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Books will never die...

Before Amazon reduced the price of kindle by 10%, thereas some kind of worrisome from kindle’s future and criticism to reading through it especially from people who can’t abandon their books and they have a strong relation with it. Many journalists and writers talked about kindle, and although they showed that it is a useful gadget, they were biased toward books. For example, in Wall Street Journal “Information Age” column, Journal big cheese L. Gordon Crovitz said: “Perhaps a new digital device like the Kindle can help us regain the attention spans earlier devices helped us lose.” Maybe this could become a great era for books, or more accurately for the future of words that for centuries could be delivered only in book form.” However, he stressed on the importance of books and the luxury one feels when reading a book and not through a device or through e-books. The importance lies in the ideas and innovations books supply. . But “to expect future generations to be satisfied with printed books is like expecting the BlackBerry users of today to start communicating by writing letters, stuffing envelopes and licking stamps.” This is really an interesting comparison that shows the way people are linked to books, and the un ability to exchange the experience of reading through it even if kindle-the best and full e-book reader can provide the best experience to many.

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SCRABULOUS VS. SCRABBLE!

Creating an application on facebook is not as easy as it may seem to some people,you can face some problems and law suits in doing that and also some defeat.this is wat exactly happened to 2 indian guys who launched an online Srabble application for facebook users. the application was able to attract many facebook users and today the number of users using this application reached to 629,000. Although the application became popular,the 2 indian guys face a legal suit because they did not have the proper authorization from the copyright holders (Hasbro and Mattel for the board game and Electronic Arts and RealNetworks for digital rights). In addition to this RealNetworks has now announced its own Scrabble application for Facebook: "Scrabble by Mattel". This application will not be availabe to users in US and Canada and so far people have been complaining that it doesnt work as good as Scrabulous did.

Because of this many facebook users are suggesting an improvement in this new application but RealNetworks is not giving them any answers. RealNetwork should know that for an application to work,the owners have to respond to any feedback.

kindle;a step towards education,but why the drop in it's price?

As Amazon introduced a price cut of 10pc to its Kindle eBook reader from US$400 to US$360, (less by 40$) this implies that this gadget is aiming at the wrong end of the market with high-end consumer electronics and should be looking to education.

For instance, Last week OLPC (One Laptop per Child) founder “Nicholas Negroponte” introduced a brand new Children’s Laptop, in fact it was not a real laptop, but a low cost eBook reader especially for children, to educate them in the field of developing economics.

As he showed the new eBook which is due on the market by 2010, Negroponte declared: “Over the past couple of years, we’ve learned that the book experience is a key. And no item can take the place of the book. he claimed that the next-generation should be a book. “And since it’s also got a touch-sensitive display, you can use it as a laptop,” he added.

This shows that there’s something new and different. This new eBook, unlike the Amazon Kindle, is a touch-sensitive, full-color dual screen which will be priced at US$75, in comparison to Kindle’s US$360.The reason for the low price is the cost was kept down by using portable DVD player screens, which are becoming increasingly cheap to produce. On the other hand, Amazon’s Kindle has a patented electronic-paper display that while monochrome, has no glare like a normal screen and reads like natural matt paper.

The Kindle was released in November 2007 and sold out its original supply within several hours, so what happened know? Why its price is being cut out yesterday by 10$? This shows that the demand on kindle get down maybe because of its high price as many had stated.

"In an article on Wired.com, writer Charlie Sorrel explained why he felt the mainstream just isn’t ready for the eBook: when it comes to holding something in your hand that lets you read at your leisure, flick through, drop in puddles, never charge and is cost-effective, the good old paper book does the trick."

According to a spokeswoman the price cut was made because Kindle manufacturing is at level that is finally consistent with demand for the device, which Amazon has claimed has been heavily sought by readers."

"CitiGroup's Mark Mahaney opined that the online retailer will have sold 2.2 million Kindles, or $750 million worth, by 2010, and that the price will have dropped to $300 by then, in increments of 15 percent cuts per year. It's not even close to holiday shopping season, and just a 5 percent cut between now and the end of the year doesn't seem logical. "

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marny

Breaking News..

