Wednesday, January 28, 2004
Ebooks tutorial with Jenneth Orantia
Posted by Jason Dunn in "ARTICLE" @ 03:00 PM
"Sitting at the train station, standing in line at the bank, waiting for your appointment. . . if only you had something to read! But if you have a PDA, the problem becomes which book to read. The latest Stephen King thriller, a Patricia Cornwell mystery, some classic Shakespeare or Dickens, or a mega-dose of sci-fi? That’s just a sample of the ebooks you can enjoy on your Palm or Pocket PC.
Sure, you don’t get any of the familiar tactile sensations associated with reading a hardcopy book, but you can change the font size, look up definitions on-the-fly, quickly search for specific words, and even use your handheld’s backlight as a built-in book light. And how else could you fit an entire library onto a memory card the size of a postage stamp?"
It's strange, but I'm definitely using my Pocket PC less for ebooks than I used to. I'm not exactly sure why. No, scratch that, I am sure why - it's because in many of the locations where I'd read an eBook, I now have WiFi access...which means I'm more likely to read my email than to read an eBook. Anyone else noticed how evolving hardware hard impacted your eBook reading, one way or another?
Sure, you don’t get any of the familiar tactile sensations associated with reading a hardcopy book, but you can change the font size, look up definitions on-the-fly, quickly search for specific words, and even use your handheld’s backlight as a built-in book light. And how else could you fit an entire library onto a memory card the size of a postage stamp?"
It's strange, but I'm definitely using my Pocket PC less for ebooks than I used to. I'm not exactly sure why. No, scratch that, I am sure why - it's because in many of the locations where I'd read an eBook, I now have WiFi access...which means I'm more likely to read my email than to read an eBook. Anyone else noticed how evolving hardware hard impacted your eBook reading, one way or another?
