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Posts Tagged ‘ereader’

Kindle & ePub

In Technology on 28 January 2010 tagged epub, ereader, format, kindle with 1 comment

I predict that the Kindle will support the increasingly-popular ePub format by year’s end.
There, I said it. (Though apparently I’m not the first to want this. There’s already some kind of app available that can do it natively called Savory.)
Whether it’s by third party app through Amazon’s recently-announced SDK or, hopefully, because Amazon includes it [...]

Instapaper and other Webapp Apps

In Web on 7 December 2009 tagged bookmarklets, ereader, iPhone, kindle, reading, Technology, Web with no comments

What do you do when you’re stuck in an airplane at 6am and the cabin lights are off and your seat’s reading light doesn’t work? I guess you could listen to music or watch something on an iPod-like device. But what if you really feel like reading?
As luck would have it, Instapaper Free makes a [...]

Kindling

In Technology on 28 November 2009 tagged Books, devices, ebooks, ereader, gear, kindle, reading, Technology with no comments

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Unless you’re one of those people who doesn’t really pay attention to technology, and if you are, you probably aren’t going to be reading this, you’re aware that Amazon has an electronic book reading device called the Kindle. If you happen to be living [...]