eReaderJoy: thoughts and news from Eolake Stobblehouse about the wonderful new platform of tablets and e-reading devices. Some say, one of the biggest advances to reading since Gutenberg (Okay, I said that).
In e-form, books have never been wider, cheaper or faster available, easier to understand, use, and carry, or more comfortable to read.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Xoom blasts off
The first serious iPad competitor, Motorola Xoom, is released this week. Here is Walt Mossberg's review.
Summary: it's a powerful and interesting machine, the two major downsides are that it has many fewer apps than the iPad, and it is more expensive ($800).
Yeah. There is a dearth of original thought indeed. See this: http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/ipad_competitors_send_in_the_clones/ Or: http://thurly.net/0y58
Good article! Many of my sentiments! Exactly! I LOVE the idea of 2 screens and the option to be able to use a stylus. That was one of the options I had w/my Acer Travelmate (yes, I know it was a heavy brute but...that was back in the day! I'd KILL to see them come out w/something lightweight and sleek! They actually did have various tablets, back then, already, that weren't as heavy as the Travelmate) that I quite miss, these days! I liked writing on the screen!
Wonder why MS killed that 'Courier' before it even had a chance to get out of the gate!
LOVED his play on the title, BTW! He writes like I do! :-)
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Hm! Interesting! Looks so unlike a competitor! lol!
Yeah. There is a dearth of original thought indeed.
See this:
http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/ipad_competitors_send_in_the_clones/
Or:
http://thurly.net/0y58
Good article! Many of my sentiments! Exactly! I LOVE the idea of 2 screens and the option to be able to use a stylus. That was one of the options I had w/my Acer Travelmate (yes, I know it was a heavy brute but...that was back in the day! I'd KILL to see them come out w/something lightweight and sleek! They actually did have various tablets, back then, already, that weren't as heavy as the Travelmate) that I quite miss, these days! I liked writing on the screen!
Wonder why MS killed that 'Courier' before it even had a chance to get out of the gate!
LOVED his play on the title, BTW! He writes like I do! :-)
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