The future of Mobipocket Reader is now in question as Amazon nabs Stanza–even though Amazon owns Mobipocket. (It get’s confusing…) This article is just the first of the sob songs, yah? Read it here at AllAboutSymbian.com. Watch now, as the market adjusts, as monopoly slips away from Amazon again. Watch Mobipocket Reader designers disappear and then …
Category: eBook Readers
The machines.
Apr 28
Amazon Buys Stanza’s Creator
In the “I’m My Own Worst Enemy” department, Amazon has purchased Lexcycle, creator of Stanza eBook Reader for iPhone and iPod Touch. Read the New York Times story here. Why not, they almost forced Stanza into existence? Have you have been following this? Amazon’s subsidiary, Mobipocket, delayed the release of Mobipocket Reader software for iPhone …
Apr 25
A Eulogy of Sorts…
As newspapers approach the brink of relevance, we wisk you over to CNN where Chris Pirillo voices his disdain for yucky, dirty hands in the article: “Why dirty up my hands with newsprint?” He manages to compile all the reasons the print newspaper industry is on its way into the recycle box with only the bare …
Apr 24
Readius in Doubt?
eBook Rumors mentioned Readius – the first Pocket eReader from Polymer Vision back in January. Read that and view the demo here. Apparently I was lonely back in the dead of winter. It appears I had matrimonial feelings for the little eReader with rollaway view screen. SO cool, yah? That might explain why the story …
Apr 23
eBook Rumors scoops PCWorld again…
We didn’t have all the facts back then, but we reasoned this bit of mathematics out after discovering in February that Amazon will replace a broken Kindle for $180. So, that pretty much exposed their bottom line. When you look at the $359 purchase price, well you figure out the grotesque profit from there. Read the proof …
Apr 20
END PIRACY NOW: Stop ripping off the consumer!
These same old arguments and worries always tick me off, yah? They talk about how great the new technology is and then start telling horror stories about piracy and content control. Read the full story at The National here. Peter Cox, an author and literary agent who founded the online writers’ community Litopia is quoted …
Apr 17
More Consumer Control from Amazon
Someone please tell me how the behavior of this ‘legitimate’ corporate entity is more benevolent, more creator and consumer sensitive than the torrent services offered at Pirate Bay? Interesting story follows exposing Amazon’s ulterior motives for Digital Rights Management and their Whispernet. I think we’ve all dated a control-freak like this. The story follows an individual …
Apr 16
Reid Minion Release for iPhone
Reid Minion 1.0, the iPhone application offering enhanced document and book reading for the iPhone and iPod is now available from Minion Software. prMac has the full story and specifications here. Reid Minion 1.0 includes a wide array of interesting adaptations including special font settings for speed readers and the visually impaired. (Minion. I like the name, …
Apr 15
eBook 101 – For New Recruits
Okay, I don’t want those in the know to be offended, but there is a HUGE and CURIOUS group of people out there searching the Internet with a lot of questions. (The mainstream?) And they’re coming to eBook Rumors for answers. (The smart ones anyway…yah?) It is still so very early in the technology. Word travels far …
Apr 14
Another Good Reason to Join the Revolution…
I really enjoyed this article at xkcd The blag of the webcomic. An intrepid eBook Reader and Kindle owner hangs a low-tech solution on a hi-tech revolution. You have to love the camera work. I hope it’s not too technical, yah!
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