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Google Shares half a Million Ebooks with Sony’s Ebook reader

Admin — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:40:12 +0000

The race to dominate the market for electronic books is beginning to gain momentum. Following the onset of the second version of the Amazon Kindle, Sony announced today the signing of an agreement with Google through which users can use the Sony Ebook Reader ( PRS-505 and PRS-700) and to consult books for free with over half a million titles available of nearly seven million of the search engine has been digitized since 2004.

The agreement between both companies, which no economic details have transcended, will allow Sony to offer some competition to his great rival, Amazon’s Kindle
. In fact, the owners of e-book from Amazon can now buy about 250,000 books in that shop online, The New York Times reports.

Amazon’s Kindle
, however, does not seem very worried. First, its digital library has fewer titles, yes, but today they have the best selling books catalog, they have Stephen King, Tom Clancy, etc.. And therefore are much easier to reach the public.

Among the books that Google has made available to users of the Sony Reader are public domain titles whose copyrights have expired, ie, published prior to 1929.

Google has proposed to digitize all the books that are edited and published in the world and has launched a multimillion dollar advertising campaign in the media of paper informing writers about their project.

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TOP 5 Accessories for Amazon Kindle

Admin — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:27:23 +0000

The Amazon Kindle has arrived to our lives or probably it’s the so sought for gift that we are expecting this Christmas from our loved ones, we know we want the Kindle and we know we’ll have it so it’s time for our consuming instincts to kick through and start thinking about the accessories we can enhance our latest gadget with:

1. Leather Executive Jacket for Amazon Kindle

Leather Jacket for Kindle

It reads like a book, it can store hundreds of books but if there is something that the Amazon Kindle doesn’t look like is a book.

Why not changing it’s appearance as well as protecting it with a stylish leather jacket?.

Nice colors to choose from and this way our gadget will call less attention to those friend’s of stealing other people’s items in the subway.

Buy it in Amazon here for less than $60

2. Emergency Battery Charge Extender for the Amazon Kindle

Emergency Battery Charger for Kindle

Yo are in the last pages of that captivating book that has kept you out of any social life for the past to weeks, you are on the bus to work and all the sudden your Kindle revels on you and decides to shut down!!! what a terrible situation, you won’t be able to survive the day without knowing what’s going to happen to Cheryl and Matt in that godforsaken island.

This emergency battery will save your mental health for the day and charge your Kindle so you can continue reading until you are able to recharge the Kindle properly.

Buy it in Amazon here for less than $20

3. The Ultimate Messenger Cool Bag for Amazon Kindle

The Ultimate Messenger Cool Bag for Amazon Kindle

Unisex, Stylish and practical, what more can you expect from a bag, because let’s face it the Amazon Kindle is no light weight to be carrying around in your hands.

You’ll look like a 40′s schools boy with this trendy bag for the Amazon Kindle

Buy it in Amazon here for less than $70

4 Kingston 32 GB SDHC Class 4 Flash Memory Card SD4/32GB

SD HC 32GB Memory card

Until the full color Ebook readers are invented, there is little room for improvement, this device is already light enough to carry it around, the battery lasts for ages and it already plays music, so the best way to improve your Amazon Kindle is to expand it’s memory capabilities and right now the best choice is this 32 GB Memory card.

If only they had had this in Alexandria they wouldn’t have needed such a big library!

Buy it in Amazon here for less $171

5 Mighty Bright XtraFlex2 Clip-On Light

Mighty Bright XtraFlex2 Clip-On Light

If there is a flaw I think in Amazon’s Kindle is that it’s not backlit, I guess it clashes it’s philosophy of not tiring the eye and resembling as much as possible a paper book, but what if we are in a dark place? we still have the right to read even in the darkest places aren’t we?

This little light solves the problem with a very clear and intense beam of light produced by leds which makes it a lot better that the standard bulb lamps.

Buy it in Amazon here for less $14

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Which Mp3 Players Are Right For You ?

admin — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 20:12:42 +0000

We don’t try to answer to this question because we cannot be objective but we can give you some information’s about this devices and their capabilities.

First you need to ask yourself: I need only a simple mp3 player or I want more from my device?

Yes, your device can play mp3 files but also, if you get the right one, can play video files. It depends on you if you want to get one with video playback or not. Anyway look at this device if it also know WMA, OGG files, because some companies are distribute their audio files in other formats not just
in mp3. Choosing a device who knows video playback can be more expansive than a simple mp3 player. Just look at this mp3 players.

What disk/flash size of mp3 player do you recommend?

That depends on what do you want to do with it:
1. If you want one for workouts, a short commute to work, or a quick chill on the deck just look for this size’s

512 MB aprox. 8 CDs or
1 GB aprox. 20 CDs or

2. If you want it for a travel or for a long go just look after:
2.5 GB aprox. 50 CDs or
4 GB aprox. 80 CDs or
5 GB aprox. 100 CDs or
6 GB aprox. 120 CDs or

3. If you are a freak and you want to have all your music on it just get this sizes:
20 GB aprox. 400 CDs or
30 GB aprox. 600 CDs or
40 GB aprox. 800 CDs or
60 GB aprox. 1200 CDs or

What else I should check before I get a audio/video device ?

Check the type of batteries/accumulators, the bright of the display, recharging methods (some are rechargeable only through USB), storage (flash, microdrive, hardrive), displaying photos.

Before of all do a research before buy. Look at the next list of links and try to compare between them. Also look at what reviews have each gadget and choose the best player for you.

http://www.audio-devices.com/13-15752081-B001CB0RSG-Creative_Zen_X_Fi_16_GB_Video_MP3_Player_with_Wireless_LAN_and_Built_In_Speaker_BlackSilver.html
http://www.audio-devices.com/13-15752081-B001CB0RT0-Creative_Zen_X_Fi_32_GB_Video_MP3_Player_with_Wireless_LAN_and_Built_In_Speaker_BlackSilver.html
http://www.audio-devices.com/13-172630-B001FA1NZU-Apple_iPod_touch_16_GB_2nd_Generation.html

What do you recommend ?

I recommend creative zen and sony walkman

They have a variety of mp3 devices for different budgets and are the best mp3 players on the market. Good luck in your choice.

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