Friday, June 5, 2009
Palm Pre - YAMD (Yet Another Mobile Device)
The mobile devices are coming fast and thick now with the release of the Palm Pre this weekend. This device is getting tons of publicity as a possible 'iPhone killer', but the early returns are that without significant application support, it will be a tough road.
As a provider of services to magazines, Texterity continues to develop our iPhone application suite and also is supporting the Kindle with future support for other XML based devices. Players such as Apple and Amazon (who have the distribution power) have the early lead, but magazines are still "second class citizens" behind ebooks and feeds for most devices.
As a provider of services to magazines, Texterity continues to develop our iPhone application suite and also is supporting the Kindle with future support for other XML based devices. Players such as Apple and Amazon (who have the distribution power) have the early lead, but magazines are still "second class citizens" behind ebooks and feeds for most devices.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Kindle DX provides path for magazine publishers
Finally it's official -- the Kindle DX was announced this morning.The most interesting aspect of this device is the size, and the ability of the device to display a "magazine" format with a full-page PDF representation. It remains to be seen whether an XML-based representation (allowing reflow and better linking) is better than the "PDF" mode, but we'll work that out.
Texterity is working with our publishing partners to make all our magazines available on the Kindle, both paid and controlled, as we have done already with the iPhone and iPod touch.
I am personally very excited to see this device, and think that it provides a real breakthrough in the reading experience. And, in expanding the audience for magazine and newspaper content.
Labels: Amazon Kindle, mobile
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