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Title: 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?
Image from http//www.lightupyourworld.nl/en/index
_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/
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