Make-believe threat to eReaders from iPhone

An article written by Flurry  has morphed into hundreds of articles about how the iPhone is killing eReaders. Here are the actual facts in the article – Facts related to Books  The number of books released in the App Store surged from 10% of Apps in July 2009 to 20% of Apps in October 2009. This is not sales. [...]

Dedicated eReaders Vs All in One Devices – Kindle vs iPhone

James Fallows at the Atlantic posts follow-ups from his readers on the ‘all in one device’ debate. A lot of the arguments against ‘one device to rule them all’ apply to Kindle Vs iPhone – There are physical and hardware limitations to just how multi-purpose an all in one device can be.   Dedicated Devices [...]

In Defence of the iPhone

Joe Wilcox has a post claiming that Android is going to beat the iPhone. How Strange – It’s usually the as yet unannounced Apple product that is supposed to kill an existing giant. Its also a strange situation for me - the iPhone is my first and only Apple Product. However, the iPhone just floored me. It’s [...]

New eReaders – MSI eReader, Bridgestone Color eReader

The rush into the eReader Market continues with two more companies drumming up their new eReaders (both 2010) - BridgeStone Color eReader Prototype using QR-LPD BridgeStone has a news release (translated by Google) with details on its new superhero eReader – 13.1 inches pages (A4 size) refresh in 0.8 seconds. However, they also mention 10.7 inches screen size [...]

Apple Slate eReader imminent – Bill Keller of NY Times

Gawker has the scoop on a slip by Bill Keller of NY Times -   Sixth, we need to figure out the right journalistic product to deliver to mobile platforms. I’m hoping we can get the newsroom more actively involved in delivering our best journalistic product .. … times reader, iPhone apps, impending apple slate or whatever comes [...]

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