Seriously trivial thoughts
I wonder if there is any relationship between Newsstand.com and Apple’s announced Newsstand service. I haven’t seen anyone mention this, but Newsstand.com has been delivering newspapers digitally for a long time. I mentioned them in my PC Mag vs MaximumPC digital subscription clients post back in Feb 2009. If there is no relationship, Newsstand.com must be …
MaximumPC uses Coverleaf and PC Magazine uses Zinio. Zinio appears to have the larger library, but Coverleaf does have recognizable magazine names. One big difference is that Zinio allows you to use an optional desktop client whose use is obviously directed at offline reading. That’s a nice feature. The desktop client also has annotation features …
I’ve been seriously trying to decide between the Kindle and the Sony Reader, but I’ve just discovered that you can’t beat a slate-style tabletPC-I’ve got the Motion Computing LE1700. Digital media consumers, like me, have long moved way beyond the one-dimensional black and white mediums and onto color-intensive things like magazines, websites, etc. Even newspapers …