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Harry Potter Arrives, Electronically

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J.K. Rowling’s magical character, Harry Potter,  lives in two worlds: The one inhabited by ordinary folk and the one where his school, Hogwarts is situated. After a journey that seems to have taken many years, Harry now resides somewhere else: On Kindle e-books available (in a round-about way) through Amazon.com Finding Harry Potter at Amazon.com [...]

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

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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 [...]

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Travel Tech: The Guidebook In Your iPhone

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You thought your iPhone was primarily a telephone.  Wrong.  Then you decided it actually was mostly a computer.  Right.  Finally, you discovered it was not just a telephone and a computer, but also a travel guidebook, too.  Right again — almost; it’s actually a guidebook library.  Here are two popular places to buy electronic books [...]

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Travel Tech: Reading Kindle Books On The Road

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“Here, take my Kindle Reader outside and try it in the bright sunlight” said The Nice Lady in the doctor’s waiting room.  So I did.  And it was cool.  With this gadget I could sit on the beach and read my favorite books  — all 1,295,041 of them.  “I need this” I told my wife.  [...]

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