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Hold 300 books in a book

Monday, August 17th, 2009

This most peculiar Kindle Holder is literally a hollowed out book. So you can carry around your hi-tech ebook reader in, well, a book. Isn’t that defeating the purpose a little bit?
The maker of these things also makes other gadget holders. You can keep anything from an iPod to an iPhone (if they aren’t the [...]

iPhone app tells you fastest way to exit NYC subway

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

Yesterday I posted about an iPhone app that helps you locate London Tube stations from the street, and wished for a New York City app. Well, looks like there is one, but not from the same makers.
As a NYC resident and chronic user of the MTA Subway system, I have a problem. When I get [...]

Make your Kindle smell like a real book

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

Ah, the familiar, musty scent of old books in a library. The correct mixture of mildew, dust, and aging paper is enough to make anyone sneeze. But as Google and the world’s ebooks start digitizing everything, that particular charm may in the near future be privy only to the weird occult and antiquated folks that [...]

Email-capable paper?

Friday, February 27th, 2009

One of the up and coming technologies in the past year has been e Ink, which drives the Amazon Kindle ultra-thin display. But not only are e Ink displays thin, they’re also flexible. And now they’re touch-sensitive. Think 1mm thin iPhone you can roll up. Or, tablet PC that rolls up into a little tube [...]

Amazon Kindle 2: Are we really ready to go paperless?

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

Today Amazon’s eBook brainchild Kindle grows up, a day early. The buzz around its release is well warranted – this iteration is beautifully thin, sleek, and has a ton of new features including instant dictionary searching, text annotation, and read-aloud audio. Traditional booksellers like Barnes & Noble are nervously watching Amazon and the growing eBook [...]