TIME on the iPad is a Great Experience Spoiled
Monday, April 5th, 2010One of the things I’m really looking forward to experiencing on the iPad (and other tablet devices) is magazine reading. That was something that motivated me two and a half years ago, when I bought my first Kindle. I liked the idea of instant delivery to my hand-held device and an end to paper clutter [...]
What Does the iPad Bring to the eReading Experience?
Thursday, January 28th, 2010During his introduction of the Apple iPad, Steve Jobs spent a bit of time addressing one of the most obvious uses for a tablet device, eReading. Until now, that market has been pretty well controlled by the Amazon Kindle, but as a user of all the Kindles since their initial launch, I can tell [...]
Is the Skiff Arriving Too Late to the eReader Party?
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010My favorite eReader coming out of CES 2010 was the Skiff, a large format device aimed at the newspaper and magazine audience. The reader is big (the screen is 11.5 inches diagonally with a 1200 x 1600 pixel display), but quite thin (just over 1/4 inch). Its 17 9/16 ounces is a bit lighter than [...]
Laptop or Tablet, Lenovo IdeaPad U1 Has You Covered
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010Whether in reaction to Apple’s anticipated month-end announcement, or just because the idea has reached an intersection of demand and technical capability, 2010 is looking like the year of the tablet computer. I think that tablets, once they pass the hurdles of price and capability (see the history of notebooks for that) are going to [...]
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