As i was searching for information to make a post, i found out this news.The first celebrity owning a kindle is "JENNIFER ANISTON".The Us magazine caught jennifer with "JOHN MYER" in miami, with her own kindle and it was a great scoop for this magazine showing the first celebrity having a kindle and reading on it when she was enjoying her day with John myer..very interesting isnt it???

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Marny

Breaking news..

The Mobi read;will it take the place of kindle?

According to Martin Gorner, the president and CEO o Mobi, mobipocket will be introducing an e-book client for the Iphone soon. This new e-book was announced at the IDPF conference.This is a great news to people who enjoy reading digital content but still how will it affect kindle?

Before here are few charecterstics of this mobile read gadget.Its really interseting to read on the IPhone..

Mobi Desktop 6.2 can import EPUB, and will auto-convert an EPUB file to Mobi format inorder to let u read it. Even the next version of Mobi Creator and Mobigen will also support EPUB creation.By the end of the year, Mobipocket will release updated readers for the various platforms, as well as release a new reader for the Apple iPhone.Mr. Gorner also said that "sales of Mobipocket format e-books have doubled since last year, while giving a breakdown of users by device". The number of Palm users is shrinking, both as a percentage and as an absolute number. Having these high qualities is really dangerous on kindle,after all the Kindle format is a DRM-tweaked version of Mobipocket's format, so there's a key partnership between the two organizations. The iPhone and iPod Touch user base is far and away larger than that of the Kindle, which is great for the eBook market, but may hurt Kindle sales in the long run. Of course, the Apple products certainly have a smaller screen when compared the Kindle, but they offer connectivity options as well as a simple e-commerce experience through the iTunes store.

Therefore, i may say that Mobi may take the place of kindle,but still who doesnt have a kindle might not understand the significance of it especialy in terms of the reading experience,kindle will stay the best.Not because of its bigger screen,its the way it is designed as if ur reading a real book,turning pages in ur thumb.

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Marny

ADOPTING A PUPPY ON FACEBOOK!!!!!

Well how many of you guys have always wished of having a puppy as a pet at home but for some reasons(our parents never agreed,we never had time to takecare of them),we couldn't.well today is making this possible for all of us,by launching the application POKEY!with Pokey you are able to adopt a puppy,give him a name,describe him the way you like your puppy to be.This application is fun because you will be able to fed your puppy,play with him and also be able to play with your friends puppies too. the nice thing also about this is that you can feed your freinds puppies and play with them and by doing this you will be adding more bones and food for their puppies so they will always have food to eat.

Because this application is fun,i added it on my facebook profile and i now have my own puppy named DEEDEE so if anyone of you is on my freind's list please go check out DEEDEE,play with him and feed him too. i am sure you will like him and you will also want to have your own puppy.

Kindle:Number 1 between all the newborn E-books..

The latest newborn; the e-book market has few drawbacks. If we discount the iPhone (and you should, because right now it's still a pain to get any text on there) then we’re left with Amazon's Kindle and the Sony Reader. The Kindle is probably the best of these -– the only place it really loses out is battery life.
So, any newcomer really needs to beat the Kindle, either on price, features or availability of book.

Unfortunately, the Dutch BeBook does none of these and thus can’t beat the kindle. lets see why!

First: It costs $510 against the Kindle's $400.

Second:It doesn't have a dedicated store and most significant of all, it doesn't have the Kindle's killer feature, an “always on EVDO internet connection”.

Although the “BeBook” has the looks to beat the others, as it supports all the usual formats (pdf, doc, txt, wolf, html, mp3, png, tiff, gif, jpg and bmp), still it has an SD-card slot used to “boost its 512MB built in memory” and, because it uses e-ink, the battery will last for weeks. Therefore, no one will buy it and thus kindle will be again the first ranked e-book reader having its everlasting battery.

