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Cool Windows Mobile apps to ease iPhone envy

July 16th, 2008 · 2 Comments

After playing around with Tobias Buckell’s iPhone, rocking the 2.0 firmware update, over lunch I decided I needed to find some cool new applications for my Samsung i760 which I had just upgraded to Windows Mobile 6.1. I found 4 cool programs which help me feel like I can at least wait for the third [...]

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Tags: Phone PDA

What’s missing from ebook readers!

May 21st, 2008 · No Comments

I love to read, recently I have split my reading between ebooks and paper books mainly since both have advantages. I have been using my windows mobile phone to read ebooks for some time now and while the experience is good a larger screen and some dedicated buttons would be a huge improvement. I have [...]

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Tags: Tech · books

Tobias Buckell, 3 Points on Free Ebooks

March 4th, 2008 · No Comments

Tobias Buckell, sci-fi author and blogger has a great post up about free ebooks. Lately many of the main publishers have been scrambling to launch some version of a free ebook program. In my opinion some have done it better than others. From the examples Tobias listed, Tor has done a great [...]

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Tags: books

Amazon Reveals Kindle Ebook Prices

November 18th, 2007 · No Comments

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Newsweek has a long and informational interview with Jeff Bezos of Amazon.com. In the interview Bezos reveals new information about pricing, confirms features and explains the benefits of digital to authors.
Pricing: The Great News
“Amazon prices Kindle editions of New York Times best sellers and new releases in hardback at $9.99. The first [...]

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