30 Jan 08 The Kindle
* Revolutionary electronic-paper display provides a sharp, high-resolution screen that looks and reads like real paper.
* Simple to use: no computer, no cables, no syncing.
* Wireless connectivity enables you to shop the Kindle Store directly from your Kindle—whether you’re in the back of a taxi, at the airport, or in bed.
* Buy a book and it is auto-delivered wirelessly in less than one minute.
* More than 90,000 books available, including more than 90 of 112 current New York Times® Best Sellers.
* New York Times® Best Sellers and all New Releases $9.99, unless marked otherwise.
* Free book samples. Download and read first chapters for free before you decide to buy.
* Top U.S. newspapers including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post; top magazines including TIME, Atlantic Monthly, and Forbes—all auto-delivered wirelessly.
* Top international newspapers from France, Germany, and Ireland; Le Monde, Frankfurter Allgemeine, and The Irish Times—all auto-delivered wirelessly.
* More than 250 top blogs from the worlds of business, technology, sports, entertainment, and politics, including BoingBoing, Slashdot, TechCrunch, ESPN’s Bill Simmons, The Onion, Michelle Malkin, and The Huffington Post—all updated wirelessly throughout the day.
* Lighter and thinner than a typical paperback; weighs only 10.3 ounces.
* Holds over 200 titles.
* Long battery life. Leave wireless on and recharge approximately every other day. Turn wireless off and read for a week or more before recharging. Fully recharges in 2 hours.
* Unlike WiFi, Kindle utilizes the same high-speed data network (EVDO) as advanced cell phones—so you never have to locate a hotspot.
* No monthly wireless bills, service plans, or commitments—we take care of the wireless delivery so you can simply click, buy, and read.
* Includes free wireless access to the planet’s most exhaustive and up-to-date encyclopedia—Wikipedia.org.
* Email your Word documents and pictures (.JPG, .GIF, .BMP, .PNG) to Kindle for easy on-the-go viewing.
* Included in the box: Kindle wireless reader, Book cover, Power adapter, USB 2.0 cable
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06 Dec 07 Facebook
Some interested statistics heard on SDR News yesterday.
Facebook has now reached 10,000 applications. However around 20 apps are used by more than 25% of the users. These 10,000 apps are valued at around $500 million. Facebook itself is valued at more than $16.8 billion.
Tags: apps, facebook, sdr news, slashdot, statistics
01 Dec 07 You Don’t Say!
The Writers Guild of America is on strike. Now, I have some sympathies with them. I wouldn’t want to spend time creating a web site, only to have multiple copies of it made for free, when I could have earned money doing just that. Thing is, particularly with anything on the Internet, we all want and almost expect everything to be free.
Why should movies and shows be free? We’ve gotten used to “free” network TV shows over the years. Of course there is no free lunch, and ultimately the cost of TV (and all other forms of) advertising is passed on to the consumer. In fact, it’s gotten worse on the Internet, where not only is the content expected for free, but we also don’t want any advertising, and where some folks go to some lengths to block it.
We’re not talking about pop-up ads here, but in-line banner ads, which can be blocked by Firefox plug-ins which anyone can install, and which had led to a number of companies refusing to allow their sites to work in Firefox. This is, of course, a great shame, as Firefox is far superior, safer, more secure browser than the other major alternative, Internet Explorer.
I’m pretty much against this myself, as I too, run some advertising on my sites, including this one. It helps to generate a little revenue for me to defray some of the costs of running the site and also as many ads on this site are context sensitive, they may be of use at times, if you’re reading something you’re interested in, and wish to know more about a product, so it can also be a useful service.
Anyway, I have digressed somewhat. Going back to that writers strike. I read a comment on Slashdot this morning from a guy that commented:
“Isn’t it great? My girlfriend started downloading documentaries to make up for the lack, and we’ve learned about a whole host of different things. It’s amazing how little you miss the crap they churn out.”
I can only reply, “No shit, Sherlock!”
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