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The Kindle supports Mobipocket files directly. You don't need to write a script to do that.
Ebook readers have extremely high contrast/readability and are extremely energy-efficient, being able to display several thousand pages of material without needing to recharge. eBooks are a narrow product, but they have their own ways in which PMPs cannot compete.
Think about waiting somewhere in the middle of the day, or perhaps in an airport while you're traveling, and having immediate access to 100,000 books and hundreds of newspapers and periodicals from this pad in your hand.
Devices like the Sony Reader, Cybook, and Kindle DO NOT have glowing LCD screens.
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Why The iPad 3 is Key to Apple's iBooks 2 Success
Apple unveiled three new pieces of education software on Thursday -- iBooks 2, iBooks Author and iTunes U -- to collectively kill the school textbook once and for all. Despite this brilliant move, the hardware restrictions of the iPad 2 hold back the power of the iBooks software. This will change with the iPad 3. ...
Tech 3.0: Google Chrome adds polish to browsing experience
I made the switch to Google's Chrome Web browser recently, and I'm liking the change. Mozilla Firefox served me well for years, but it began to feel a bit clunky — no doubt in part because it was working under the weight of many extensions I added. ... ~O-O~
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