ZDNet reports on a number of anticipated challengers to Apple’s iPad. There may be as many as seven new tablet models by early next year (not counting rumors about a smaller iPad model). Just how many they’ll be and how well they’ll […]
In recent weeks I’ve written about both Inkling and Reed College. Lynn Neary at NPR brings us a story concerning e-textbooks that addresses both topics. The CEO of Inkling talks about the future of textbooks, a Reed College professor compares Kindle and iPad pilots at […]
E-textbook Experiments – Comments from Creators and Users
Video files come in a variety of formats. VLC is a free, popular desktop application for playing formats that ordinarily wouldn’t play or would require conversion to be compatible (a process known as transcoding). VLC is now available for the iPad. Early […]
Free VLC Video Player Arrives in the App Store
The Wall Street Journal caused a stir a few days ago, when it reported Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn as saying the iPad was reducing sales of laptop PCs, especially notebooks, by as much as 50%. Dunn has since clarified […]
Is the iPad Hurting Netbook, Notebook and Laptop Sales?
Tech pundit Walt Mossberg offers a review of three ways to read books on the iPad. He discusses the pros and cons of reading with Apple’s iBooks app, Amazon’s Kindle app, and the Barnes & Noble iPad app called Nook. As he […]
Mossberg Comments on Three Book Reader Apps for the iPad
Apple released the beta version of iOS 4.2 to developers a few days ago. The update includes AirPrint, wireless printing software for the iPad and recent models of the iPhone and iPod touch devices. AirPrint should support a range of […]