Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news-1.dfn.de!news.dfn.de!news.informatik.hu-berlin.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Oeter Johns" Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.misc Subject: Re: ebooks Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2014 06:30:57 +1000 Lines: 54 Message-ID: References: <20140614083750.c2d2943eed9fd25f0f9eea10@eircom.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net T/SMlkvHqD+CXARtCmhMhQGYDiq8LktuBUBy+AWgN+v5fj0MI= Cancel-Lock: sha1:6w+qjZdlhbAfpoQ0RxveFHXEtTE= In-Reply-To: X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Importance: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 14.0.8117.416 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V14.0.8117.416 Xref: csiph.com comp.misc:3689 "Michael Black" wrote in message news:alpine.LNX.2.02.1406151551290.7355@darkstar.example.org... > On Sun, 15 Jun 2014, root wrote: > > >> I used to prefer FB reader, but now I prefer EBook-Droid as >> the reader app for my tablets. Among other things, EBookDroid >> can handle djvu formatted content. >> > And that seems to be where things are going, it seems like the recent > ebook readers are tablets. > > There was an article some years back about how standalone devices were > loosing way, I hadn't noticed, but did afterwards. Most of the MP3 > players are gone, unless you buy a really cheap one (I did, it didn't do > folders). There are still plenty of ipods around. > Cheap cameras are harder to find. That's not correct either, there are still plenty of those around. And I can see the value of > integration but I can also see the value of separate devices Not at the low priced end. and I'm sorry > that the separate devices are disappearing. I should have bought a second > Sansa Fuze before they mostly disappeared. > I remember when ebooks first started happening, in the mid-nineties? One > small local bookstore had a glass case for them, the books sold in a > package, and the store selling PDAs to read them on. > > Then circa 2009 I wanted something portable, and the PDAs were mostly > gone. I thought of buying an iPod, but didn't like being locked in with > Apple. You arent with an ipod. Many of the options had disappeared right at that point, netbooks > coming in (with advantages and disadvantages). > > Then a couple of years later, tablets coming in, not that different from > PDAs except larger, and more capable. ANd things getting integrated into > tablets, except for many tablets, they lack a memory card slot, and you > can't do much via the USB port. You can do anything you want via the wifi and bluetooth.