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After 23 books, Kindle goes green
Want to know how to make your Kindle environmentally friendly? Read at least 23 books on it, says consulting firm Cleantech. At that point, you’ll have caught up with the carbon emissions from print books, and each ebook you read … Continue reading
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Tagged books, energy use, environment, green, ipad, kindle, studies
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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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How I ended up with a 7-inch color Amazon Kindle for $130
Update: Check out my follow-up post a week later. It’s true! If you’ve got some tech/geek skills, a little patience, $150, and a Bed Bath & Beyond nearby, you too can become the proud owner of a color touch screen … Continue reading
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Tagged alternatives, android, ebooks, guides, hacking, hacks, help, how to, ipad, kindle, novel, pandigital, touchscreens
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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's new Kindle ad makes me feel weird about owning a Kindle
Have you seen the new Kindle spot yet? At first I thought it was made by a fan, or that it was one of the entries submitted for Amazon’s “create a Kindle ad” contest that ran last month. Not because … Continue reading →