MobileTechRoundup show #199, iPhone out, Palm in, Devour thoughts
Posted by Matthew Miller @ 5:26 pm
Categories: Android, Apple, Google, HTC, Palm, Podcast, T-Mobile, Verizon, WebOS, iPhone
Tags: MobileTechRoundup, Apple iPhone, Palm Inc., Smart Phone, Apple Inc., James, Kevin, Smart Phones, 3G, Cellular Phones
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We missed recording last week while I was up on a shipcheck in Alaska, but James, Kevin, and I were able to record MobileTechRoundup show #199 today thanks in part to my Nokia N900 and T-Mobile 3G data connection. Kevin talked about no longer having an Apple iPhone, while I no longer have the Overdrive and moved to the Verizon Palm Pre Plus. James has the Motorola Devour and offered some initial thoughts on the device. We couldn’t avoid talking about the Apple lawsuit against HTC and sure hope it doesn’t have a negative impact on the smartphone world. Kevin has the Dell Mini10 with Intel N450 and talked a bit about his experiences with it.
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MobileTechRoundup show #199, iPhone out, Palm in, Devour thoughts
Apple Tablet: Odds are good that it will replace my B&N nook
Posted by Matthew Miller @ 6:56 am
Categories: Apple, Gadgets, Mobile software, ebooks, iPhone
Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Tablet, Operating System, Apple Inc., E-book, Tablets, Smart Phones, Operating Systems, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
I have mentioned several times here on this blog how much I like using my B&N nook, including how nothing I saw at CES could knock it out of my hands. However, I have been thinking quite a bit about this upcoming Apple Tablet device to be announced in a few hours and honestly think it could take the place of the nook as an ebook reader. The revelation last night from McGraw-Hill’s CEO that the Tablet runs the iPhone OS actually has me more excited about the device than if it ran the OS X, from an ebook reader perspective.
The iPhone lets me read books from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Fictionwise, and just about every other content source on a single device. I also found that the iPhone offers the best applications for reading and studying the Bible, compared to any other smartphone platform (you can see my reviews of Mantis, OliveTree Bible Reader, and Laridian PocketBible). While all of this excellent content is accessible on the iPhone, the display is quite small and does not offer the best ebook experience while the nook with its larger eInk display is perfect. The upcoming Apple Tablet device will have a larger display than the iPhone and since it runs the iPhone OS it will support all of these applications and content.
I already have a MacBook Pro and do not need another OS X device without a keyboard. Applications are more plentiful and varied on the iPhone OS and the ability to run all these applications mentioned above helps me justify the cost a bit more by offsetting it with elimination of the nook from my collection. I will have to wait and see what is actually revealed today, but the chances are higher that I will be buying one if it runs the iPhone OS rather than OS X.
Granted the new Apple Tablet won’t have an eInk display that models the paper experience, but the larger display and ability to have it backlit for use as a reader in bed or on the bus in low lighting may outweigh the eInk clarity. Honestly, I only read for an hour or two at a time and never had issues reading text on my PDAs and smartphones.
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Apple Tablet: Odds are good that it will replace my B&N nook
