jfdeclercq.com

(In French over here : Android, une fois. L'ebook du débutant)

Working in eReading and eBooks requires to know how it works. Let's walk the talk : I published with Dominique Gany an eBook on Amazon about using Android for the first time.

Android is the preferred system for smartphones and tablets. Many people will get to know this system which can at times be a bit technical due to its geeky side. We explain the basics in the eBook. The eBook is in French and costs $6.9 on Amazon.com.

We will look after new publishers and editors in Belgium and France in the coming months.

We would like also to look for solutions to ease the installation of the eBook on new phones.

Why this eBook ?

When I offered an Android Phone to my dad it took me two hours to explain the basics : what is Android, the market, how to kill apps, how to synch with Google...

That's what we documented in the eBook. We want to translate the eBook in English, let us know if you'd be interested...

The goal is that you download the eBook on your Android device. For the moment there is only a Kindle version. You'll need to install the Kindle Android app on your smartphone before learning to use it ;-)

Go to the page | Comment | 2676 | Friday 24 Dec 2010, 10:31

Happy New Year - Best Shots 2002-2009

Each year I send the wishes for the next year by publishing a selection of my photos of the year before...

You can find here the history:

Happy 2010 - Best Shots 2009
Happy 2009 - Best Shots 2008
Happy 2008 - Best Shots 2007
Happy 2007 - Best Shots 2006
Happy 2006 - Best Shots 2005
Happy 2005 - http://www.lowas.be/photos/BestShots2004/
Best Shots 2002/2003 - http://www.lowas.be/photos/Best_Shots_2002_2003/

Go to the page | Comment | 2616 | Friday 24 Dec 2010, 08:11

Android, une fois ! l'ebook du débutant Android

Nous venons d'éditer un ebook en Français pour les utilisateurs
débutants sur Android sur Amazon.

Lien vers Amazon
- http://amzn.to/hye2o3

Lien vers notre site :
- http://android.appe.biz/

Quand j'ai offert un HTC android a mon Papa, j'ai pris 2 heures à lui
expliquer la base : les apps, le market, les boutons... Ce sont ces
explications de la premièere heure que nous avons voulu figer avec cet
ebook...

Nous avons aussi une sélection d'applications, avec certaines Belges.

Car nous sommes fiers d'être Belges et c'est pour cela qu'on a appellé le eBook "Android, une fois!"

Si vous offrez un téléphone Android à Noel, pensez à notre eBook

Pour Dominique et J-F,

J-F

Go to the page | Comment | 2610 | Wednesday 22 Dec 2010, 11:31

@aboussaidi merci !!

Go to the page | Comment | 2611 | Wednesday 22 Dec 2010, 10:09

"Android, une fois!" mon premier eBook, co-écrit avec Dominique Gany est publié sur Amazon.com !!!!! http://amzn.to/hye2o3

"Android, une fois!" mon premier eBook, co-écrit avec Dominique Gany est publié sur Amazon.com !!!!! amzn.to

Go to the page | Comment | 2612 | Wednesday 22 Dec 2010, 09:23

New Yahoo! Pipe for Value Creator http://bit.ly/feFXXg

New Yahoo! Pipe for Value Creator bit.ly

Go to the page | Comment | 2609 | Tuesday 21 Dec 2010, 12:25

Our Christmass tree

Go to the page | Comment | 2605 | Monday 20 Dec 2010, 20:25

My first ebook written together with @dominiquegany on Amazon is "in review"...

Go to the page | Comment | 2606 | Monday 20 Dec 2010, 17:54

Flipboard starts to edit magazines

Flipboard is a great eReading application on the iPad. It allows to read Internet feeds (like RSS) and transform it in a nice kind of eBook. You can flip the pages of your RSS feeds as if they were an eBook or a magazine.

Last week I suddenly received the following message from feedbooks (see screenshot) : "Starting today, eight renowned publishers will be testing an innovative new way to bring the timeless beauty of print media to the Web..."

This means that you can now use Flipboard to read magazines.

This is yet another way to read a magazine on a tablet (the iPad in this case). There are several ways to read magazines on a tablet : Woodwing, eLinea, Kobo, Zinio...

What is the best system ? It is too soon to tell, they all improve everyday. I believe the main success criterias will be the following :

Speed of download: some magazines consume way too much MB and take ages to download
Speed and ease of navigation, sometimes you get lost in magazines
Good content with opportune multi-media integration
Readability and Layout - sometimes there is too much text
A good mix between paid and free content
Content optimized to the profile of the reader
Well designed non intrusive feedback possibilities (comments, Social Networking...)

Go to the page | Comment | 2608 | Monday 20 Dec 2010, 14:57

Older : RT @Belgiancowboys: Update: #Telenet stelt tv op iPad en iPhone voor! Alle Telenet tv en internetklanten kunnen gratis kijken, alleen sp ...

|| >> December 2010 >>

January 2011

December 2010

Why this eBook ?