Ever since the release of the first Kindle ebook reader, Amazon has made slow but determined progress into the post-PC arena.

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Too many details slow the story down and can overwhelm the reader.

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He expresses himself simply without being simplistic, and the purposefully slow rhythms of his prose almost command the reader to stop, think and, ultimately, listen.

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Other applications such as NFC (Near Field Communications) have been slow to gain traction as it is reliant on the card reader infrastructure being upgraded.

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And its much-criticized arbitrary song limit and slow USB connections can be worked around with a USB 2.0 card reader and Motorola's music application on the phone.

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