Sentences with phrase «as a reading device just»

The kindle is great as a reading device just for books.

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As sophisticated electronic devices make reading onscreen not just convenient but comfortable, paper seems unnecessary, even obsolete, a harmful indulgence like plastic bags or incandescent light bulbs.

Monga says that there's a clear market opportunity for an enterprise - oriented tablet, not just for e-mail and the reading and editing of documents, but as a key presentation device with the advent of pico projectors.

Just as the digital information stored on a disc is useless without a device for reading the disc, so too is the information on DNA useless without the cell's information - processing system.

As for what went wrong last Sunday, the Ferrari team boss said an electronic device «was not perfectly read», but that was just part of the problem.

The author looks at how teachers evaluating student writing can use rubrics not just as a scorecard or grading device, but rather as prompts to help them read each piece of writing more deeply.

I once asked book industry maven Mike Shatzkin about my rather eccentric views on all this, and he told me in an ensuing email: «You may very well be right about the differences between paper - reading and screen - reading, in trerms of brain chemistry, but just as nobody in the past heeded the calls that radiation and cancer might impact cellphone use, do you think makers of device readers will listen to you or even care if you are right?»

As people become more comfortable reading textbooks, magazines and newspapers on tablets (as many already have), they won't want to carry multiple devices around with them just so they can have a marginally better reading experience than the ever improving competing display technologies on tabletAs people become more comfortable reading textbooks, magazines and newspapers on tablets (as many already have), they won't want to carry multiple devices around with them just so they can have a marginally better reading experience than the ever improving competing display technologies on tabletas many already have), they won't want to carry multiple devices around with them just so they can have a marginally better reading experience than the ever improving competing display technologies on tablets.

As in Japan, this will spark a new cultural phenomenon of young people not just reading, but also writing novels and other book types on their mobile devices.

With Apple's iPad recently joining Amazon's Kindle and the Sony Reader as devices for reading downloaded books, power in publishing might just be shifting in the authors» favour.

They're still readable, but it's a clumsy reading experience and just not as pleasant as reading an ePUB, or a PDF on a device that's capable of showing it to me as it was actually formatted.

More so with such stunning displays which will not only bring to live images and videos, but will also serve as just the right device for reading e-books.

I'm with Eric, I just want a device that's primarily geared toward me reading books as comfortably as possible.

The lack of esoteric extras works in the device's favor here, making it a joy to just pick up and read as you would a paper book.

Instead the Tega V2 continues to have the Windows 7 OS just as the company's earlier sold out tablet device, the Tega... [Read more...]

At the same time, a desktop computer that has logged on to the Bookstream website to access content can allow students who need the assistance to hear the material read to them, just as a handheld device owned by the student can use the text - to - speech capability for the student at home.

I like that my Kindle is a dedicated reading device because when I pick it up, I want to feel as if I'm about to relax and enjoy a book, not as if I've just got another techno gadget that means work.

When I read with the iPad I feel like I'm doing the same basic thing I do as I read on my Mac all day long — just with a different device.

However, just as the entire industry and consumer base had to do when the e-reader devices appeared on the market in a wide - scale way, Hsu had to look for — and found — a purpose for digital children's books; in Hsu's case, it was the ability to still read a bedtime story to his children via Skype when he traveled, his children holding their print edition and he reading on his iPad.

And I've also found that if I'm carrying one or more tablets with me anyway, as I often am for purposes of my day job, then having a whole extra device just for reading is unnecessary weight in my backpack.

I want to read «my» books on other devices so this is very frustrating and I refuse to buy a kindle just to read (when my other tablets are quite capable) Still, I will wait for a new way of stripping the DRM, as I know many people are becoming infuriated at this rip - off!

Just as people stopped buying cameras because they're now just part of their phones, eventually people will just read books on their mobile device, whether it's running Windows or iOS or something eJust as people stopped buying cameras because they're now just part of their phones, eventually people will just read books on their mobile device, whether it's running Windows or iOS or something ejust part of their phones, eventually people will just read books on their mobile device, whether it's running Windows or iOS or something ejust read books on their mobile device, whether it's running Windows or iOS or something else.

While he makes the very sound point that more consumers are engaged in digital reading than ever before and an e-reader device under the Waterstones label just makes good business sense, he seems to not hold in very high regard some of the concepts that he outlined, such as overpaying to have a bookseller make you coffee.

