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Project Sunflower: Usability Study

Posted by on Jul 22, 2011 in ebooks, featured, project, Project Sunflower | Comments Off

As part of our eBook usability study, this part deals with studying the devices from the eBook reader point of view. All three devices, ...

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Project Sunflower: Time to Launch Application, Open a Book and Flip Page

Posted by on Jul 12, 2011 in project, Project Sunflower | Comments Off

Well, we now have results regarding the time taken for the Apple iPad 2, Amazon Kindle DX and Motorola XOOM to render eBooks. We installed...

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Project Sunflower: Kindle DX, iPad and XOOM (Purchasing and Installing Content, and Integration)

Posted by on Jun 29, 2011 in JISC, project | Comments Off

In this article we showcase the ways in which the three devices allow purchase and installation of content, and look at the integration...

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Project Sunflower: The Unboxing Experience

Posted by on Jun 29, 2011 in project, Project Sunflower | Comments Off

The devices (Amazon Kindle DX, Apple iPad and Motorola XOOM) we ordered a few weeks back finally arrived yesterday. Here’s how it...

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Project Sunflower: Devices for Research

Posted by on Jun 29, 2011 in JISC, Uncategorized | Comments Off

There are a large number of eReaders currently available in the market. We have chosen three devices, one with an E Ink display and the...

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