random thoughts

this is by far no in-depth review of the nook, i just got it earlier today and have only started to read on it a bit but find few of the complaints of earlier reviews to be true. now i don’t know if they received an earlier OS, if my nook somehow has a faster [...]

i have written quite a bit about e-readers in the past, including my earlier post from today about the txtr, and its bleak chances in the ebook market. that made me think, what would make for a successful entry into the space by a no-name startup? so here are my thoughts:

you need to up the technology [...]

i wouldn’t say that the ebook reader space is crowded, but the problem for the ebook space is that unlike other tech areas which are kicked off by no name companies the ebook space is in a way being kicked off by the big guys … sony, amazon, barnes & noble. so far this hasn’t [...]

as the nook is finally shipping reviews of the new barnes and noble ebook reader are coming in. most prominently are probably two reviews that are fairly negative and those are from prominent tech guys walt mossberg on the one side david pogue. both spend a lot of time discussing software shortcomings on the nook, that it [...]