In fact everything has it pros and cons. However, bebook has only 1 advantage.The only advantage the bebook has is that it is available worldwide, unlike the Kindle. Once Amazon sorts out its production troubles, though, and cuts some deals with non-U.S. telcos for web access, the BeBook will just be an interesting footnote in e-book history.

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Marny

MessageManager Facebook application launched in Dubai

The nice thing about this application is that facebook users can now send SMS messages and MMS and get billed on their telphone bill account.This new Facebook application is a new line of MessageManager®. MessageManager already offers several interfaces - a desktop client, a web, wap and handset interface, plugins for Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Outlook Express, Lotus Notes, MSN Messenger as well as several SDKs and high end database integration - all generating significant income growth to the mobile operators.Bassam Tuéni, CEO of PowerMe Mobile explained that 'Facebook has already gained the reputation as 'the next big thing' for many users. Social networking has extended beyond the realm of geeks and teenagers to reach an impressive number of subscribers all over the world. As a consequence, Facebook has become the ubiquitous way of reaching mass users in a short period of time.' facebook users having this application can not only send SMS or MMS but also recieve from their freinds and also recieve pictures and will be notified on facebook and the good thing is that every user can restrict the number of SMS or MMS he can be able to send.


http://www.blogger.com/www.ameinfo.com/131477.html

Shanghai DailyThe First Newspaper to be read on kindle..

For all people interested in reading newspapers, read it carefully, im sure u will love it!

Shanghai Daily's e-paper launched on January 1, became the first newspaper from Asia to be available for download via Amazon.com.

The electronic version of Shanghai Daily can now be downloaded and read from Amazon's Kindle device at a cost of US$5.99 per month, making the paper accessible in the United States. Because kindle uses the latest wireless technology, the most advanced ink, and a non reflective screen, many newspapers can be available on it.

So far, “18 newspapers around the world are found on kindle, including top US newspapers such as The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post”. SHANGHAI Daily's e-paper is also available for download via http://www.shanghaidaily.com/.

Moreover, this e-paper can be read not only on kindle, for instance it can be read most portable devices including the Blackberry, iPhone and PSP.

It is updated twice a day automatically via a wireless network.Shanghai Daily has also developed new software, My News, to let readers download the e-paper more conveniently and any time they want.

"The paper's online team has just won a gold award for Best Online Journalism among all media in Asia". These awards are organized by IFRA, "an association that supports news publications in achieving higher standards of quality and creativity." The online award was presented for the first time in the competition's seven-year history.

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Marnyy

iLiad Vs Kindle

Lately, kindle is witnessing a huge completion especially from iREX technologies iLiad book edition. Before,iLiad’s 2nd edition book was only available, but nowadays the Irex announced the new iLiad book edition being launched on may 9.This new book is almost similar to the 2nd edition with the same features but there are also few exceptions. First, the new iLiad book doesn’t contain an integrated Wi-Fi as the second edition one does. Second, the new iLiad book is cheaper than the 2nd edition older one. It was announced at 499$ whereas the Iliad second edition costs 699$. Despite the few differences, here comes an important common feature in both which is the “Wacom Digitizer”. Despite the daily use of the words "touch screen" on many sites to refer to the digitizer, it is indeed a standard Wacom it still does all the annotations and ink notes the older model does with only a change in the case from black to silver. IRex has also announced that the Iliad Book Edition will be carried by Border UK without mentioning the US. Furthermore, it has a bigger and better screen than that of the kindle or even the Sony reader. This shows us the iLiad Book is a great development and a serious competitor for the Amazon kindle device although it isn’t found yet in the US where kindle has its great reputation and the first rank in the new technologies.

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PARAMOUNT ON FACEBOOK!

Well nothing seems impossible anymore these days especially on Facebook. The latest launching application on Facebook is Paramount applicatio on facebook. through this applicaton you are able to watch thousands of movie clips from paramount movies through facebook and share among friends.To those unfamiliar with the facebook applications,facebook applications are programs within the site ,in which you can quiz yourself and friends on their movie knowledge and many other.After every movie clip,paramount will inculde a button,of which when you click on it will lead you to the site where you can get the DVD. well who knows how many people will become intrested in this application esppecially when facebook users start sending each other movie clips and posting them on their profiles. just like i told you in my previous blogs,facebook is starting to help in marketing and its own users are helping many companies in marketing their products!


http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Paramount-Launching-Facebook-Application-8123.html

Amazon improving kindle!

