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Re: The B&N e-book reader versus the eReader reader

stewart.midwin...@gmail.com (Stewart) — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:05:08 UT

hi Bert, here are my *initial* thoughts on the eReader ebook reader
software for Android - I just installed this app yesterday, and have
only downloaded one book so far.

- app hasn't crashed on me yet, and I've tried most of the features.
- at first I couldn't figure out how to change pages successfully, but

Alternatives to Evernote

stewart.midwin...@gmail.com (Stewart) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:33:38 UT

I learned about Evernote from this forum, checked it out soon after,
and have been using ever since. It's become indispensible in my life.
I use it for my daily journal, all kinds of reminders and bookmarks,
sharing photos, and for reference material. Because it's cross-
platform, I use it natively on Windows, Mac OS X, iPod Touch, and now

Re: The B&N e-book reader versus the eReader reader

stewart.midwin...@gmail.com (Stewart) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:17:22 UT

Hey, thanks for that, Bert! I just visited [link] with my
HTC Magic, got directed to their mobile site and then offered their
Android reader, which I've now installed (it's about 750 kb in size).
One less reason to use my iPod Touch!

cheers
Stewart in Calgary

Re: Who's on Wave?

stewart.midwin...@gmail.com (Stewart) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:05:18 UT

I'm on Wave using the same address I posted with here. So far, few of
my acquaintance have access to this tool, so its use is limited. It'll
be great in about a year.

Re: Who's on Wave?

pdrad...@gmail.com (PhilippeR) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:37:15 UT

I would like an invite to try it out, though frankly I don't see how I
can use it. If I combine my several home numbers, which are also those
of my wife, I will get her calls and she mine: is there any practical
way around this?

On Nov 18, 12:33 pm, Richard Cartwright <cartwrigh...@gmail.com>

Wave Invites (nominations?)

b...@wm.pdx.ne.jp (Bob Kawaratani) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:29:14 UT

Hi,
I sent in the email addresses for the Wave invites for the requesters.
Let me know when Google sends you something.
Cheers,
Bob

Re: [woyp] Re: Who's on Wave?

cartwrigh...@gmail.com (Richard Cartwright) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:33:45 UT

I have invites to give as well. Alas, apparently you just get nominated, not
invited right away.

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Re: [woyp] Who's on Wave?

maui...@gmail.com (Mauibro) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:25:58 UT

Re: [woyp] Re: The B&N e-book reader versus the eReader reader

bert.latam...@gmail.com (Bert Latamore) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:39:17 UT

Jesper,

Oh, definitely it is notsimple. And Sony has strange ideas often about
marketing. But the point I was trying to make is that the marketing logic of
selling expensive book readers is lock-in. If you buy the Kindle or the Nook
or the Sony Reader then you have made a large investment that you really

Who's on Wave?

b...@wm.pdx.ne.jp (Bob Kawaratani) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:35:55 UT

Hi,
Google seems to be catching up with the long list of applicants as I
received my invite a few days ago. Anybody else on Wave? Also, does
anybody want an invite?
Cheers,
Bob

Re: [woyp] Re: The B&N e-book reader versus the eReader reader

jes...@pobox.com (Jesper Anderson) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:32:50 UT

Not so sure it's that simple. Sony have all manner of content
distribution as well, and would love to sell books - that's why they
used to push for their lrf format, making it the fastest and best
supported format on their readers. Seems they actually learned a thing
or two from refusing to support mp3's a few years back though.

Re: [woyp] Re: The B&N e-book reader versus the eReader reader

jes...@pobox.com (Jesper Anderson) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:26:40 UT

I got an email from Sony that I can send my Reader in for a firmware
upgrade, to make it read epub books. Since that is what I use in
Stanza on the iPod Touch, and I can convert pretty much anything
freely available I can access into epub, that would seem to become my
new standard. I seem to recall I read Google will get behind epub as

Re: [woyp] Re: The B&N e-book reader versus the eReader reader

bert.latam...@gmail.com (Bert Latamore) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:35:17 UT

Don,

I think the answer to your question about compatibility depends on whether
the company behind the reader is making its money primarily from the sale of
readers (hardware) or books. Sony is basically a hardware company, but B&N
and Amazon are book sellers. The logic of having a piece of hardware for

Re: [woyp] Re: The B&N e-book reader versus the eReader reader

donald.stidw...@mac.com (Donald Stidwell) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:56:26 UT

All this foolishness is just plain stupid. And now new readers are coming out it seems like every week and how great is the compatibility between them?

Why do they have to use proprietary formats anyway for each reader? I'm sure they could use something universal like RTF and stick some kind of DRM layer on it and still make it compatible across devices.

Re: [woyp] The B&N e-book reader versus the eReader reader

klann...@gmail.com (Kerry Lannert) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:44:41 UT

You're not the first to discover this. B&N just announced yesterday that
they'll be accepting gift cards for ebooks sometime in mid-December.
You're also not the first to discover that the B&N software is just the
eReader software rebranded. B&N right now is saying that your eReader
(and compatible Fictionwise) purchases will be readable on the nook but