How I Learned to Love Reading Online

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How I Learned to Love Reading Online
Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog, Caspar David
Friedrich, 1818, PD
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Kindle details

• Supports MOBI, Microsoft Word, HTML, TXT, PRC,
  PDF and image files
• Newspapers, magazines, blogs, books
• Doesnt require a computer
• Keyboard
• Not backlit
• OED loaded
• Wikipedia
• 0.10 for wireless conversion

• 399 for device
• 10.3 ounces
• 6 inches display
• Holds hundreds of books
• Wireless connect w/3G network

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Amazon.coms Kindle storefront (http//www.amazon.
com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/133141011
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Sony Stats

• PRS-500 series
• 299 for device
• 9 ounces
• 6 inch display
• Internal memory holds up to 80 books
• Connects to computer via UPB
• BBeB Book, TXT, RTF, PDF , Microsoft Word
• Not backlit

• No keyboard
• Bookmarks
• Switch Screen orientation

PDF can be created using Acrobat Standard or
need to be unencrypted
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Ebookstore.sony.com
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Fictionwise eBookwise

• eBookwise-1150
• 110 plus shipping
• 18 ounces
• Screen the size of a paperback
• Backlit screen
• Memory 8MB internal flash (10 books)
• Can add up to 128MB card (200 books)
• Rechargeable battery
• Rocketbook, TXT, RTF, HTML, Microsoft Word
• Does not support PDF

Image from httpwww.ebookwise.com
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Other readers available

• UBITs walkbook
• Supports PDF, TXT, DOC, HTML, MP3, WOL and image
  files
• 310
• Istanbul, Turkey

• Bookeens Cybook
• Supports PDF, TXT, HTML, PDB, Mobi, MP3 and
  image files
• 350

• iRex Iliad
• Supports PDF / HTML / TXT / JPG / BMP/ PNG
• 699
• 8.1 screen

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Other readers?
Image from Kimbooktu (http//kimbooktu.wordpress.c
om/2008/02/13/bookish-wallpaper-ii/
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iphone
3.5 inch screen 5 hour battery life? Not
technically an ebook devices, but . .
. Textonphone.com
Image from http//www.apple.com
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Gphone

• Big question mark
• No delivery date
• Software only
• Ebook capabilities?

Image from Feb 18, 2008 entry at
http//www.google-phone.com
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OLPC
From OLPCs site (http//laptop.org)
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Other Mini PCs

• Kojinsha E8 subnotebook
• Windows XP
• AMD Goede LX800 processor
• 512MB of memory
• Touch screen (1024x600 resolution)
• Memory card slot
• USB port
• 3.5 hours of continuous use time
• Between 529 and 635

• EEE PC from Asus
• Linux operating system
• 900 MHz Intel Mobile CPU
• 4 GB of solid state memory.
• 7-inch wide color LCD with an 800 x 480-pixel
  resolution
• Memory card slot
• 3 USB 2.0 ports
• 3.5 hours of continuous use time
• 400 at Amazon.com
• Selection of colors White, Black, Pink, Blue,
  Green

http//www.arbus.com
http//aving.net/usa/news/default.asp
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Polymer Visions Readius
Image from 1/22/09 Wired blogs(http//blog.wired.c
om/gadgets/2008/01/readius-ebook-p.html
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Polymer Visions Readius

• Good News
• Cell phone ebook reader
• 5 Flexible screen
• Download content wihtout USB

• Bad News
• Tri-band phone
• For European market only
• Release?

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Wheres the content?
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_en.html
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http//books.google.com
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http//search.live.com
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http//www.archive.org/details/texts
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http//www.gutenberg.org/
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http//www.dailylit.com/