Disguised attacks on eInk, free book

February 13th, 2010 admin

Let’s start with the free book – When You Need a Miracle: Daily Readings by Ann Spangler. Next, let’s look at something that may be of little interest except to people planning a political campaign. Attacking eReaders without seeming to attack them One of my earlier posts making fun of New York Times’ post about eReader readability had some people thinking (and commenting) I’d misinterpreted the intentions of the author. They’re probably right. Here’s my question though – What’s the more likely scenario? Did NY Times send out an ill-conceived article that serves little purpose? Did NY Times take a perceived eInk strength over LCD and very intelligently cast doubt on it? Given the past behavior of the New York Times …


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