Sentences with phrase «phones as ebook readers»

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One piece of timing I'm pleased about: Last week, I retired my trusty iPod Touch as an ebook reader when I bought a new Android phone.

I use my phone for email, as my primary music player, secondary movie player, primary ebook reader and for blog reading, Twitter, Facebook, travel you name it.

The simple fact of the matter is that dedicated eReading devices are not being replaced, or even now purchased in the first place by readers of ebooks, as ebooks can now be read on any number of different devices, whether they be tablets, phablets, phones or laptops.

By allowing readers to purchase a printed version from an ebook through the company — embedded with the customer's name and phone number as a watermark, along with identifying data on the bookstore — Paperight is working to increase access to reading material in a legal, viable way.

There are a few E Ink cases and E Ink phones with smaller screens but they just aren't the same as a dedicated ebook reader.

Let's face it: ebook readers aren't the same as tablets and phones.

If you're looking for a «pocket friendly» Android phone that could double up as an ebook reader, we're using the Dell Streak at the moment and it does a really great job of handling ebooks and just about fits in your pocket.

He linked this decline to the lack of new e-reader devices and the trend away from dedicated ebook readers to the use of tablets and phones as e-reading platforms.

Simply amazing, no lag time at all w / processer as fast as it is... to answer some questions out there, no screenshots of ebook reader until day of launch, software not running yet... media player the same as other WM phones, will NOT upgrade to WM7... for those (like me) who are anti-touchscreen only devices, this will change your mind, swype is amazing and simple to use.

Essentially this will allow access for authors to have their eBooks available to readers using mobile devices, most notably smart phones like iphone and Android, as well as tablets like apple's iPad.

I believe today's crop of ebook readers and apps are, in many ways, as clumsy and simplistic as those MP3 players and flip phones.

Perhaps as readers we'll adapt to self - edited writing, misspelled words and poorly «typeset» eBooks in the same way that we accept poor mobile phone voice quality.

Smashwords.com says «The first few days after Christmas mark the biggest ebook selling days of the year as millions of readers around the world unwrap their new e-reading devices and smart phones start loading them with new ebooks to read.

As readers know I am a user of many, many mobile phones and have actually been reading ebooks on my phones and PDAs since 1997.

As more and more tablets and smart phones and comparable devices are adopted by the entire range of users, from high - end goodies to very affordable low - end devices, and now that Kindles and Nooks are routinely being offered below $ 50 — and I suspect within 2 - 3 years, there will be sub - $ 35 Eink readers — ebooks are soon going to be the only market that really matters.

It is based on my experience of such reading, several hours a week — not on a focus group or phone research or even talking with other people about how ebook readers have changed them from thinking of themselves as «lovers of books» into thinking of themselves as «lovers of reading,» as it has me.

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All these eBooks can be read on computers using any variations of Microsoft Windows, dedicated readers such as the iRex iLiad and large screen mobile phones with Symbian and Palm operating systems.

The Nielsen survey contained another first: mobile phones and tablets overtook e-readers as the most common device used to read ebooks, with readers favouring multifunctional devices over dedicated e-reader brands such as Kindle and Nook.

Ebooks are simply books in digital form, readable on your computer or on other reading devices such as your iPhone (or other smart phone), iPad, Barnes & Noble Nook, the Amazon Kindle reader, the Kobo Reader, and many other dereader, the Kobo Reader, and many other deReader, and many other devices.

If you are planning to read books on multiple devices, such as your phone or tablet then you need to ensure that there is an ebook reader app available for your device.

I've seen people squinting and going blind reading things on the cell phones, using them as eBook readers.