Which eBook Reader should I get?
Something cheap (150 and below) would be nice, e-ink is preferred, and I’m stuck between the Kindle and a Sony e-Book Reader. I personally don’t care about the fancy stuff like 3g and a web browser. It would be nice if it supported PDFs and word documents although i can live if it doesn’t. The ePub feature seems nice so you can check out library books but is it that much of a factor? I mostly want to read classics like Jane Eyre, 1984, and other old well known documents/novels. So which one and please give some supporting evidence.
Ask yourself why the iPod is such a hit? Sure, it’s a good music player and all, but there are others out there. So what makes the iPod so special? It’s because Apple tightly integrated it with iTunes, which makes shopping and buying of music so easy, as well as managing your iPod.
The Kindle 3 has something similar with Amazon. You already use the great Amazon order system to browse and buy books, and it’s delivered instantly, wirelessly, to your Kindle.
The Sony may be a good eReader, but it’s lacking the other half of the system.
Amazon Kindle 2 Wireless Reading Device CNET Spotlight
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Kingston Wi-Drive 32 GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive WID/32GBZ $89.00 With integrated Wi-Fi and four hours of battery life, Kingston’s new Wi-Drive offers pocket-sized portable storage and easy file sharing for Apple devices, including iPod touch Gen 3 & 4, iPhone and iPad. Accessing or sharing your personal media has never been easier. With Wi-Drive, you can add another 16 or 32GB of space accessed wirelessly from your digital device. The content can be shared by t… |
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Kindle Wireless Reading Device (6 Display, U.S. Wireless) $259.00 At 10.2 ounces, Kindle is lighter than a typical paperback and as thin as most magazines. Barely a third of an inch in profile, you’ll find Kindle fits perfectly in your hands. Kindle is as easy to hold and use as a book. We designed it with long-form reading in mind. When reading for long periods of time, people naturally shift positions and often like to read with one hand. Kindle’s page-turn… |
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Kingston Wi-Drive 16 GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive WID/16GBZ $48.95 Wi-Fi – USB 2.0… |
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Programming Amazon Web Services: S3, EC2, SQS, FPS, and SimpleDB $16.54 Product Description Building on the success of its storefront and fulfillment services, Amazon now allows businesses to “rent” computing power, data storage and bandwidth on its vast network platform. This book demonstrates how developers working with small- to mid-sized companies can take advantage of Amazon Web Services (AWS) such as the Simple Storage Service (S3), Elastic Compute Cloud (… |
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Visualizing Argumentation: Software Tools for Collaborative and Educational Sense-Making (Computer Supported Cooperative Work) $129.00 This text examines the use of collaboration technologies in the problem-solving or decision-making process. These systems are widely used in both education and in the workplace to enable virtual groups to discuss and exchange ideas on issues ranging from applied problems to theoretical debate. While some systems are text-based, the majority rely on visualization techniques to allow participants to… |
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Towards a CSCW Framework for Scientific Cooperation in Europe (Lecture Notes in Computer Science) $64.95 This monograph presents the still young, but already large and very active interdisciplinary realm of computer supported cooperative work (CSCW) in a systematic and well-balanced way. Besides technical progress also the cultural, social, legal, psychological and economic aspects of CSCW are discussed. The book makes accessible a wealth of information and culminates in the development and detailed … |
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