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iPhone 4 gets a $1 alternative to pricey Bumpers -- Engadget

After getting the iPad I immediately bought a few ebooks and have yet to complete one. Hell, I've yet to finish a sampler. Between the eye strain and the draw to check RSS feeds, etc. this is the one area the iPad hasn't been a complete success for me. Well, the other areas successes might be the problem. Although I wish the Kindle had native ePub support like the Nook, converting non-DRM files seems simple enough (and DRM ones I could care less about format). Every title I've checked has Kindle editions cheaper than B&N, iBooks, and Borders ebooks and all, including Amazons, paperbacks. I'm sure there are exceptions, but I haven't come across one in the last couple weeks (admittedly have only looked up a dozen titles). Audiobooks to me is all about commutes. Increase or decrease that and their use adjusts accordingly. I listen to about a tenth I did five years ago. Well, that and podcasts have nudged them aside a bit - that damn This American Life app! Tack on the weight difference with the iPad and I hope this is going to be a solution. Fingers crossed. if not, at least it will be a way to share ebooks with others. Toss them the Kindle/iPad while reading the other.

Amazon buys Woot and immediately puts the Kindle on sale. $149. [url=http://woot.com/]Woot

Cool. It has five of the wifis. If anyone wants to follow the Kin saga click below. May affect which phones are going to show up at Verizon this year. What killed the Kin? -- Engadget

Well, if the Ferrari is a bit ways off, a nice lookin' case is close... ElementCASE

Not iPhone related, but man is mobile technology getting shorter lifespans.... Microsoft Kin is dead -- Engadget EDIT: Old stat: "Microsoft claims to have interviewed up to 50,000 people to help it determine the best features for the phone."

This may have been posted already, but in case not...

Cool music app... App demo: Scales and Modes

iPhone4 vs HTC EVO HTC EVO vs iPhone4

Any other Longform readers here? Just found it a few weeks ago and coupled with Instapaper makes a nice break from the regular interweb ruts. Longform.org

At least his gel seems to work for pool. Proof: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biWEm2V1y3Q&feature=player_embedded

Probably not the quantity, but the timing. I doubt streaming a podcast over an hour versus downloading one over two minutes has the exact same network impact. Especially when grabbing bunches of podcasts, that at least I do. AT&T or Apple though bumped it from 10MB to 20 last year, which at least helped.

Finishing off a hot weekend with Jackie McLean's 4 5 and 6.

I don't get the fascination, but... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1jS59uJ3PA&feature=player_embedded http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Apcv0EgsuwU&feature=player_embedded

Fun silhouette.

Thanks to faust3d's reminding, and a quick find on the interwebs, The Lounge Lizards' No Pain for Cakes.

Barry Lyndon

Damn, forgot about them. Used to run a bakery and ended nearly every night for six months with red wine and their No Pain For Cakes blasting.

12 Manliest iPhone Cases - Oddee.com

For what it's worth it doesn't look like it's iOS4. Setting is there on my 3G since installing iOS4. Looks like it's iPhone 4 specific then (and possibly 3Gs). Like you said probably a multitasking change.

Nice lists. Few more to add... Bobby Bare Jr. - Young Criminals Starvation League Rita Hosking - Silver Stream (Al's payback) Jumping to more folk: Vashti Bunyan - Just Another Diamond Day, Lookaftering And great country-ish inspired jazz: Bill Frisell - Nashville

Easy to understand! Just like buying a Canon, but with less saccharine color output.

Avoid the Crowds With iPhone Mall Maps | The iPhone FAQ

Thanks all. As I've never owned a JH custom, and to be honest wasn't blown away by the JH13 universals at a meet, this leap is because of the many positive reviews, by ears I trust, over the last year. And then doubled by the recent 3A early impressions. Anyway, I rest all thanks/blame at your feet. And now the wait. When does the beginning of late summer start again?