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Fujitsu to launch FLEPia color e-ink e-books in the fall? {Engadget}
Jul 14th 2008 8:04PM Kindle has this market locked down.
Nokia's "free" Comes with Music... and DRM and hidden fees {Engadget}
Dec 5th 2007 9:04PM I am completely mystified by the attitudes of 95% of the people providing comments on this thread.
Perhaps it's because I'm not a huge music enthusiast, but I've never understood why so many people view pop music as some kind of essential public good to which they have a right to obtain on terms they deem acceptable and if they don't find the terms acceptable then they theft is justified.
I understand stealing music. Personally, I haven't bought music in years and have torrented dozens of albums during that time. But that doesn't mean that it's right for me to do it.
Kindle sells out in 5.5 hours {Engadget}
Nov 21st 2007 8:31PM Yeah, the Amazon video made it look really incredible, actually.
My initial impression was that (1) it was extremely ugly, especially in comparison to the Sony, and (2) that it was plagued by feature-itis and really needed to ditch all of the peripheral functionality like the keyboard input and be as svelte and simple as possible.
Then I actually saw it in a usage context and realized that (1) it's diminutive size goes a long way towards compensating for it's appearance, and (2) the keyboard and selector wheel and other features that I had been turned off by initially were actually vital in enabling the device to be used without a computer, which is the real killer app here.
Frankly, I'm blown away by the idea that the newspaper would be waiting for me on the device when I woke up each morning, and that I can check the latest posts on Engadget without powering up my laptop and draining it's battery. The fact that the costs of the universal connectivity are completely embedded in the hardware purchase is incredibly smart and attractive.
And people complaining about the $0.10 fee for converting other media types need to understand that this fee only applies if you want it delivered wirelessly. They will convert any unprotected document and send it to you via email for free.
And as for the DRM, whatevs. You're paying >$10 for a book produced and delivered in a way that has a minimal environmental impact, and can be replaced for free if the file or hardware is broken. If your DRM-free physical book gets lost, stolen, or damaged, does the publisher send you a new one? No. So you've got to take the good with the bad here.
In my view, Amazon really knocked it out of the park here.
Zune people: we hear you, expect more coverage soon {Engadget}
Nov 14th 2007 8:09PM Here's the most ironic thing about that whole episode yesterday:
When I was reading the critical comments and Ryan's defense of his review, my first impulse was to make a comment praising Ryan for not stooping as low as Arrington over at TechCrunch and suggesting that the criticism was staged by Microsoft employees and PR staff...
Then I saw that he'd turned of comments completely. Even worse!
:-)
Nokia's N82 spotted, handled in the wild {Engadget}
Nov 7th 2007 8:33PM Ugly.
As.
Sin.
Nokia's N81 8GB now shipping with N-Gage preview {Engadget}
Oct 22nd 2007 9:23PM The key thing with the N81 is that it's freakin' HAWT as a phone/media-player combo device even without taking gaming into account.
The gaming's a bonus.
Pride, hair on the line for 2007 Zune holiday sales {Engadget}
Oct 10th 2007 9:19PM Amazing how full-of-themselves Apple fanboys are, huh?
"People don't LOVE Apple and everything it sells!? I smell VAST CONSPIRACY!!!"
Microsoft's new Zunes: officially in 80, 8, and 4GB sizes {Engadget}
Oct 3rd 2007 4:34AM I think these things look great.
Now I'm just down to debating between the Zune 8 and the Sony NWZ-A818.
I was looking forward to the latest rev of the Nano, but I hate the form factor. I know that Apple was going for differentiation, but it was a step in the wrong direction IMO.
Nokia N81 shown up close and personal {Engadget}
Aug 28th 2007 9:45PM That thing's a fatty for sure.
Sony prepping an NWZ-series of Walkmans? {Engadget}
Aug 28th 2007 4:22AM That A815 has been out in Japan for a while now. It comes in 2, 4, and 8GB capacities.
I would imagine that the S615F would offer similar capacities, since it's a bit on the hefty side.
