(Be sure to read our posts “Tablet Computer Buying Guide: Where to Start” and “Tablet Computer Buying Guide: The iPad” before reading this review.) E-Reader on Steroids Barnes & Noble entered the e-reader arena with its black and white “Nook” and later added a color model. Now it also offers the Nook Tablet, a pumped-up [...]
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“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 [...]
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Tuesday I flew home from the Hawaiian island of Maui where the speed bumps I’m used to bouncing over in California have been turned into wider “speed tables” so you’ll heed the advice Hawaiians give Mainlanders: “Slow down, you’re on Maui now.” The next day, Barnes & Noble sent me an e-mail telling that I’m [...]
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On Monday, December 6, 2010, Google “opened” its eBookstore offering over 3 million books in electronic versions that can be read on Android and iPhone smartphones, the iPad and iPod Touch, e-readers from Barnes & Noble and Sony, any other device that supports Adobe’s e-book platform, or by using a Web browser that is Javascript [...]
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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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