We've been hearing for a while that print is on the decline, and with the purported tablet revolution on its way, that may only continue. We're curious: Where do you currently get your news fix?
Nearly one year after arriving on iPhones and iPod touch, Amazon's Kindle app has arrived on BlackBerry. As you might expect, it synchronizes your books, bookmarks, notes, and last pages read with an actual Kindle, or the iPhone or desktop Kindle software.
Last week we asked you how much you would pay for an e-book, and just shy of 10,000 votes later, it looks like most of you (70%) aren't interested in paying any more than $10 for an e-book. The basic voting breakdown, from top to bottom, looks like this:
If you want to mess around with modding your Kindle but you don't want to deal with the wires and extensive case modding that comes with most hacks, this clever mod puts a Bluetooth receiver in your Kindle.
Developer and blogger Darren Beckett rounds up a crop of five e-readers and gives them a short price and feature comparison with the newly released iPad—and rolled the results in to an eye-friendly infographic.(Click the image above for a closer look.)
If you come across a web page you'd like to continue reading on your Kindle, you could "print" and convert it to PDF, grab your USB cord, and transfer it. Better idea: click the RekindleIT bookmark and send it instantly.
Reader Gene told us that Kindle for PC is "more important than people realize." That's because the desktop app runs almost seamlessly in Linux with one WINE tweak, making Kindle a great little laptop or netbook reading option.
Windows: Amazon has released a Windows application, Kindle for PC, that tells you everything in its name. It syncs with other Kindle devices, offers color pictures, font size control, and other controls for reading on your computer.
Love the idea of a notebook-sized device you can use to read books anywhere but don't want to shell out cash for a Kindle? PopSci's DIY Kindle boasts a color display and at a higher screen resolution—and it's cheaper. Photo by Popular Science.
Perhaps because there isn't enough news about the Google Books deal already, Google announced that it would offer up more than half a million books to "any device with a browser" in early 2010. Google will offer e-books both directly, and with links to other online stores like Amazon, but the main feature will be searchable text from publishers with whom Google has reached an agreement.