Honestly, I think it is a bad news.

 Yes, it might be good news for Rakuten, I really believe that the kobo like of product is great; I had the opportunities to try the latest kobo touch and it was amazingly crisp and fast. The kobo apps on my iPad is my Book reader of choice and that is also but my books from kobo because it gives me the ability to read my book from my phone, ereader, ipad etc. If I where to buy from Apple I would be locked down to read them on an apple product and not even one of theirs computers.

 o.k. by to the main topic, like I said Kobo is a great product, and for a “paper” book seller like indigo I was applauding the initiative, it’s clear that book stores have to evolve or they might end like Boarders in the u.s.a., so selling its stake in Kobo sound a bit weird to me, I feel it’s like selling theirs future. Yes, it will bring fresh money in the bank account in the short term, but what is there in the long run?

I guess only the future knows but I would find it sad if the publishing world only dominated by Amazon, Apple and maybe Google.

Here’s the Montreal Gazette article :

http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Kobo+acquired+Japanese+firm+million/5677078/story.html)

Just got an android phone just for the fun of it, I got a cheap Samsung Galaxy 550.

I mainly use my Ipad and will still do so, but I thought it could be interesting to see what is on the other side after all theses years of using apple’s product.

So far I am impressed with what this little 98$ phone gives. Android itself is o.k. but it is no ios. I think it is easier to work with an iPhone/iPad, you can still get a lot done if not more with Android, but you will need to be a geek to do so.

Will keep you updated on how is life with this.

It is already a week since I came back! However, life is keeping me busy.
I’ve taken a lot of picture, maybe I’ll post some here, but I’m still selecting what I’ll publish, I’ve took like 500 pictures, a lot where bracketed but still, I want to use 30 pictures.