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ok - so I have been trying to find out which is the best ebook reader but there is so much information flying around that I am none the wiser! I want to buy one as a present for my Dad so it needs to be simple to use and quite intuitive (and obviously, the cheaper the better). Any ideas?
I have a Sony Reader PRS-505 and absolutely love it. It looks stylish and is very easy to use. £200, so not sure if you'd count that as cheap.
NY1 report on the Sony e-book Reader
I am interested in buying one, but would like to know, if I would have to buy books from specific sites, or can I simply transfer ebooks from my computers hard drive onto the device to read it like a book.
-Thanks.
I own a Sony PRS-505 and am absolutely in love with it. Before, you had to use the proprietary Sony Ebook store, which only US residents could use, so that was a problem for me since I am located in Australia, but there's recently been a firmware update which makes it possible to buy secure Adobe and EPub files from other ebook sites.
Also, if the files that you have in your computer are .txt and .rtf or .pdf you can just load them to the reader with no prob. You just can't read mobipocket, Microsoft reader files and other proprietary files like that.
Check out http://mobileread.com
The Sony Reader forum is very active and has lots of great tips for use!
I want something as inexpensive as possible
ARRL handbook
You can find it at most good book stores or they can order it for you. You can also order it from the ARRL web site.
It has good description of general electronic theory including projects.
It is a good place to start and is a great reference.
I want to read my e-books while i am travelling... what is the best and cheapest item in malaysia to read e-book? a PDA? . . i cant afford more than RM200.. i am considering about MP4 players but do you think they are efficient enough to read e-books.. with their avarage 1.8'' screen?? in Europe or Turkey we can find 2nd hand no-color screen PDAs with RM100($40).. but here can not.. .. how to find a good e-book reader in Malaysia? thanks a lot every body..
Now, I read ebooks with my Treo, but I've succesfully and comfortably read ebooks with the basic Palm m100. The cheapest non color Palm device you can find is more than adequate as an ebook reader. Lots of sources for ebook titles in the various Palm ebook format too.
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Software Will Be the E-Reader's Kingmaker PC Magazine
.But the screen is only one part of what it will take
to make a successful market here. I'm convinced that, as in most cases
these days, it's the software that will drive the hardware and
determine the eventual winners and losers in this market.
That's where the Sony Reader and Amazon Kindle have had such a big lead
over all their competitiors to date. The E-ink technology had been out
for a while, but it took Sony to make the device commercial, and Amazon to wirelessly link the device with its online store; and that
combination helped make this a real market.The Kindle had the initial
advantage of a much bigger store, but almost every e-reader you see has
access to an online store of some sort.
Clearly, the store is still important. Amazon is pushing its own, as
are Barnes and Noble (with the Nook) and Sony.Nearly all the
Android-based devices have access to Google Books (typically for older,
public domain titles titles), but several have content partnerships
with Barnes
TUAW ebook reader smackdown: Kindle 2 vs. iPhone
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Odds and ends, Reviews, iPhone, TUAW Faceoff, App Store
Before the release of the original Amazon Kindle a little over a year ago, there were a number of electronic book readers that tried to create and capture the market for a replacement to traditional "dead tree" books. There have been readers for just about every handheld unit since the Newton, as well as a series of devices that all required would-be readers to hook their book to a PC or Mac to transfer the content.
Amazon changed all that with the Kindle by creating a device with built-in 3G networking that delivers books to you the minute you buy them. I was one of the people who purchased the first-generation Kindle, and though it delivered on wireless purchase of books, it was a clunky, poorly designed device.
In the meantime, Apple introduced the iPhone 3G and the App Store, and several ebook reader apps have worked their way onto the home screens of millions of iPhone owners. So, is Steve Jobs right? Is there no need for a dedicated electronic book device like Kindle?
I've used both the original Kindle and the new Kindle 2, and I've also read my share of electronic books on the iPhone. Which of the reigning champions of the ebook world is the winner? Read on to find out.
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Sony Reader v. Amazon Kindle: the next round Christian Science Monitor- Mar 20, 2009
Boston GlobeSony Reader v. Amazon Kindle: the next roundChristian Science Monitor, MAI’m not sure that I understand what difference this makes in relation to the desirability of one e-book reader over the other. The same public domain electronic books are available from manybooks.net formatted for the Amazon Kindle. Sony ebook reader gets 500000 books from Google Google, Sony Attempt to Counter Amazon Kindle with 600000-eBook Sony Reader Gets Half-a-Million Google eBooks
- Mar 19, 2009
Brisbane TimesFujitsu Launches World's First Color eBook ReaderTechtree.com, IndiaEven though the Kindle 2 is cheaper, FLEPia might be the choice for lovers of colour screens out there. However, it is up to them to decide whether it's worth spending almost Rs. 50000 on an e-book reader, when you can buy a decent laptop at the same Fujitsu takes on the Kindle with color eBook reader Kindle is Cool, But Color Ebook May Save Civilization Fujitsu e-book reader makes Kindle look cheap
- Mar 17, 2009
Straits TimesAmazon's Kindle targeted by patent infringement suitArs Technica, MADiscovery Communications, the folks behind the Discovery Channel, has hit Amazon with a lawsuit, claiming that the Kindle e-book reader violates an eerily prescient patent that Discovery applied for nearly a decade ago. By John Timmer | Last updated Discovery mounts legal attack on Amazon's Kindle Discovery Sues Amazon Kindle Discovery files a lawsuit against Amazon over the Kindle e-book reader
- Mar 09, 2009
Straits TimesKindle for iPhone not the only e-book readerMSNBCFictionwise has owned eReader.com, another popular electronic book reader program for the iPhone. It, too, can be used without a special trip to a Web site, and it runs on other smartphone devices that use the Palm, Symbian and Microsoft Windows Amazon’s New Kindle Is Best Book Reader Available: Seth Porges What’s the best e-book reader for the iPhone? A Waste Of Effort: Amazon to Market Books on Apple iPhone
- Mar 20, 2009
Calibre: iTunes for e-books?CNET News, CAAs you can probably tell, I use Calibre, like Calibre and think it's brilliant! by Notoapplefanbois March 21, 2009 6:05 AM PDT I think sony might have guessed that apple would release an ebook reader so didn't bother with a mac version. by MafiaPenguin