Comments on: Another eBook reader- BeBook: phones work better http://jkontherun.com/2008/12/31/another-ebook-reader-bebook-phones-work-better/ Using mobile devices since they weighed 30 lbs. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:42:33 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: TateJ http://jkontherun.com/2008/12/31/another-ebook-reader-bebook-phones-work-better/#comment-47858 TateJ Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:57:30 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/2008/12/31/another-ebook-reader-bebook-phones-work-better/#comment-47858 Works great for me. I loaded it up with pdfs and .doc files from work in addition to a few dozen free ebooks. I'm glad I bought it, but I still want a Kindle too. Works great for me. I loaded it up with pdfs and .doc files from work in addition to a few dozen free ebooks.

I’m glad I bought it, but I still want a Kindle too.

]]> By: Marko http://jkontherun.com/2008/12/31/another-ebook-reader-bebook-phones-work-better/#comment-47235 Marko Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:55:27 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/2008/12/31/another-ebook-reader-bebook-phones-work-better/#comment-47235 BeBook is a great reader, mostly because it supports so many formats which you can easly get **ahem** free on the internet :D If buying it from official website (http://mybebook.com) you can get a discount of 25€ if typing in this coupon code: markos.place@gmail.com Also valid for AUSD, sadly not valid for USD buyers, because od the USD value drop. BeBook is a great reader, mostly because it supports so many formats which you can easly get **ahem** free on the internet :D

If buying it from official website (http://mybebook.com) you can get a discount of 25€ if typing in this coupon code:

markos.place@gmail.com

Also valid for AUSD, sadly not valid for USD buyers, because od the USD value drop.

]]> By: Charles http://jkontherun.com/2008/12/31/another-ebook-reader-bebook-phones-work-better/#comment-44936 Charles Thu, 01 Jan 2009 17:18:05 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/2008/12/31/another-ebook-reader-bebook-phones-work-better/#comment-44936 All the arguments I've read here make sense to me and reading them in rapid succession left me with the impression that we are all making some compromise when it comes to a digital book reading platform. To me that's a clear indication that the technology has yet to be packaged in a way that meets enough people's reading needs/wants. All the arguments I’ve read here make sense to me and reading them in rapid succession left me with the impression that we are all making some compromise when it comes to a digital book reading platform. To me that’s a clear indication that the technology has yet to be packaged in a way that meets enough people’s reading needs/wants.

]]> By: FlashGal http://jkontherun.com/2008/12/31/another-ebook-reader-bebook-phones-work-better/#comment-44903 FlashGal Wed, 31 Dec 2008 23:38:38 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/2008/12/31/another-ebook-reader-bebook-phones-work-better/#comment-44903 OK, I never thought I'd say this, but after being snowed in for eleven days with no way for UPS to deliver my new books from Amazon for a long awaited holiday break readathon, I finally broke down and installed both eReader and Stanza on my iPod touch. After reading the first book on my touch, I went ahead and purchased seven more. My vision isn't all that great so I was more than pleasantly surprised by the quality of the text on the screen. No fuzziness here even with a touchscreen! Man, I can even read on my touch in the dark! It is so great! ...now if only Apple had a slighly bigger touch, say maybe with a five or six-inch screen, that would make it a perfect digital reader as well as a much better video viewer! OK, I never thought I’d say this, but after being snowed in for eleven days with no way for UPS to deliver my new books from Amazon for a long awaited holiday break readathon, I finally broke down and installed both eReader and Stanza on my iPod touch. After reading the first book on my touch, I went ahead and purchased seven more. My vision isn’t all that great so I was more than pleasantly surprised by the quality of the text on the screen. No fuzziness here even with a touchscreen! Man, I can even read on my touch in the dark! It is so great!

…now if only Apple had a slighly bigger touch, say maybe with a five or six-inch screen, that would make it a perfect digital reader as well as a much better video viewer!