Perhaps the device's biggest weakness as a reading device is that it does so many other things: it's hard to resist the lure of temptation that your e-mail — and the baseball game, and Netflix movies, and Flight Control HD, and Twitter — are all just a couple taps away.

And its not without reason as e-readers come with a host of features that make these devices a lot more than just an electronic gadget to read e-books.

Our instant, mobile device culture is driving the trend as they are using these devices to access any information they want — and not just to read a novel.»

Also, before you shrug off the Tycoon as just another tablet device... [Read more...]

While Sprint, Verizon and AT&T see specifically named device, T - Mobile is left with just a statement: «We are in close communication with T - Mobile to ensure that eligible devices are upgraded to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich in the coming months and will provide updates as... [read full article]

While I believe that this number will go down as more and more Americans familiarize themselves with reading on digital devices like tablets, it goes to show just how much of the population is still wedded to our old friend, the printed book.

But as their devices were still predominantly used for just email access, 3G was seen as not very important for just reading and receiving text.

Although at first glance the Samsung E60 is just another ebook reader, as soon as you pick up the box, it is screaming that it is a reading and writing device.

People forgot that lots of people love to read and that a device meant just for reading makes as much sense to people who read as a device meant for nothing but checking Facebook and Twitter does to others.

The recipient can read it for a specified period of time, during which time you lose access to the book via your devices — just as you would if you lent a paper book to someone.

The Problems Firstly that in some ways, FLIPS just highlights the core challenge of books and reading in a digital connected world, as the possible uses of free time explode the danger for books is that time that might be spent reading can as easily be spent, surfing the web, playing games, watching video, listening to streamed music or doing any of the variety of digitally enabled forms of entertainment what ever handheld device you happen to be carrying allows.

It will still be fine for reading — just not as good as dedicated reading devices like the eInk Kindles.

While marketed as an e-reader, these types of device aren't going to be bought by a consumer who just wants to read — e-ink devices like the Kindle, or Kobo's own offerings are a much better choice.

Whereas I seem to know when I can stop a little better with a printed book, and it doesn't set off nearly as many migraines (not for the same reasons, either)... I'm sure there's a way on a dedicated device (I don't have one, as I just read off my desktop) to set the backlighting to minimize the chances of an e-book setting off a migraine.

Graphic tablet manufacturer Wacom has just given birth to WILL - otherwise known as the Wacom Ink Layer Language.Wacom announced on Wednesday that it has developed a standard abstract language for drawing and handwriting on the screens of mobile devices,... Read more

Personally, being able to rent a server, install the LAMP stack and make a living out of it, being free to use GNU tools for the job with the only rule that I have to give away the code if I install my utilities on a client's machine strikes me as somewhat different than being unable to give a book I just bought to my girlfriend so she can read it on her favourite reading device.

«The difference is how the hardware and the software come together to create an experience that the kind of reader that would buy a device like this feels like the technology just disappears, and that it is as easy as reading a book.»

There's still a strong market for eReaders, of course, as their eInk displays and ridiculously long battery life are generally preferred by those who just want to read things on a tablet device.

Microsoft has just announced two new tablets to form a new range of own - built devices called Surface, but which one is better and which one will you want?The basic specs detailed by Microsoft are as follows: Surface for Windows RT - Runs Windows 8 RT - Powered... Read more

I just got an ipad i can say that it has brought me back the reading world, as i do all my reading in this revolutionary device

Opening and reading books in the Cloud Reader works just the same as on an actual Kindle device, or on the Kindle app.

Like the Pandigital Novel, The Book is being marketed as an ebook reader, but is really more of a multimedia device than something designed to just read books.

Does this confirm that women like book reading more, as research suggests, or do they just prefer a lighter device or perhaps a simpler, single - purpose gadget?

Where the student may need more guidance is in how to utilize the Kindle as a learning device beyond just reading.

They just have to secure their position in the minds of consumers as the premium device for reading and make all other reading devices look like cheap knock - offs.

The balance is just right in your hand, and the device disappears as you get into the flow of a story; you forget you're not reading a real book.

Kobo President and Chief Content Officer Michael Tamblyn said «We found people were just as happy reading through an app on devices than they were reading directly on tablets.»