The Battle of the eReaders Turned Tablet- The Kindle Fire HD vs. The Nook Tablet

While many avid readers still tend to prefer books over technology even the most stalwart have to admit that the portability, the vast amount of storage and the quick access to the latest titles as well as to so much from the past make an eReader a very tempting buy.  Now that these devices have become more like tablets and are able to allow one to view media, listen to music, and run some other apps, they are even more appealing to so many people.

Amazon’s Kindle Fire HD is probably the most popular device of this type while the Nook by Barnes and Noble also has its loyal users as well.  These two devices are priced in the mid-range when it comes to tablets and both have features that make them good values and well worth checking out.

The 9” Kindle Fire with ads, which are screensavers that Amazon uses to advertise and make special offers, is currently priced the same as the Nook HD+ Tablet which is also a 9-inch device.  The ads from Amzaon are a bother for some owners, but many actually like these as there are offers for discounts that are great for those who like to buy their books and other goodies from Amazon.

The Kindle has a front facing camera that can be used for video chatting or calls as well as for picture taking.  The Nook does not have this feature. The Kindle and the Nook both offer cloud storage from their respective companies.  This comes in handy when one wants to access something on the pc or pother device that is in the cloud.

Amazon offers access to a huge library of books, movies, and television shows.  There is a great deal of free content, especially for Amazon Prime members, which is a yearly subscription that has a moderate price range with many benefits. Barnes and Noble also offers an extensive book library but its range of other content simply does not beat Amazon.  Both offer third party apps and while Amazon does seem to offer more of these, neither is as good as some of the other tablets on the market.

Amazon’s reading apps are far more extensive than others in the eReader category.  While both devices do offer a reading experience that mimics as closely as possible that of reading a book, some of the other features can be quite useful.  For instance synching with Audible so that a book can be listened to while one reads along is a great feature that one will find with the Kindle.  Both offer a way for parents to monitor and place limits on their children’s access to more adult materials.

While either of these eReaders turned tablet are a good buy, the Amazon Kindle Fire HD is becoming increasingly popular.  It is priced so that it is affordable enough for families and is easy to use and will offer hours of enjoyment for a long, long time.

Are you an owner of one of these eReaders or are you interested in purchasing one? Please leave a comment below and let us know which model you prefer.

Author Bio: This article was compiled by Kiran Smith who writes reviews on cool iphone 5 cases for the company Ace Case. They supply mobile phone cases and accessories.

Acer, the once famed PC maker is not exactly having a great time right now, especially due to the plunging worldwide computer market after the arrival of tablets but has nonetheless made a valuable addition to its Windows 8 computer line-up. The new Aspire R7 is unique in its own right.

Design

The laptop features a special “Ezel” hinge which allows it to be used in a variety of modes. It can be straightened up to work like any other ordinary laptop, placed at an angle to bring it closer to your eyes, turned around completely for watching movies and other entertainment-related stuff or just simply laid down upon its keyboard to work like a tablet. And that, of course is where Windows 8 really shines.

The keyboard is backlit and all its keys are placed at some distance to each other. The touchpad, strangely though is placed above the keyboard.

The Aspire R7 has already won an award for the unique design.

The specs

The Aspire R7 has a 15.6 inch Full HD 1080p display with resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. It is also a multi-touch, capacitive touchscreen.

Under the hood breathes an ultra-low voltage Intel Core i5 (upgradeable to i7) processor along with 6GBs (upgradable to 12GBs) of RAM. The hard drive size is set at 500GB along with a 256GB SSD. There’s a NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M graphic card too.

On the connectivity front, the Aspire R7 features 3 USB ports, HDMI port, SD card reader, audio jack, Wifi and Bluetooth 4.0. The system runs on Windows 8 64-bit.

Price

The laptop will be available in May this year and will be priced at $999, which is a bit strange because most of the Windows 8-running systems available right now mostly cost much higher than that.

7 Tips How to Build Up a Killer Mobile Friendly Website

These days due to the immense popularity of tablets, smart phones and other handheld tools, website holders – whether they will be bloggers or businesses, can’t find the money for mobile-friendly website. Several people are using the Web via mobile tools and other researchers advise that in the coming years mobile Internet custom will further amplify. Then if your website is not a mobile friendly – the visitor may not stay for so long and causing to lose potential customers and followers.

How to Build Up a Mobile Friendly Website

1. Strip your Site of all Redundant Pages and Elements

It is very important to remember that a mobile friendly website is not so strict – to comprise merely those elements that are significant to your business like shopping cart, contact, company information and more. A site laden with info will present muddled on the mobile tool and will also lead to run slowly.