Amazon is giving its e-book reader another feverish marketing push. Now that the company's supply-channel woes have been licked, it's devoting a good chunk of its landing page to swaying buyers into purchasing the $399 gadget.

The leading online retailer is devoting the heart of its homepage this week to a promotional note from CEO Jeff Bezos. A snapshot of boxed Kindles on pallets in the Amazon warehouse accompanies the note, perhaps to appease the Doubting Thomas in the crowd who needs to see it to believe it.

The note then links to Bezos' annual letter to shareholders, where the Amazon chieftain spends the entirety of the annual report's opening salvo pimping the Kindle.

I can't blame "Bezos" for rallying around the Kindle. It is a potential game changer. If it takes off, Amazon has a meal ticket to cash in as the gateway to literary digital distribution. It can become to books what Apple has become to music -- a savior riding in on the promise of inventory-free media delivery.

Unfortunately, few know how close Kindle may be to reshaping the industry, because Amazon has been so tight-lipped about how briskly the device has been selling.

Although "bezos" love to talk about numbers when it comes to kindle, however these numbers can give us the actual success the kindle had witnessed. For example, The first batch sold out in 5 1/2 hours? That addresses the initial supply shortage, a problem that made the device disappear during the critical holiday shopping season.

There are now more than 110,000 titles available and that is great, but how about an actual sale number of those titles? Investors would feel cheated if Apple didn't update its shareholders on the iPod and iTunes milestones, and Apple is a company that keeps secrets close to its vest.
There are more than 2,000 customer reviews on Amazon? Great, but that, too, tells us very little. You don't have to buy a Kindle to post a review. That's obvious once you begin going through some of the posting. Many people state that they would love to have a kindle but still paying 400$ for such device is considered much.

Perhaps more telling is that less than half of the Kindle reviewers have given the device Amazon's highest five-star rating. If these are the early adopters who didn't flinch at the $400 price tag, the reviews won't get much better until Amazon either improves the features or lowers the price.

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Marny

Waterston's in competion with sony e-reader!

Waterstone's is believed to have signed a deal to stock Sony’s e-book reader when it is introduced into the UK later this year. It is understood that the retailer will be the exclusive vendor of the device in the UK.
The electronics giant is widely expected to reveal next month that its Sony Reader, which retails in the US for $299 (£150), will be introduced to the UK.
Waterstone's is thought to have signed a deal with Sony to sell the device instore from this summer, and has been in talks with publishers about selling e-books.
A number of trade publishers have rushed to announce e-book plans in the past few weeks and have been working hard to clear e-books rights on their backlists. Both Penguin and HarperCollins have adopted the .ePub format, which is expected to be readable on the Sony device following an upgrade.
Waterstone's will be the first bookseller in the UK to sell an e-book device, and the move will put it in direct competition with Amazon, whose Kindle reader is expected to migrate from the US to the UK later in the year.
In the US, Borders had an exclusive contract for the Reader until the end of 2006.

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marny

The Weather Network and MeteoMedia Launch a Facebook Weather Application

The Weather Network and MeteoMedia have launched their new application on Facebook. This application allows facebook users to view the current weather condition and forecast of different cities and countries around the world. The application is in both French and English and can cover over 5000 cities in Canada and around the world.In addition to weather data, the application offers the ability to send messages and current forecast information to Facebook friends. This unique messaging function was created by a team of in-house developers at The Weather Network and MeteoMedia and it is an easy and useful tool for making plans, travel arrangements or setting dates with friends."We believe this new application will quickly become a favourite among Facebook users," says Carrie Lysenko, Manager of Online Applications for The Weather Network and MeteoMedia. "This is just another way we are responding to the needs of Canadians by providing convenient access to their most reliable and trusted weather information."