Comments on: What the Apple iPad means for e-books – a first take

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By: Hoger

Hoger — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:43:15 +0000

It’s more whether there’s access to the e-books across applications that I’m interested in, not so much just running Stanza (or any other e-reader).

It looks like the iBook support will be through a separate app rather than run as native support on the machine. This does not bode well for me being able to read an e-book I’ve bought from Apple in Stanza and vice versa. But we’ll see.

By: Damon

Damon — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:57:10 +0000

Hi there,

Stanza will be available through the backwards compatibility with iPhone apps.

In fact, I suspect even the Kindle for iPhone will work on it.

I actually really like the idea and think it could help convert more people to eReading (I’ve been a convert for years since I got an old HP iPaq) but the bigger screen size will be a plus.

It is so much easier to carry an electronic library around with you when you travel than lots of books.

Damon

By: Hoger

Hoger — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:53:19 +0000

Yeah – oversized iPod Touch is the kinda sense I get too. The geek in me would have loved a bit more netbook computing oomph. Surely it’s got the power to do some serious computing!

By: Rob D

Rob D — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:49:58 +0000

I get the sense this will be like the iPod Touch, brilliant hardware & interface crippled by limitations which make the device less than it could be. That said the Touch + Stanza is a brilliant ebook reader, I’ve used it more as a reader than I have as a jukebox.

As you mentioned the distribution element is the big thing here, being an industry format is a positive sign and will hopefully allow access beyond the iPad and portability beyond devices (ie – my purchases being linked to my account rather than my device).