Knowing which device is which in the current Amazon Kindle lineup takes a little thought.  There are five breeds, with variations within breeds depending on whether you choose with special offers (ads on the home screen, not in-your-face, but ads all the same) or 3G connectivity (unless your away from WiFi hotspots a lot, you don’t need this).  Further complicating things the special offers option is not available on all breeds and neither is the 3G connectivity.  The breeds are: The Kindle “The Kindle,” also called the Kindle 4th generation, the “basic” entry level...

The  “Vox” in the name comes from Vox Populi, and does not indicate a specialized text to speech technology, more’s the pity.  The implied “Populi” of the name suggests this device’s one hopeful selling point: it emphasizes sharing over social networks.  Of course the competition (Amazon Kindle, B&N Nook tablet, Sony WiFi) all offer social networking features, but it is front and center with the Vox.  If you don’t care a whit about sharing with your social network what you are reading, it’s hard to imagine why you would purchase this comparably...

Today I am reviewing the Sony Reader™ WiFi®.  Actually, it is the Sony PRS-T1/RC (Red Case) that I am reviewing, but when Sony, an eReader pioneer, saw the competition begin to eat their lunch, and then leave them for dead, they consolidated the product line under a snappier name (Sony’s older readers have been discontinued) and dropped the price.  This model sold for $149 last November, then $130 in December, and now $99.  Sony has been praised over the years for its eReaders, but that was then and this is now.  The Sony WiFi does not stand up well to equivalent offerings from Amazon and Barnes...

2012 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens, and the Museum of London is celebrating with a high profile exhibition and iPhone and iPad apps titled “Dickens Dark London.”  Loving Dickens, I had to find out about it. Below is the official museum brochure: View this document on Scribd Click the download button (    ) to get your own PDF copy. The brochure is fine for those who can afford to visit London, but what about the app? In a word, spectacular.  To quote from the Museum’s description: “Beautifully imagined by renowned illustrator David Foldvari, this...

I’ve long been a user of eBooks, and have tried to consume content on some unlikely devices in the past. I’ve tried PDAs, Smart Phones, various apps on computers, until I finally found a device I could love: Amazon’s Kindle 2. So, when I was tasked with reviewing Barnes & Noble’s nook, I fully expected to not like it as well as my trusty Kindle. I wasn’t wholly wrong in that expectation, but I found myself a bit surprised at how well the nook stood up in comparison. Ever since pulling a copy of Treasure Island from Project Gutenberg and loading it up onto my HP...