2. Remove All Pop-Ups

Pops-ups are truly irritating for desktop guests. However, for mobile consumers they are so appalling. Removing pop-ups on the table or the Smartphone is actually malevolent business and it needs the charm-out of the consumer occurrence. But if you really want pop-ups just remain them on the version of your site flaunted to laptop and desktop guests.

3. Don’t Apply Flash

Sites with flash computer graphics, usually give an insufficient user occurrence for mobile consumers, because most of the mobile tools, iPhone incorporated, don’t support flash. They prefer for plain text-based that shows better in any mobile guests and screen types that will like your website.

4. Make Importance on Usability

In implementing this, one should create a prominent buttons and links that are user-friendly, and provide with location on homepage including the phone number. But if not, just do a ‘one-click away’ and opt a comprehensible font with its exact size that suits the size on the screen display.

5. Check your Mobile Sites Across Tools

Actually, there are lots of screen differences, which means even if your ‘mobile website’ shows well on the iPad or iPhone, still, there is a possibility that it will not able to view well on other lesser-known tools. Via ‘Screenfly’, you can also check your site for the most trendy screen sizes.

6. Provide Mobile Consumers the Option to Show the Whole Website

Applying this tip is really vital, because other consumers may want to employ the resource or part of your site that is not offered in default on the mobile site. The best way-position for the link resulting to the whole version of your site is to place it at the foot of your page – where it does not interfere.

7. Optimize Videos and Photos for Mobile Consumers

Videos and photos hold up mobile site significantly, every so often ruining the consumer occurrence. However deleting them at once is actually not a great idea, because your site may land up finding just too scratch. The best thing that you can do is to decrease the size of the photos and to make ‘available’ for mobile consumers ‘non-HD’ videos.

In point of fact, there is no question about the plug-ins or applications on how they can improve your website with mobile friendly it is without any hassle. Just follow the steps and comprehend what tools your guests areapplying and after that ‘optimize’ your website for those. Indeed these are very easy and have great benefits!

Azmalo.pk: A Rising Online Marketplace in Pakistan

Customers’ buying behaviours have changed significantly in the last decade. A lot of focus is now towards good deals and convenience in shopping. This trend has resulted in many online shopping websites worldwide and Pakistan too is catching up fast.

Azmalo.pk is the latest one to join the bandwagon. This online marketplace has been developed by the German online venture builder, Rocket Internet, which has presence in more than 40 countries. Rocket Internet has successfully emulated and launched e-commerce websites — similar to the likes of Azmalo.pk — globally.

By functions, Azmalo is a marketplace where everyone is welcome to buy and sell products. In addition, Azmalo is working with businesses whose products and prices are market competitive. Azmalo tries to get the best deals on products from its trusted sellers.

As an online marketplace, Azmalo allows individuals and businesses to buy and sell various goods, such as fashion apparel, computers, electronics, books, home appliances and mobile phones online and have them delivered directly to the buyers through efficient courier services. With convenient services such as cash-on-delivery, Azmalo aims to provide a reliable and trusted platform for online shopping in Pakistan.

Azmlalo says that the expertise and experience derived from launching a multitude of online ventures across the globe has enabled it to have a strong competitive edge over its competitors.

Azmalo focuses on customer care and provides the most convenient forum for shopping in Pakistan. With a live customer chat service on the website and a highly efficient customer service department, Azmalo strives to have satisfied and happy customers. With the masses being generally unaware and wary of online shopping, this service aims to build trust amongst customers by answering their queries at point of purchase.

Home delivery and cash on delivery are added services which convince the consumers to buy online; the aspect of online shopping being ‘hassle-free’ and ‘convenient’ is ultimately what Azmalo aims to promote for the general public.

Azmalo has over 19,000 listings, more than 2000 successfully completed orders and ever-growing list of customers who rave about the portal.

Azmalo is lead by Ahmad Khan, who is the CEO/Founder. His previous career includes working at renowned organizations such as Mckinsey, P&G. He was also one of the founders for the successful online fashion venture Daraz.pk, which is a venture of Rocket Internet as well.

To check out the latest goods and deals on Azmalo, visit www.Azmalo.pk

Google reveals schedule for I/O, there will be just one keynote this time

We eagerly await each Google I/O as it usually brings some exciting new development for Android and Google’s other projects. Except this year things will probably be different – the schedule is out and it shows that the keynotes that usually span two days have been cut down to a single 3 hour session.

Last year at Google I/O was announced along with Google Glass and the ill fated Nexus Q.

With Glass launching recently, we guess it will be part of the keynote. But we doubt Google will cram in a groundbreaking phone like the rumored Motorola X in what time remains.

Will we at least see a new version of Android? And if yes, how significant will it be – Android 4.2 brought some cool improvements over 4.1 but it’s still labeled Jelly Bean as the changes weren’t that big.

We’ll have our answer in a couple of weeks – the Google I/O keynote starts at 9am on May 15.