At first, MOBI - formatted ebooks could only be read on Amazon's Kindle e-readers, but it didn't take long for them to wise up and create apps so that MOBI files could be
read on competing devices.
Not exact matches
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Critics might ask why the web browser is still described as «experimental» or why they're not interested in accommodating or developing multimedia e-books, but I think Bezos is right to focus
on building the best
reading device he can instead of trying to
compete with
devices like the iPad.
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 tablets.
With 300 million mobile phone users who
read on their
devices, there are several aggressive platforms
competing for these readers, including Tencent Literature and iReader Beijing.
In certain cases, you can't
read the electronic book you buy from one store
on a
device supported by a
competing store.
The move could affect companies like Amazon.com and others that sell e-book readers that
compete with Apple's iPad tablet and offer free mobile apps so customers can
read their e-book purchases
on other
devices.
Read on to find out if this inexpensive
device is good enough to
compete against other value - priced slates.
Amazon is losing out
on some Kindle sales because of 1, i.e. Nook Color as
reading tablet is
competing with Kindle as dedicated
reading device.
Cliff: The battle isn't print vs. digital --- it's
reading for pleasure vs. all the other forms of entertainment that now
compete for our attention at home and
on our mobile
devices.