Tag Archives: Apple iOS
My favorite childhood book of all time is now an iPad app
[And now a quick interruption from Kindle posts...] In my opinion, there is one book that surpasses all others in children’s literature, and it involves Grover insisting that you do not turn the page. In fact, that’s pretty much all … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple iOS, apps, childrens books, classics, ebooks, grover, ipad, kids, monster at the end, muppets, sesame street
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Kindle for iPhone updated to 2.2.1, improves highlighting
If you read Kindle books on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch, be sure to upgrade to the latest version, which was just released a few hours ago. The new version corrects some wackiness that was happening with the highlighting … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, Apple iOS, apps, ipad, iPhone, iPod Touch, kindle, updates
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Here's what the Kindle screen looks like up close (really close)
Last week, Keith at BIT-101 used a USB-powered microscope to zoom in on the displays of a Kindle, an iPad, and three printed paper samples. Mainly he was just having fun with his new microscope toy, but the results were … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, Apple iOS, close-ups, comparisons, displays, eink, electronic ink, ipad, kindle, lcd, resolution, screens
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Kindle for iPad/iPhone updated, now includes built-in dictionary
You can stop making up dirty meanings for big words now. (What, I’m the only one who does that?) Amazon has just pushed out a significant update to the Kindle for iPhone app. Now it has a built-in 250,000 word … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, Apple iOS, apps, dictionaries, ipad, iPhone, iPod Touch, kindle, updates
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A review of Amazon’s enhanced audio/video Kindle books
I purchased one of Amazon’s enhanced Kindle books this morning–Rose’s Heavenly Cakes, because who doesn’t like video footage of cakes?–to see what it’s like to read an ebook with audio and video. Here are some cursory thoughts on the experience. … Continue reading
Amazon launches enhanced Kindle books with audio and video
Amazon has just announced “Kindle Editions with Audio/Video,” which include related audio or video clips embedded directly in the file. For now, these enhanced editions are only available on Apple devices running the Kindle software–that means iPad, iPhone, and iPod … Continue reading
Give Project a break, it's no worse than any iPad magazine
Oh my dear goat lord, WHAT IS WRONG with people? This week the fairy of stupidity came down and sprayed IdiotGlitter all over a bunch of people who tried out Virgin’s new magazine app, Project. They all hate it. They … Continue reading →