Apple iPad…Kindle Killer?

01.27.10 Posted in iphone, kindle by Shelley

Well, the announcement has been made. The Apple iPad will include an ebook reader. Pundits are predicting the death of Kindle, especially at the bargain price of $499. But I haven’t seen enough to make that judgement just yet. I read a lot and use my Kindle a lot, so I think I have a [...]


My Case for The Kindle

03.11.09 Posted in iphone, kindle by Shelley

If you know me, then you know that I am technology forward; I have an iPhone, my field is Instructional Technology, and if you even think about touching my Mac, it will be the last thing you ever do. But I hesitated to adopt e-reader technology. I suppose, initially, my hesitation was based on some [...]


Kindle For iPhone

03.04.09 Posted in iphone, research by Shelley

Just Released: The Kindle app for iPhone. The article indicates that most functionality will be available on both platforms, and that the Kindle and iPhone will work together to save your place in a book, etc. This is really exciting news for my IMB group–we were looking into both iPhone and digital readers as possible [...]