]]> By: Oliver http://jkontherun.com/2008/12/31/another-ebook-reader-bebook-phones-work-better/#comment-44858 Oliver Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:56:56 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/2008/12/31/another-ebook-reader-bebook-phones-work-better/#comment-44858 Sorry, but I disagree with you guys. Your argument sounds a bit like saying "A new laptop released: phones work better". My wife and I both have Sony Readers. I also have an iPhone. I use the iPhone a lot for casual reading of RSS feeds and sometimes newspaper articles, but I never use it to read books. Why? Because I don't read books in 5 minute chunks, just like I don't watch movies in chunks on my iPhone as I wait at the grocery store checkout line or at Starbucks. I don't carry my Sony Reader with me all the time, so I don't have access to my book at any given moment, but that's fine -- I choose to fill those random moments with other useful tasks such as reading email or feeds. Another argument is battery life. I read ebooks a lot when traveling. The Sony reader lasts a long time (multiple books) without requiring recharging. Can you run your iPhone on a transcon 5 or 6 hr flight and still make phone calls at the other end? I know people who cannot be found *anywhere* without a paperback in their hands. They read a few pages on the way from their desk to the cafeteria at work. Fine if that's how they enjoy reading books. But it's not me. Oh yeah, and the argument that you won't be disappointed if you discover while traveling that you left the Kindle at home? Are you serious? If you're that forgetful, maybe maintain a "packing list" on your iPhone -- there are plenty of "to do" style apps out there. :) Sorry, but I disagree with you guys. Your argument sounds a bit like saying “A new laptop released: phones work better”.

My wife and I both have Sony Readers. I also have an iPhone. I use the iPhone a lot for casual reading of RSS feeds and sometimes newspaper articles, but I never use it to read books. Why? Because I don’t read books in 5 minute chunks, just like I don’t watch movies in chunks on my iPhone as I wait at the grocery store checkout line or at Starbucks. I don’t carry my Sony Reader with me all the time, so I don’t have access to my book at any given moment, but that’s fine — I choose to fill those random moments with other useful tasks such as reading email or feeds.

Another argument is battery life. I read ebooks a lot when traveling. The Sony reader lasts a long time (multiple books) without requiring recharging. Can you run your iPhone on a transcon 5 or 6 hr flight and still make phone calls at the other end?

I know people who cannot be found *anywhere* without a paperback in their hands. They read a few pages on the way from their desk to the cafeteria at work. Fine if that’s how they enjoy reading books. But it’s not me.

Oh yeah, and the argument that you won’t be disappointed if you discover while traveling that you left the Kindle at home? Are you serious? If you’re that forgetful, maybe maintain a “packing list” on your iPhone — there are plenty of “to do” style apps out there. :)

]]> By: Scotty http://jkontherun.com/2008/12/31/another-ebook-reader-bebook-phones-work-better/#comment-44856 Scotty Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:27:58 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/2008/12/31/another-ebook-reader-bebook-phones-work-better/#comment-44856 Say what you want about the Kindle itself but Amazon's ebook selection makes that platform for me. I've also found them to be surprisingly responsive to the "I'd like to read this book on my Kindle" submissions (a very handy link they put up for books not presently available as Kindle editions) I haven't found many of the scientific tomes I get to read available for the eReader-iPhone platform. But you can hit up Amazon on your Kindle and be plowing through "Fractal Concepts in Condensed Matter Physics" in a couple minutes (even Whispernet struggles on that worthy tome). But when it comes to Zinio my fave is still my LE1700... I've never seen anyone actually comfortably read a magazine like Foreign Policy or MIT Review on an iPhone. Of course I wouldn't be amazed if pressure from devices such as iphone's result in changes in such publications to make them more readable on such tiny mobile devices. Say what you want about the Kindle itself but Amazon’s ebook selection makes that platform for me. I’ve also found them to be surprisingly responsive to the “I’d like to read this book on my Kindle” submissions (a very handy link they put up for books not presently available as Kindle editions)

I haven’t found many of the scientific tomes I get to read available for the eReader-iPhone platform. But you can hit up Amazon on your Kindle and be plowing through “Fractal Concepts in Condensed Matter Physics” in a couple minutes (even Whispernet struggles on that worthy tome).

But when it comes to Zinio my fave is still my LE1700… I’ve never seen anyone actually comfortably read a magazine like Foreign Policy or MIT Review on an iPhone.

Of course I wouldn’t be amazed if pressure from devices such as iphone’s result in changes in such publications to make them more readable on such tiny mobile devices.

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