Apple has just announced that it will be taking on primarily Amazon, with the launch of its own “iBook” store.
Here they allow users to buy and read books from a number of different publishers will go up directly against Amazon’s Kindle offering, however the iPad offers the full interactivity of a colour screen, video support and more.
The iBooks app will function as an eReader, and users can download titles from the new iBooks store, starting today. Apple announced partnerships with five major publishing houses including Penguin, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Macmillan, and Hachette.
When you will purchase a book, it will be placed and displayed on your personal bookshelf. To read a book, simply tap it and it will open up. You are then able to tap to change pages or swipe, and you can choose different fonts and text sizes to suit your needs.
The books, which look to be priced from around $7.99 to $14.99, will be available from at least five major publishers, with Steve Jobs giving credit to Amazon as it announced the launch.
“Amazon has done a great job of pioneering this… we’re going to stand on their shoulders for this”, said Jobs.
Source:pocket-lint.com
Related News:
Apple Offers Up To $320 For iPad 2
iPad Will Finally Make Its Debut In Taiwan For The First Time
Rumor: Apple's 7-inch iPad Coming In August, Next iPhone Landing In Sept ...
iPad Gains Greater Lead Then Kindle Fire In The Tablet Market
Rumor - Amazon Might Launch 10.1 Inch Kindle Fire In Q3 2012
Apple May Report First Quarter Of 2012 With 33 Million iPhone And 12 Mil ...Recent Tech News
The 808 PureView device from Nokia, which comes fixed with a 41-megapixel camera, is surely the last big thing that we have seen from the Symbian platform. The camera of the device pitches it will ahead of others to the top-of-the-range devices and a comparison between the performance of 808 PureView images with those of HTC One S and iPhone 4S shows what a 41-mp camera is capable of.
Microsoft has been pursuing Motorola for quite some time in courts. The reason was that Microsoft alleged Motorola infringed one of its patents by including certain texting features in its smartphones. These features, according to Microsoft, are owned by the company and Motorola should have bought a license to use them. And it seems now that a German court agrees.
Google has been steadily working on its Project Glass and the prototype glasses from the project are being tested publicly by a number of Google personnel. While many have cast doubts as to whether or not these prototypes are fully functional and operate on their own, Google seems quite confident of the progress. The search giant has now unveiled the first video samples from the project.
Apple’s Siri has been lauded as one of the best voice-enabled personal assistants available. Although Siri is quite good, it is not perfect and does make mistakes. And now, Siri has a worthy contender in the form of S Voice, the voice assistant that Samsung unveiled to be a part of Samsung Galaxy S III. Galaxy S III will soon be in the hands of the consumers and S Voice will be pitted against Siri. Here’s a fairly accurate comparison of the two.
