As far as first-generation electronic gadgets are concerned, the Apple iPad has experienced a relatively smooth launch up till now. No major issues or bugs or faulty parts—new iPhone owners haven’t been so lucky. The iPad’s main issue has been with Wi-Fi. While many iPad owners haven’t experienced any issues using Wi-Fi, there’s been a […]
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NOOKstudy: B&N’s New Online Reading and Study Platform
Today Barnes and Noble announced plans for a new online study program called NOOKstudy. NOOKstudy is a free application for PC and Mac computers developed for the higher education market that gives students easy access to eTextbooks, syllabi, lecture notes, etc., with features like being able to add notes, highlight, search, zoom, and have multiple […]
Kindle News From This Past Week
Amazon issued a number of press releases this week regarding the Kindle and Kindle ebooks. Instead of doing separate posts for each of them, this post will review all the recent Kindle news, with the exception of the new graphite Kindle DX, which is posted here. Kindle Books with Audio and Video On Sunday the […]
iBooks PDF Support Needs Work; Apple Quick To Update Misinformation
There’s an interesting article over at TUAW about how Apple lists features for the PDF support of iBooks that it doesn’t have, like highlighting and being able to flip pages like with ebooks. There are some other features lacking in iBooks PDF support as well: you can’t add notes or use the built-in dictionary to […]
iBooks App Update: iPhone, iPod, and PDF Support
Version 1.1 of iBooks is now available for download from the iTunes store, and now works for any iPhone or iPod running the new iOS 4. The iBooks app has been out since April when the iPad first launched. And until now it was exclusive to the Apple iPad; you couldn’t even see what ebooks […]
Borders New eBook Apps for iPad, iPhone, PC, Mac
Borders just released their new ebook app for the Apple iPad and iPhone today in the iTunes store. The app is powered by Kobo and is pretty much exactly like the Kobo for iPad application, except everything has the Borders look and feel with red icons and menus. While investigating this story, I was checking […]
Stanza for iPad Now Available
Stanza is one of the most popular and versatile free ebook reading apps ever made, but when Amazon bought out Lexcycle, the makers of Stanza, everyone assumed Stanza would see no more improvements, and that appeared to be true since the Apple iPad was released and no new high-def Stanza app was released . . […]
Aldiko: Free ePub eBook Reader App for Android
If you have an Android phone or tablet, there’s this free ebook reader app called Aldiko that you can use to read any DRM-free ePub ebook. Here’s a look at it on a 7″ Android-based tablet. Aldiko eBook Reader Features Browse ebooks and download ebooks from online catalog, which features ebooks from Feedbooks, Smashwords, All […]