pcworld.com - 11/2/2009
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iPhone as an eBook Reader Rivals Kindle, Says Report Apple's iPhone is quickly becoming the ebook reader of choice for many, and could steal market share from Amazon's Kindle, according to a report from market research firm Flurry. The iPhone and iPod Touch turned into a popular handheld gaming ...
gigaom.com - 11/2/2009
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gigaom.com —
Yesterday at the urging of a friend, I
ordered “Your Brain at Work” by David Rock on...
my iPod touch via the Amazon Kindle app . In doing so, I became one of many people who are helping the iPhone become more than just a phone. It’s ...
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The Next Hot e-Reader: The iPhone [GigaOM]
maximumpc.com - 11/4/2009
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maximumpc.com —
There’s good news and bad news for eBook
fans. First up: new eBook readers using Marvell’s ARMADA...
166E chip could see triple the frame rate of first generation devices. The bad news: the faster frame rate of 3 fps won’t exactly have you playing Doom ...
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Screen Android Alex eBook Reader
feeds.boingboing.net - 28 days ago
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In today's Observer Business column, John Naughton discusses
what a ripoff it is for ebook vendors to...
"sell" you books with abusive, multi-thousand word "license agreements," pretending that because you bought your book over the network, it wasn't a sale, and so you don't get to own it. These ...
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Ebook license "agreements" are a ripoff
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... According to PC World, the iPhone as an eBook reader poses a threat to the Kindle. The iPhone is reportedly becoming the eBook reader of choice for many users. One out of every five new apps in the App Store in the last four months were reportedly eBooks. ...
iPhone as an eBook Reader Threatens Kindle, Says Report
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... games were among the reasons its DS portable gaming machine under-performed in sales.
And now it appears it is the Amazon Kindle’s turn to take a beating, as book applications for iPhone exceeded the popularity of games apps in the last four months, according the Flurry report. In September, iPhone books (some running on Kindle for iPhone) overtook games for the first time, while one in every five new apps in the App Store in October were books.
via PCWorld
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