Comments on: The forbidden Apple

By: MoJo

MoJo — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:20:35 +0000

Hey Dwayne. Actually, there’s a program for that. One Laptop Per Child

I do think laptops are the new PC/desktops, but netbooks are pretty much the all-around jack-of-all-trades gadget to have.

By: Dude

Dude — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:52:07 +0000

Dude says that considering that you can buy a netbook for $199 and a regular laptop for $299, they are fairly accessible.

By: Dwayne Holle

Dwayne Holle — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:02:10 +0000

Laptops will change the world when they are accessible to everyone financially. Think of every man and women, having a personal laptop.

By: MoJo

MoJo — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:57:56 +0000

Haggis, I’ve seen that and I spent quite a bit of time looking at it today. I’m torn on the device, as some technopundits aren’t impressed.

Kindle 2.0 came out today, but 2 big Romancelandia bloggers and an e-press editor have fallen out of love with theirs. Took a while, though.

Oh, I had to disable the edit feature because it wasn’t working. I’ll see what I can do to get it fixed.

By: haggis

haggis — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:54:19 +0000

Crap. Your blog thing ate half my post, and then won’t give me a chance to edit. . .

The PL (hopefully, they’ll think of a catchier name) is plastic-based, not silicon, so it’s flexible and can take abuse. The display is HUGE (8-1/2 x 11, same as a full-sized document) and also weighs about the same as a legal pad. The only thing I see it lacks is wi-fi, and they may well have that by the time it hits the market. It also works with any document format and uses eInk, so the battery life is about a week.

Now, not having sprung for an eReader yet, I thought having something purse- or pocket-sized was one of the appeals but the older my eyes get, smaller may not always be better. This is kinda kewl, isn’t it?

Supposed to sell at a price at least comparable to Kindle, but if you get that much more flexibility with it, that might not seem too bad. Looking to have them ready to hit the market in the next few months, so will be interesting to see how it’s received.

By: haggis

haggis — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:44:38 +0000

You know what a Apple fanatic I am, but I still don't know what they're thinking. They do indeed advertise books prominently in the ads now, but perhaps they need some massive numbers of unhappy customers grousing about all this before they truly comprehend there's another pocket of untapped money to be had. Or maybe they just need to see some competition making money off something they didn't take seriously. Which brings me to this little goodie, which I wondered if you'd seen yet: The Plastic Logic

By: MoJo

MoJo — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:11:45 +0000

The ScrollMotion deal was for YA books. I mean, yeah, they’ve got e-book applications, but not in A) the numbers or B) the selection. I’m going to contact my app builder again and see if he’s up for a resubmission.

By: Th.

Th. — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:07:54 +0000

Last night I saw an iPhone ad. The third of the three apps they mentioned was books.

By: MoJo

MoJo — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:31:39 +0000

Oh my goodness.

By: Th.

Th. — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:02:45 +0000

. And the plot thickens.