Kindle Wireless Reading Device, Free 3G + Wi-Fi, 6
I grew up with a passion for books. Always drawn in by the image on the front, eager to read the sharply printed text on the pages inside,
imagining the author telling the story between the covers, waiting to be freed, or flicking through the pages looking for words that jump
out telling you this is the book you need to read. As collectors will tell however, one can never have enough space for good books.
There are now so many digital readers coming onto the market, Amazon have their own Kindle Wireless Reading Device, Free 3G + Wi-Fi, 6"
display in Graphite 3G Works, that retails for around $225. Can download a book in 60 seconds and can store up to 3500 titles.Or a top
high-end Apple iPAD will cost $829, but will have 64 GB of storage space. According to one estimate, this device has the capacity to store
13,000 books. How many people would have the space in their homes to accomodate a physical collection of books of this size?
On the other side, how many of us would ever have the time to read this amount of books?
Now that the Internet is woven into the fabric of our lives, more and more people have access to print media on the web. This includes, for example, newspapers, journals, books, e-magazines and countless newsletters in our email. Although the only thing that sets the iPAD apart from other digital readers is the instantly recogniseable Apple logo, they are understandably keen to promote all possible uses for the iPAD, including its suitability for e-book applications.
Following this, Penguin Books have estimated that 10% of its annual revenue in 2011, will come from the sale of electronic books. In fact, Penguin are are making very ambitious plans for its electronic media. They intend to incorporate other media including audio and video playback, and web applications such as live chat amongst readers. With over 400,000 titles already available, including bestsellers however, it is difficult to see how the Kindle Wireless Reading Device or the iPAD can fail. But in the end who knows what the deciding factor will be that determines which device comes out with the leading share of the market?
Take films as an example. There are countless files online that can be run directly from a PC, containing full length movies. It would be advantageous to be able to run these files on a big screen TV, but in general this is not yet possible. The success of the different iReader formats will depend entirely on the ability of the hardware.
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