Why Kindle Makes All the Difference
Not really education focused, but an interesting piece on the importance of the Kindle, likening it to the first generations of iPods. The iPod as we all know and love it with the click wheel was actually the fourth iteration of the hardware, and the first one that guaranteed Windows compatibility thanks to the release of iTunes for Windows. The same argument comes here: forcing open this market will show content providers that they lose much more than they stand to gain should they ignore it.
New displays for e-readers: Read all about it | The Economist
Thanks Sava!
An excellent overview of the myriad of different technology options coming to e-readers over the coming months and years. This CES will be a very interesting one for e-readers indeed!