If you don't have a Mac at home, why not call your local library?
That's assuming someone isn't living in a place a library hasn't closed or has drastically cut hours.
But more importantly, Apple will fail at this monopoly attempt because they're not Amazon, they didn't rush out ereaders early much less have any ereaders available in the first place. I use iBooks on my iPhone to read files from elsewhere because the Kobo app sucks in a few too many places, but due to screen glare and size it's not a good substitute for a ereader with e-ink.
They might win when it comes to textbooks, or at least partly, there is a lot of full color works that would be great on an iPad, but otherwise I just don't see them getting ahead in the ereader game because I honestly don't think they understand it as a platform.
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Date: 2012-01-22 02:12 pm (UTC)That's assuming someone isn't living in a place a library hasn't closed or has drastically cut hours.
But more importantly, Apple will fail at this monopoly attempt because they're not Amazon, they didn't rush out ereaders early much less have any ereaders available in the first place. I use iBooks on my iPhone to read files from elsewhere because the Kobo app sucks in a few too many places, but due to screen glare and size it's not a good substitute for a ereader with e-ink.
They might win when it comes to textbooks, or at least partly, there is a lot of full color works that would be great on an iPad, but otherwise I just don't see them getting ahead in the ereader game because I honestly don't think they understand it as a platform.