Sentences with phrase «reader devices become»

As handheld electronic book reader devices become more popular and widely accepted, early adopters of these devices may upgrade to newer, more capable versions of these readers.

Not exact matches

Industry operators are developing more user - friendly applications for smartphones and tablet devices, which are quickly becoming an effective way for readers to consume news.

For one, Amazon, like other e-book sellers, has used a scheme known as «digital rights management» (DRM), which limits the types of devices that can read certain e-book formats.259 Compelling readers to purchase a Kindle through cheap e-books locks them into future e-book purchases from Amazon.260 Moreover, buying — or even browsing — e-books on Amazon's platform hands the company information about your reading habits and preferences, data the company uses to tailor recommendations and future deals.261 Replicated across a few more purchases, Amazon's lock - in becomes strong.

Citing the closing of e-book subscription services and publishers» growing warehouses, the Times noted «there are signs that some e-book adopters are returning to print, or becoming hybrid readers, who juggle devices and paper.»

Becoming a user of both has helped me understand the mentality of book readers today, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of reading on these devices.

While most readers still opt for paperbacks and hardcovers, digital reading devices have become a common companion for tech - savvy literary types, and they are growing in popularity every day.

its a dangerous game announcing great devices in short lived electronics - markets as bookeen is about to learn with their cybook ocean reader that probably will be outdated by the time it becomes actually available.

With Kindles and iPads and the other epub book devices and smart phones, readers in this new world are quickly becoming used to getting a book NOW!

When you publish your book through Kindle Direct Publishing your book becomes available for readers to read on any Kindle device to include a web browser, smartphone, Windows, Mac - based computers, iPad, tablets, and so forth through a Kindle reading app.

While not long ago, e-book readers were rudimentary devices far off from the capabilities of tablets, the thin line between a basic e-reader and a more complex slate becomes...

Now, there are signs that some ebook adopters are returning to print, or becoming hybrid readers, who juggle devices and paper.

With so many digital reading platforms on the market, readers can become overwhelmed when trying to make an informed choice about which device to go with for ebook consumption.

As more variety becomes available in readable formats that can be read across several devices, more international readers are likely to turn to digital and demand that the market keep up.

Overall, The Sony Reader Touch Edition is a solidly constructed, stylish device, with a well - executed touch screen, but when you consider the problems that plague its screen, its lack of wireless connectivity, it becomes a tough sell — regardless of that touch screen.

While Beggren originally thought that tablets would become the number one digital reading device, Readmill's data soon showed that more readers were reading on smartphones.

I have to wonder why they don't delve a little more into 7 ″ devices for serious readers (not forgetting to fix the wasted space issue that is still there and kind of defeating the point of bigger screens) or start releasing color screens which are starting to become a bit overdue by now.

The minor effort will become a major pain for readers who only connect their devices to the Amazon Whispersync network in order to buy books, and never to WiFi.

With the lineup of quality features and services, the classic e-reading device has also become the top choice for all the readers around the world.

Kindle devices have become a norm for book readers.

Since our smartphones and tablets have become widely used, readers might find it time - consuming to read the text in PDF clearly on these devices with their smaller viewports.

The market for e-book readers has become cluttered with devices, many of them worthy.

With internet - connected multimedia devices becoming the norm for ebook reading, the way books are picked apart and sold in separate rights bundles has to be open to change and adaptation, putting the reader's interests first.

And, as reading devices become more sophisticated, it will be an increasingly important drawcard for readers, too.

«Book applications for smartphones have the potential to become a bridge to other devices such as tablet readers and netbooks,» said Mr. Weiner.

In a recent report, the market research firm says that while the number of electronic readers sold is likely to increase in 2009, it expects 2010 to be the year when e-book readers really become popular consumer electronic devices.

However, Gartner believes that it is too early in the evolution of the e-reading market to know whether smartphones will become powerful stand - alone devices for reading books or whether they will complement other devices, such as fixed readers.

This might not be a problem for book readers but might become a chore if you like to stock up your reading device with fresh news content on a regular basis.

eReader is the name of a software reader originally used on Palm devices, but as eBook Readers become main stream products the term eReader (e-reader) has become a generic term for hardware used to read eBooks.

We knew Kindle would have to get out of the way, just like a physical book, so readers could become engrossed in the words and forget they're reading on a device.

Announced on Thursday afternoon, the new device becomes the first E Ink reader whose screen is also backlit.

Now, there are signs that some e-book adopters are returning to print, or becoming hybrid readers, who juggle devices and paper.

With Apple's enormous and enthusiastic base of users, many of whom were introduced to the company via its now ubiquitous iPhone (it's only a matter of time before Apple's reader software is rolled out across all devices), the company could quickly become a leader in e-book publishing.

It is likely that touchscreens will eventually become one of the standard ebook reader features, but for now it is something that not all devices have.

On the other hand, if Amazon had maintained a reasonably high price, and bundled a host of features and services into the device that would appeal to serious book - readers, it would have become a must - have treasured device.

The Amazon Kindle eBook reader has quickly become one of the most popular eBook devices available, and many authors and publishers would like to sell their books to the hundreds of thousands of Kindle users.

More interestingly, on non-Amazon devices, the Kindle reader app has become crippleware, making it extremely difficult to load content from other sources.

While not long ago, e-book readers were rudimentary devices far off from the capabilities of tablets, the thin line between a basic e-reader and a more complex slate becomes increasingly thinner and thinner and thinner.

With rapidly increasing access to internet, the price of communicative devices and eReaders has become reachable for general readers in Thailand.

Kindle has become the default term for an eReader but most readers don't understand that it is an Amazon product and there are other, better, reading devices on the market.

Sony Reader PRS - T3 Arrives in the US Days Before Sony Shuts Down the Reader Store — Speaking of Sony, the PRT - T3, Sony's new e-reading device, has finally become available in the US market (although not sold directly by Sony), just as the Reader Store closes its figurative doors.

[Continuing to cross-post the «best of the year» pieces from our big sister site for GSW readers» delectation, in a year which saw the PC become his main gaming device, Gamasutra's Chris Remo takes a look at 15 of 2008's notable PC releases.]

In addition to training externs and clerks, an upper - level class in judicial opinion writing provides an opportunity for students to hone their skills in writing for a particular audience, structuring and organizing, analyzing, and using rhetorical devices introduced during the first - year writing course through a different type of document.6 Such a course can cause students to look at the legal process from a different perspective and to become better critical readers and users of opinions by writing them.7 Thus, other goals of a judicial opinion writing course can include learning about the audiences of judicial opinions and the perspective judges bring to their opinion writing.

Even with fingerprint readers on most phones, biometrics are still a long way from becoming the primary way into our devices.

The fingerprint readers have become very popular among the flagship Android devices launched over the past two years.

I know there are some Cult of Mac readers who don't like concept designs, but like patents which never become products, I think they offer an interesting glimpse at a future device or piece of software we may never get to use — but which could be pretty great if implemented correctly.