We are happy/disappointed to report that the paid NYT version isworsethan the free one: The layout is just as clumsy as the web browser version, if not more so. The real problem: Since the paid version is automatically beamed to your reader once a day,
The bottom line:With its free built-in wireless capabilities and PC-free operation, Amazon's Kindle holds a distinct advantage over Sony's Reader and is a promising evolution of the electronic book--but Amazon needs to bring down the pricing for both th
(The Kindle gets as many as 30 hours of reading on a charge, and recharges in two hours.) And, to soothe the anxieties of print-culture stalwarts, in sleep mode the Kindle displays retro images of ancient texts, early printing presses and beloved author
Et c’est bien là où ce produit est révolutionnaire :il élimine deux sources de problèmes (l’ordinateur et les opérateurs de téléphonie). Comprenez par là que dès lors où vous devez relier un terminal à votre ordinateur, tout se complique
It's this decidedlyold-fashionedexperience - this pre-Web experience - that Bezos says he sought to replicate with Kindle, Amazon's pricey new ebook. No reading-by-committee. No the-crowd-is-the-author rigmarole. No comments from the always-on peanut ga
“J’adore me poser sur un fauteuil confortable pour une longue lecture. A mesure que je me relaxe sur le fauteuil je me détends également dans les mots, les histoires et les idées de l’auteur. Le livre physique est un objet si élégant qu’il
No doubt about it: today the Amazon Kindle got the spotlight. Today onBoing Boing Gadgets, Ilivebloggedthe launch, gave myfirst impressions, and then gave it a perfunctory (but accurate, I hope)review.
Francis Pisani( etAldus, dans un commentaire de la première version de ce billet auquel manquait cette première définition) nousle rappellentl’apprennent : Le verbe “to kindle” se traduit par “allumer un feu”, “faire éclore un sentiment
Oh, come now, like you thought theworld's largest book retailer(online) -- which just started peddling digital video under theUnboxbrand -- wasn't going to go head to head withSony's Readeron an e-book device and service?
Amazon's Jeff Bezos already built a better bookstore. Now he believes he can improve upon one of humankind's most divine creations: the book itself. — "Technology," computer pioneer Alan Kay once said, "is anything that was invented after you were
(The Kindle gets as many as 30 hours of reading on a charge, and recharges in two hours.) And, to soothe the anxieties of print-culture stalwarts, in sleep mode the Kindle displays retro images of ancient texts, early printing presses and beloved author
Des centaines de gadgets avec capacité de connexion à l’internet et un écran plus grand que celui d’un téléphone portable devraient voir le jour dans les mois qui viennent (voirce billet). Si l’on ajoute à cela le fait que le iPod Touch perm
Although I can hold a $400 eBook reader in my hand, it only feels truly valuable because I have a $7 book inside that I want to read. If Amazon can find a way to lower the barrier of entry on either side of the platform—a cheaper Kindle, or free conte