June 7, 2010
With the advent of smart phones came the argument of whether or not you really want one device that can do everything for you. There were those who would prefer to carry around an iPod, mobile phone and camera, and there were those who would prefer to combine all three and carry only one device. [...]
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June 5, 2010
All phones double as cameras, stop watches, voice recorders, calendars, radios and much more, but the iPhone takes alternative uses to another level, stopping short of making your morning coffee. Thanks to the ever-growing app store, there is no limit to the potential uses of the iPhone, depending on your own personal needs. What are the [...]
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May 31, 2010
I have written a couple of reviews about e-reading applications for Apple’s mobile devices simply because I think e-reading will eventually become the main way, if not the only way, future generations will access and read books, magazines, PDFs and other traditional print material. The challenge though for e-publishers is to make e-reading programs and [...]
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May 28, 2010
One of the problems I’ve always had with online eBook readers is that they just doesn’t have the same look and feel of a real book or magazine. When you hold a book in your hands, you can grip the corner of the page and curl it back just as your finishing the last few [...]
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May 11, 2010
Collecting and reading comic books has been a popular hobby for years. Although the interest for comics had died down some, it is quickly re-emerging with all of the new superhero movies being released. Comics are becoming popular again and are able to be read in new and exciting ways. The iPad was made for this sort [...]
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April 28, 2010
Are you jealous of iPad’s awesome document reading capabilities? Well, never fear, Aji Reader is one iPhone app that will get you reading PDFs in no time! iPDF is another free one, as well. If those two aren’t the bees knees, you can use DropBox as a Reader or you can create your very own free [...]
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April 21, 2010
There are quite a few articles and videos out these days discussing the pros and cons of typing on the iPad. Some iPad users see the glass as half full and applaud the built-in keyboard as a convenient and adequate tool for the device, while other users see the feature as a step backwards, finding [...]
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April 16, 2010
As an avid reader of books, I’m finding the experience of reading e-books on the 9.7″ screen of the iPad worth at least half the price of the device, especially after having read about five e-books on the Kindle version for the iPhone. On the launch day of the iPad, both Apple”˜s e-reader, iBooks. and [...]
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March 30, 2010
Electronic books and magazines are no joke. Last Christmas alone, Amazon already sold more electronic issues than regular books. International manga fans have long been known for downloading their stories online, but now regular comics are appearing online as well. With copyright expiring, some of the great classics can now be downloaded for free, legally. Most [...]
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March 20, 2010
A few weeks before the release of Apple”˜s free e-reader, iBooks, Amazon has released Kindle Reader for Mac. It comes about four months after the Kindle reader was made available to PC users. We reviewed that version here. Back in December, I wrote an MUO how-to article on Kindle for the iPhone, and for the [...]
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March 3, 2010
I hope time will prove me wrong, but I think that future mankind – at least in my part of the world – might become physically shorter than their predecessors. I came to this conclusion after carefully observing my first daughter every day. She’s barely seven and still in her first year of elementary school, [...]
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January 24, 2010
I find myself being obsessed with eBooks lately — probably because I’ve just entered the world. But while making my first steps, I keep discovering new and impressive feats. In the past, we’ve already talked about stripping Mobi and PRC files of their DRM protection (read: restriction), where to find free eBooks, and reviewed Calibre, [...]
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January 12, 2010
eReaders aren’t just portable displays to read your eBooks on the go. The difference lies in the display technology. Where normal displays use liquid crystal-filled pixels, and beam the image on your retina with what is in fact a big flashlight, e-ink technology uses no additional light-source. In fact, they really use an ink-like set-up. [...]
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