Sentences with phrase «popularity as a reading device»

And for single - use, high - price devices such as the higher - end ereaders, growth is certain to slow in the coming years as tablets and the larger smartphones gain popularity as reading devices, as well.

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eBooks are far from reaching the same levels of popularity in South Africa as in the west and other parts of the world given the high price tag that ebook reading devices attract in the region.

Such a trend is attributed to the growing popularity of smart connected devices, such as smartphones and tablet devices, together with the ease that these devices provide for ebook reading.

Another aspect of the entire project that will also be to the liking of the student community is that the books will be compatible for reading on both desktop computers as well as tablet like devices, the popularity of which is increasing by the day in the education segment.

With the rapid rise in popularity of e-books along with the gadgets to make the best use of these e-books, it comes as no surprise that some people with an enterprising bend of mind - read hackers - come out with ideas that are completely out of the box and aims to draws on the full potential that the device has to... [Read moreread hackers - come out with ideas that are completely out of the box and aims to draws on the full potential that the device has to... [Read moreRead more...]

With the release of Amazon's Kindle e-reader in 2006, the popularity of digital reading as whole grew, finally encompassing a variety of formats from dedicated devices, tablets, PC - based apps, and mobile technology.

The relative popularity of personal computers compared with newer e-reading devices meant that as many e-book readers did their reading on desktops and laptops as on e-readers like Kindles or Nooks.5

The main advantage of PDF as an e-book format is that it can be read on a wide variety of devices, including almost all personal computers, and many older devices that predate the popularity of EPUB.

Another interesting tidbit is that the iPad's popularity is almost exclusively as a second option, not the primary reading device.

This is a small fraction of the existing Scribd ebook catalog, which now surpasses 500,000 titles, but it represents a milestone in the growing popularity of audiobooks and also includes a feature — pioneered by Amazon with its Whispersync for Voice technology — that allows readers and listeners to jump back and forth between reading an ebook and listening to the same title as an audiobook, keeping place across multiple devices.

One librarian detailed how the increased popularity of e-book reading devices has resulted in library staff spending more time on the basic tech support: «Many of our older patrons received electronic devices as gifts over the past two years.

While it makes sense for Amazon to want to capitalize on the popularity of the Kindle line by including the new tablet in it, it remains important for people to realize the things that the Kindle Touch will do better as a reading device.