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Articles tagged with: E Book and Amazon
Schools shun Kindle, saying blind can't use it
Amazon's Kindle can read books aloud, but if you're blind it can be difficult to turn that function on without help. Now two universities say they will shun the device until Amazon changes the setup. more
E-Readers Will Take Off for Holiday Shoppers - but in 2010
2009 is likely to be remembered as a watershed year in the evolution of e-books and e-readers with several milestones and product launches standing out as catalysts for change in the market, according to Gartner. However, Gartner said that while the number of electronic readers sold is likely to increase in 2009, it expects 2010 to be the year when e-book readers really become popular consumer electronic devices, culminating in e-reader "mania" for the 2010 holiday season. more
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Amazon to release free Kindle software for PC
Amazon.com is trying to get more people to buy the electronic books that are compatible with its Kindle gadget by offering free software for people to read them on a computer. more
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Barnes & Noble unveils new e-reader: the 'nook'
Barnes & Noble unveiled a new electronic-book reader Tuesday that will compete with Amazon.com's Kindle in a still-small arena where some see bookselling's future. more
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Sony plans a Kindle rival with wireless downloads
Sony plans to offer an e-book reader with the ability to wirelessly download books. That adopts a key feature of the Kindle from Amazon.com and enhances the competition in a small but fast-growing market. more
Mobile Internet Device Shipments to Rise Nearly Eightfold by 2012
..luding UMPCs, netbooks, smart phones, portable navigation devices, e-book readers, portable media/MP3 players and handheld gaming devices," observed Francis Sideco, senior analyst, wireless communications, for iSuppli. "Each MID device segment more
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Orange Launches E-Paper Based Newspaper Reader
.. comfort of paper.The reader device looks similar to the recently launched Amazon Kindle e-book reader, just without the keyboard.Every morning, testers will be able to read news from Le Monde, Le Parisien, Les Echos, LÃ'Equipe and Télérama, more
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Can Sprint Hang On to WiMAX in the Face of a Financial Struggle?
..l, as noted by Samsung's HSPA-enabled camera, Amazon's Kindle e-book reader with EV-DO, and Verizon Wireless' announcement that it will open its network to any device supporting its air interfaces and spectrum; but there is a bigger push to do more
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National Geographic Publishes Guide to Using a Camera Phone
National Geographic Books has published a photography book with a difference, it is focused exclusively at camera phone users. The Camera Phone Book by Aimee Baldridge with images by award-winning photographer Robert Clark, is a reference guide on how to choose the best equipment; make better pictures; and store, print and send images. It is also the first to include a full-color photo essay - on Williamsburg, Brooklyn - that demonstrates the full capabilities of the latest handsets. more
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