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iPad and Kindle
AppleInsider: Apple slows iPad production, Kindle matches shipments.
Both devices are doing very, very well.
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iPad and Kindle
Follow-up on e-books, iPad, and Kindle (with a few choice words about the iPhone4)This seems to support my general impression: The iPad is a vastly more powerful device, and priced accordingly. The Kindle, though the latest version has some extra capabilities, is specifically an e-Book reader. As my bureaucratic masters like to say, it is a " ( Read more... ) -
Amazon 1. Apple 0.
From Cory Doctorow, at Which ebook sellers will allow publishers and writers to opt out of DRM?
Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Kobo were all happy to carry my books without DRM, and on terms that gave you the same rights you got when buying paper editions. Sony and Apple refused to carry my books without DRM -- even though my publisher and I both ( Read more... ) -
On the current Blackberry controversy....
Gulf states order Blackberry users to cover their phones in a tiny burqa
Some businessmen believe that making their phone wear a burqa can be very liberating. "It's great," said one, "with the veil in place I am free to walk about with my Blackberry in public without the feeling that people are staring lustily at my multi-media application. It ( Read more... ) -
Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs, and the long road to the iPad
The iPad is Steve Jobs' final victory over the company's co-founder Steve Wozniak
Jobs believes in perfection, not muddling through. He would seem as much at home in Victorian England as behind the counter of a sushi bar: a man who believes in a single best way of performing any task and presenting the results. As one might expect, his ideas ( Read more... ) -
25 Years Ago
The Secret Origin of Windows
Tandy Trower .... was the product manager who ultimately shipped Windows 1.0, an endeavor that some advised him was a path toward a ruined career. Four product managers had already tried and failed to ship Windows before him, and he initially thought that he was being assigned an impossible task. In this follow-up to ( Read more... ) -
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0%How Addicted to Apple Are You?
(From rillaspins)
A Mac is an elegant and expensive alternative to a Windows machine. Linux is another alternative to Windows, as elegant as you care to make it, and free.