Now here’s an interesting question: is an eReader a computer? There is a (hopefully small and not growing) trend for coffee places to ban computers during certain times of the day. While I feel this is heresy of the largest order, I guess having a bunch of geeks camping out in your place, taking up [...]
January 31, 2010
Why Tablets will Win the Day–Current E-readers are Lacking
Yes, I want a tablet. No, actually it doesn’t have to be an iPad, though that would certainly be wonderful, but an Internet-enabled tablet is what I think would best suit the things I’d like to do with something not a laptop/netbook and more than a smartphone. Sure I’d love an e-reader, but I know [...]
January 20, 2010
There is No iSalvation Coming
Mathew Ingram believes that pinning hopes on a tablet from any vendor will save the publishing industry is just wasted energy: As Om noted in a post about the Kindle HD, everyone talks about the iTunes model and the iPod, but while those devices have been phenomenally successful for Apple itself, the music industry as [...]
