September 9, 2010 – 10:32 am
If you’ve been around here for any amount of time, you know that I kind of have a thing for children’s books. I loved them when I was a kid and I still love them now.
When we got the iPad, I was mostly interested in it as an e-reader comparable to the Kindle or nook. [...]
I read an article in the New York Times last week sometime and it’s been kind of bouncing around in my mind ever since. The article was about how the social aspect of e-readers and so on are really changing how we read and what we read. It talks about how one of the features [...]
I’ve tried to be faithful in letting you know how I feel about using our iPad as an e-reader. To be perfectly honest, I haven’t used it for much else. I know that Shaun has, but I have a sneaking feeling that he mostly uses it to play games that are totally useless. In short, [...]
A few weeks ago, when the iPad first arrived at our door, I played with the different features of the iBooks app and reported my findings to you guys. Since then, I’ve actually had a chance to read a full book on it and want to just report back on my feelings on the iPad [...]
So my tech-loving husband, of course, ordered an iPad just about the day that they were announced. I never really got it- seemed like a hybrid between the iPhone and a laptop. I’m still not totally sold, but I did get to play around with it today, specifically the iBooks app.
Here are my thoughts, laid [...]