Well, I did it. I stayed up all night reading techie news and following the iPad chatter on Twitter, then promptly at 7:30 a.m. local time (we’re in Central Time zone at the moment), I pulled up the Apple Store website and placed my order for a 32GB iPad + 3G. So now the wait [...]

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After watching the live feeds of today’s Apple iPad announcement, audio/video from Leo Leporte’s Twit, and live blogging by Gizmodo and Engadget (both of which crashed their servers from time to time), I have to have one! As expected, Apple blew away the competition. My KindleDX is now obsolete (not that I was ever really [...]

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So, I’ve had my Kindle DX eReader for about 10 days now, and it’s time to write about the experience. Overall my reaction is positive, but there are a few weak points that diminish my euphoria with the device.
First, there is the screen itself. It is not paper-white at all. The contrast is rather poor, [...]

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The timing couldn’t have been better. My first semester in grad school ended Friday, July 31st, and Monday, August 3rd, the Kindle arrived. I’ve done little else besides fiddle around with it since then. In fact, half a day went by before I realized Twitter had gone down!
I’ll have more to say about it [...]

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Well, probably not, but as soon as I posted my query about whether or not to cancel my order for a Kindle DX, I got an email announcing that my order would be shipping sooner than expected. It’s actually been shipped now, expected to arrive Monday, so it’s too late to cancel it. Thanks to [...]

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It now appears to be if not official, then at least pretty credible. Apple will have a tablet within months, possibly before Christmas, and it will have color, and apps, and shiny, oh my!
Now I have a problem. I ordered a Kindle DX a couple of weeks ago. Naturally, I’d rather have this new thing [...]

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Just today there was an announcment from Barnes & Noble about a new eBook reader they will be selling, made by Plastic Logic. I’ve already downloaded B&N’s iPhone app, which sits next to Kindle for iPhone in my reading apps page. They have matching apps for Blackberry, Mac and PCs as well. But I don’t [...]

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I have been resisting the Kindle ever since it was introduced. Of course, I had lots of good reasons. Books published on Kindle have DRM, and in years to come when the hardware is obsolete, I may not be able to use the books I’ve bought on this platform. The Kindle itself is not the [...]

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