You must be seeing a full winter moon in the sky today which is the 13Th moon of the year 2009.Hence it is so called a blue moon today.

Why it is so called Blue Moon?
Simple every year will have 12 full moons(One full moon each month) but we are having the 13th moon this year and it occurs rarely.

In the year with blue moon I have started blogging and I was able to make 55 articles which has reached

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Wishing you all a very happy and prosperous year 2010 !!!

“Born night, Yes last night”,Barnes & Noble unveiled its e-reader Nook, which runs on Google’s Android hot cake operating system.Also mentioned, it would offer subscriptions to more than 20 newspapers major U.S. daily.

Nook definitely comes with great features which amazon tribal e-reader was missing.

1.LCD screen 3.5 inch,color touch screen,easy-to-read and filters glare or back light.
2.Built-in dictionary ,adjustable text size,Dual-screen and comfort in reading hours together.
3.Built-in 2GB to store 1,500 books and magazines.
4.External memory card can save up to 17,500 books.
5.virtual bookmark to bring the last read page.
6.Read in multiple devices – iPhone, PC or MAC.
7.PDF support,EPUB and eReader Formats and image files(JPEG,GIF,PNG,BMP).
8.Audio enabled,MP3 support and built-in mono speaker.

Integration aspect with Barnes & Noble’s retail stores,making your presence inside the store with the device gives special discount and option of reading the entire e-books for free.

“On hand library”,Using free eReader software, you can connect to your iPhone, iPod touch or Blackberry,PC or laptop.

“Only your friends steal your books” — Not necessary they can from e-reader

LendMe™ technology works on single license,by which you will be able to loan the books to your friends(Only one person can read at a time,like sharing physical book) through any WiFi enabled device.

Rechargeable battery advantage to charge via USB or power adapter.Barnes & Noble also admits the Kindle has a better battery.

Nook also joins the paper-free green society,with price a of $260(Kindle 2 same price) and wide availability of physical store Nook is fully equipped to challenge the e-reader’s market.

Amazon kindle is an e-books reader which give access to digital books, newspapers, magazines, and blogs. It’s really great to have the newspaper delivered to your Kindle each morning for commuters.

Kindle Screen and battery

Kindle 2 uses “e-ink” technology,to give the appearance as printlike material on screen. No back light so no eyestrain, but need a light source to read in dark. Adjustable font size to six different levels makes it easy for strained pupils.

specs claims, the screen is 6-inch (diagonal) electronic-paper display, with a 600×800-pixel resolution at 167 ppi.It also supports with 16 shades of gray for better display of images.

Normal 2 hours of charging will give 2 weeks of battery , the battery life is twice as much as when the wireless is switched off. Improved
Text-to-Speech feature and MP3 player might also affect the battery life.

Kindle to connect web cloud
Kindle wireless options pairs itself with sprint cellular data network to connect Amazon’s Kindle store which also get access to more than 50 thousand books.

Amazon’s entire library of digital books is available with overview ,if your impressed with overview you can download whole book with in minutes via Internet which can also be transferred to your kindle using USB cable.

Kindle to school’s and collage’s
Having provided with kindle to the school students with pre-loaded syllabus will avoid them carrying heavy books. “mac world says..” Buying e-books online will also save them 50% of the cost invested in the textbooks. Kindle also provides built-in keyboard and expandable SD card slot to have their notes stored.

Kindle in iPhone or iPod Touch
iPhone or iPod Touch owners can download the Kindle app from the iTunes App Store, and read books on either device as well. In fact, if you have an iPhone or iPod Touch, you don’t need a Kindle e-reader to download Kindle books.

Advantages of kindle
1. Faster refresh ,Quick and easy navigation
2.No eyestrain
3. Mobile support
4. Built-in free wireless
5. Built-in keyboard to store personal notes.
6. Text-to-Speech feature to have text read aloud.
7. MP3 player to listen to your favourite
8. Go green (just do not kill the trees to feed the readers)

Disadvantages of kindle
1. Amazon proprietary book format
2. Do not support PDF and Microsoft word readers
3. Red hot to the wallet (to costly for students)
4. Sealed battery

Kindle is great stepping stone for traditional booksellers to elevate into a new e-book business. Borders U.K has joined the race of e-book reader with its new product Elonex, soon Barnes & Noble(Nook) might come with new product to have healthy competition.Sony the tough contender is already in the market with relatively same price.

Electronics giant Nokia has got great heritage in sharing voice and now they are stepping into 3G mini-laptops business. Nokia booklet 3G might provide better experience to business travelers who are frustrated with smart phone’s keyboard and battery life.

Intel and Nokia joined hands to make notebooks with Intel’s Atom processors. ARM and Symbian OS were providing feature-Rich mobile Applications to the phones, but surprisingly Nokia’s netbook will be running the show in windows 7 Premium platform.

Booklet will have great “High-Definition Multimedia Interface(HDMI)”, an uncompressed, all-digital audio/video interface. Nokia Booklet 3G will give packaged with their OVI services. Ovi is an online storage, called Anytime Files, with the great emphasis to sync the files remotely via mobile phones. A-GPS navigation is to provide 3D landmarks and aerial images, with a great terrain map for navigational drive.

NetBook is a mini Laptop with
3G/HSPA networking.
HDMI output
2.75 pounds (1.25 kilograms)
12 hours of battery life
10″inch display
Ovi service
A-GPS
Windows 7 Home Premium

Thanks to You tube and Nokia to share this wonderful video

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