Despite being in the e-book reader market for years, Sony is nowhere nearly as successful as Amazon with its Kindle. Sony’s e-book readers, despite having a better industrial design and more attractive look-and-feel, lags behind the Kindle with its lack of always on connectivity and content. Looks like that might be about to change as [...]
Today, Amazon.com debuts a new addition to its successful Kindle line of eBook readers. Amazon is aiming the new device at students as a textbook replacement, as well as customers who prefer a larger screen for reading newspaper and magazines. The main difference between the DX and the Kindle 2 are: Larger screen size (9.7” [...]
Update (9:34 am EST, May 6): Kindle DX is now available on Amazon.com. Engadget just posted some blurry pictures of “Kindle DX”, supposed the to-be-announced device from Amazon later this week. Amazon has been on the tear with its Kindle and eBook business, and the latest addition is supposed to make reading newspapers, magazines and [...]
If you have Kindle 2 and have been feeling that the font is too light, the Internet has been buzzing on how this can be fixed. Read this thread to fix this problem. This amazing little device is in stock now on Amazon.com. [via CrunchGear]
You don’t need a Kindle anymore…. wait no… your Kindle just got better with your iPhone! Kindle for iPhone is an iPhone app from Amazon.com that allows you to access the same e-book contents from Amazon.com as the Kindle device. It is now available for free download from the App Store. If you have been [...]
As expected, Amazon.com announced the Kindle 2 in NYC today. And as expected, the pictures that were leaked prior to the announcement were the real thing. So what’s new in the Kindle 2? Short answer: not a whole lot.
Lots of news for you if you love e-Books. You probably know by now that we are a big fan of the Kindle. But if you don’t want to fork out $359 or wait in line for one, here is a free instant solution for you.
The fine folks at Silicon Alley Insider published an article indicating that it costs NYT twice as much to distribute their paper in paper than it would if it gave each of its subscribers a Kindle. Here is their back-of-the-envelope math: According to their Q32008 report, NYT spends $63 million per quarter on raw materials [...]
We were pleasantly surprised this morning by the news that Amazon has scheduled a press event on Feb. 9th at the Morgan Library in New York. With such a literary theme, it’s safe to bet that they will be announcing the long-rumored successor to the Kindle. Spy photos of Kindle 2 have been circulating since [...]
What better way to kick off the new year than to make a few predictions and check back next year to see how accurate we are? Take a look at our 2009 predictions and tell us what you think. 1. Mobile phones will see their first major form factor breakthrough since the iPhone. It seems [...]
