Kindle
Practically the de facto brand for ebooks these days, Amazon’s Kindle is more
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feature knows where you stopped reading. X-Ray gives you insight into the
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your page while scouring the rest of the book.
Calibre
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with which it will also sync. It’s constantly updated with new features and
support for non-Amazon ebook reader hardware, like the devices from Kobo.
Microsoft Outlook.com
If you’ve got a Microsoft account, you have access to Outlook.com,
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based webmail, complete with OneDrive integration. Interesting features
include Sweeps, so you can, for example, delete all messages from one sender at
once, and built-in chat—including Skype video chat. The version for iOS is
particularly great.
Gmail
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has a clean interface and works with a lot of—if not all—the third-party email
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Thunderbird
Mozilla’s email client extraordinaire still has all the features that made it great
years ago: account setup wizards, multiple languages, hundreds of add-ons, a
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the option for a personalized email address with your own choice of a domain
name. Migration from previous versions is a breeze and worthwhile if you’re on
the desktop.