e-readers

Tablet Computer Buying Guide: The Kindle “Fire”

(Be sure to read our posts “Tablet Computer Buying Guide: Where to Start”, “Tablet Computer Buying Guide: The iPad” , and Tablet Computer Buying Guide: The Nook Tablet before reading this review.) Leader of the Pack Amazon.com kicked off the race to develop devices that could read electronic versions of books when it launched its [...]

Tablet Computer Buying Guide: Where to Start

Travel Tech

“I need one of these!” I told my wife. “No you, don’t” was her response. That conversation took place two years ago after I had a chance to try out the original Kindle e-reader from Amazon.com. Some things have changed since then, some have not. What’s the same: I still don’t own a Kindle or [...]

Travel News Update (11/3/10)

Travel News Updates

Here are this week’s travel and travel technology stories on the Web: Chocolate For Miles (The New York Times) Mount Everest Gets 3G Network (CNN) Wi-Fi For $5 On Southwest Flights (Los Angeles Times) Prepare for “Secure Flight” Beginning Nov. 1 (The TSA Blog) E-Reader Comparisons (Matadornetwork.com) “Behaving Badly” In The Air, On The Ground [...]

Travel Tech: The Guidebook In Your iPhone (Part 2)

App Reviews

In the first installment of “The Guidebook In Your iPhone” I investigated reading Kindle Books from Amazon.com and “iBooks” from Apple on your computer, iPad, iPod, iPhone or other smartphone. But this is not the only ways you can read electronic guidebooks or other publications on your iPhone (a 3GS in my case). Here’s yet [...]

Travel Tech: Finding “Reads” On The Road

App Reviews

Looking for a good book or an independent bookstore while you’re on the road? If you have an iPhone you’re in luck: Download the free IndieBound app from the iTunes App Store. Finding Bookstores Turn your iPhone’s “Location Services” to “On”, then click on “Store Finder” at the bottom of the screen to get a [...]