Comments on: Verizon's Open Network Starts Slow But There's Hope

By: tom

tom — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:02:11 +0000

it will increasingly be not ‘device openness’ as much as ‘app openness’ that is important. i would not mind using a verizon device if i was allowed to run ‘any application’ such as skype or bittorennt without restriction.

By: jkOnTheRun » Blog Archive Could the Palm Pre Run on Verizon’s “Open Network”? «

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:52:13 +0000

[...] that was more of a nightmare than a dream. Last year, there weren’t a ton of non-Verizon devices allowed on to the network, and most of those were business or vertical-market specific. I suspect [...]

By: tom

tom — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:56:45 +0000

Even if you get access to the network there are a lot of restrictions. Take for example of cursing. If there’s cussing, they won’t put it on their network. Can you imagine audio books that can’t have cursing? Boring.. Listen to the stories on NewFiction.com . They have modern language.

By: Cell Phone Network Access Starts Slow But There’s Hope | New Fiction Blog

Cell Phone Network Access Starts Slow But There’s Hope | New Fiction Blog — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:54:31 +0000

[...] As devices that access a cellular network become more common, it’s likely that a consumer won’t want to pay an ever-expanding number of wireless bills just to download books, music, real-time traffic, etc. And in the current downturn, they certainly won’t pay a lot for them. Gigaom.com [...]

By: McGuire’s Law » Blog Archive » Observations: Openness - January 26, 2009

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:38:14 +0000

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By: Charles F. Mason

Charles F. Mason — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:26:29 +0000

I have been using a Kindle for 10 months and love the wireless feature. In fact, the ability to download books and newspapers just about anywhere was why I bought it the device in the first place. However, the Kindle has very poor UI. It definitely needs a Rev 2 redesign, although Oprah has probably delayed the impetus for that.

By: Roland Dobbins

Roland Dobbins — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:20:07 +0000

Buying a Sony Reader isn’t smart, since Amazon have waaaaaaaaay more content than Sony, are adding to it all the time, and their ebook prices are 1/2 – 1/3 what Sony charges.

Sony Reader is an also-ran. I look for them to discontinue the product later this year.