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Amazon vs. Apple: Don’t cry for book publishers

Monday, February 1, 2010

Amazon and Apple are apparently in an epic battle to sell e-books that will cost book buyers more money than what they currently pay. Who do we root for in this battle?
It started because Apple has big plans to make the new iPad the e-reading device of choice, turning the popular Amazon Kindle into digital [...]

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The flaw in the Apple iPad’s e-reader plans

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Reading ebooks on the Apple iPad’s big screen will probably be more enjoyable than reading on the Amazon Kindle or the Kindle app on the iPhone. (Some people may prefer actual books.)
But will it matter if you’re reading an ebook using the Kindle app on the iPad or Apple’s new iBook app? Frankly, I don’t [...]

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The Apple tablet: Will we really need one?

Thursday, January 21, 2010

I’m as interested as anyone in seeing the tablet-type product Apple is expected to introduce on Jan. 27. But there is one thing I am especially curious to find out: Will people feel they really need an Apple tablet?
Apple will not be the first computer maker to introduce a tablet. Indeed, the iPod was not [...]

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The five items that caught my eye from CES 2010

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Monitoring the Consumer Electronics Show from your desktop can be as exhausting as covering the massive event live. Well, not really — there’s a lot less walking. But if one wanted, you could spend all day reading the breathless coverage from sites like Engadget, Gizmodo and the major newspapers that staff the annual gadget fest.
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