Posts by wally626

Impression I got from Eddy's side of the email was Apple was trying to push the publishers to as low a cost as they could get. Even the original Job's comment was more along the lines of we hope they push Amazon to agency or it will be...

iPhone 5 LTE normally get better than 30 mbps up sometimes over 40 mbps. Upload is another issue. Generally it is 2.5 mbps, the display needle will hit 38 to 40 kbps for a little bit then fall to zero for the rest of the upload time,...

Bumped my area up to LTE last month, very nice. 20 mbps up and down.

It looks like from the last figure they are using layers of different materials to drive the surface into compression. Ceramics love compression hate tension. This is the method used to make strengthened glass, although in that case the...

The Kindle PaperWhite is very nice, I bought one for my Daughter. For reading books, certainly novels, it is the best option out there right now. As a general purpose tablet it is not so good. Now at the $119 it is WIFI only and has the...

jackmohack, the iBook reader can be used in scrolling or normal page turn mode. Scrolling is the new feature but does not have to be used. Of course almost everyone eleses book reader is also available for the iPad.

Does have the connectors trade marked? I know you used to be able to buy 30-pin cables and chargers cheap from Monoprice but they no longer sell them. You can still get the USB power-supply side but not the cable.

Andrew Blum in his book Tubes has a good discussion of why Prineville

Quote: Originally Posted by Hellacool  The only flaw to your ignorant filled statement is that Amazon pays for the books up front. If they choose to sell them for free, what does an indie author care, they are still...

Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX  The PPI in and of itself has no barring on if it's a Retina Display or not. You have to also include the distance the eyes are from the display. Here is a chart that shows that...