, briefing materials, employee manuals, etc. etc.
Many of these items would be MORE useful on a portable eReader – and easier and cheaper to get to the employees.
I’d guess the price-point is around $100 for the companies I’ve worked-in.
But if the eBook can only read a couple of formats, it not worth it because it costs you money to reformat everything.
Oh, also, it needs to have strong password protection for business use since it inevitable that these things are going to be left in bars with important business documents on them.
I think Microsoft has fired the first shot in yet another internet war trying to throw the Monkeyworks into Firefox and Chrome.
After a clean install of Vists Im running into a recurring problem where niether Chrome or Firefox are working very well .It could because a number of things Chromes new plugins an involuntary security? update by Micosoft that effects Firefox.Its unclear I’ve seen at least twenty posting by other people that they are having the same sorts of problems. I think this is going to heat up as Microsoft looses share and the Chrome Operating system nears delivery. I think millions are ready to drop kick Microsoft and I think they know it.If they pull this crap its only going to speed up the Exodus.I hope you and Leo take a stand here because like the browser wars the consumers and developers of the net are going to get caught in the middle. Thanks Lee
I saw the Kobo up the street at the local Chapters bookstore (up here in Canada). Not bad, but $149 is actually too much.
Without 3G, the only way to buy books is download them from the web-site and transfer via USB.
The appeal of the Kindle is that you can be in an actually book store, see a book you want, take out your Kindle and buy it straight off Amazon.
A quick browse through kobobooks.com shows 1000s of books. But many more 1000s at Amazon.
IMO, the ebooks (for both Kindle and Kobo) are too much. If the paperback costs $12, the ebook should be < $5, not $10.
“Mobo kobo lobo”, is Neanderthalese/Australopith for “human women are good!”
>> chuck said, on May 7th, 2010 at 7:42 pm
>> I saw the Kobo up the street at the local Chapters bookstore (up here in Canada). Not bad, but $149 is actually too much.
The right price point of consumer eBook readers should be $29.95, or free with a newspaper, magazine or book-of-the-month subscription.
It has to be very low because eBooks are replacing free media (in the literal sense of the term) – i.e. paper.
>> Without 3G, the only way to buy books is download them from the web-site and transfer via USB.
USB doesn’t bother me — I’m used to it with my MP3 player. Especially if you need to charge it via the USB anyway.
WiFi would be very nice, though.
Kobo has blue tooth, right? That could be cool if done correctly — like if you leave your reader near your computer, it automatically updates with no effort from the user.