This is a generation of kids that have learned to communicate, search and purchase on very small devices, like mobile phones, said James McQuivey, Forrester Research media analyst.
… College Students Warm Up to E-Readers, But Still Say They Prefer Print
There have been mixed signals coming from college campuses about e-books and e-readers. While interest and sales in the former have increased, it’s not clear that college students have been terribly keen on e-readers. And the vast majority of students …
US School Replaces Textbooks With Kindles, Students Go Crazy
Clearwater High School is doing away with paper books, opting instead to hand out Kindles to the 2,000 students it educates. The pupils are reacting very positively so far to the change, signaling that for younger readers ebooks may be …
E-readers are dead meat in the face of the iPad and Samsung Tab
Sales of the ‘smartbooks’ category (i.e. like the iPad) are expected to grow from 3.65 million in 2010 to nearly 50 million in 2014, or over 50% of all embedded device sales, according to the latest forecasts from Informa Telecoms
Amazon Kindle Fails First College Test
“If Amazon hoped for honest feedback when it started testing the Kindle DX on college campuses last fall, writes Amy Martinez, it certainly got its wish. Students pulled no punches telling Amazon what they thought of its $489 e-reader.
http://mobile.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=10/05/25/1713242…
Highlighting E-Readers
Making e-book readers more like books actually impairs their usefulness, according to a study. “Because it was difficult to take notes on the Kindle, because PDF documents could not be annotated or highlighted at all, and because it was hard …
Buying an E-Book reader? Here’s What You Need to Know
Want to purchase an e-reader? There’s a lot of hype to cut through.
Kindle comes to Canada without browser
Kindle comes to Canada without browser
The Kindle e-book reader is now available to Canadians, Amazon.com announced Tuesday (Nov. 17th), but without some key features.
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/11/17/tech-amazon-kindle-canada.html…