by Tony Cole of Ebookanoid Recently I came across a short post in which the author bemoaned the rather unimaginative and unfriendly manner in which most eBook sellers displayed their wares. He made the comparison to how enjoyable it is to browse happily around the shelves of a real book shop (especially the independent ones) [...]
Entries Tagged as 'browsing'
Browsing for eBooks – Why is it so much better in a real shop than online?
November 30th, 2010 · 2 Comments · opinion
The Future of Book Browsing
October 6th, 2010 · No Comments · software news
You might recall my post from last week about QR codes. I wrote that don’t think they should be used to enhance book content. I also wrote that I thought a better solution would come along. And now it has. I just caught this demo video for Google Googles. I’ve read a couple of the [...]
Why is everyone reporting on last month’s Kindle browsing story?
June 15th, 2010 · No Comments · Amazon
There’s a rash of stories today on how Kindles in all (most?) of the countries where it’s available can now browse the web for free (it’s enabled by the firmware update). I’m not sure why everyone is rehashing this; I first reported on this issue back on 17 May. No one seemed to care then [...]
Update: Free Web browsing on the Kindle int’l.
May 17th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Amazon, hardware news
It’s been a week since I last posted on this topic, so I thought I’d bring you an update on the browsing situation. As you might recall from my last post, I had gotten reports from a couple members of MobileRead Forums that they could now browse the web while in Canada. I now have [...]
Web Browsing now Free on the Kindle int’l.?
May 9th, 2010 · 3 Comments · hardware news
I now have 3 reports from people on MobileRead Forums that they can now browse the web on their Kindle. So far, confirmation have come from Canada, and not the UK. Who wants to test this and see if you can now browse the web?
Browsing the web with your DR800SG
March 21st, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
The DR800SG came out about a month ago, and it shares a trait with most other e-readers with a wireless connection: you can’t use it to browse the web. The wireless connection costs money, and naturally Irex (and their business partners) only want you to use it to access their ebookstore. Most of the other [...]
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