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  • Magical blond woman sells you a Kindle… in song!

    Magical blond woman sells you a Kindle… in song!

    Posted on December 9, 2009 | No Comments
    Since when did gadget commercials become news? Oh well. I guess cute ladies singing along to fun, hipster songs is now the cultural zeitgeist. I think the most interesting part is that the YouTube poster, one misslovebug83, added the following commentary: Directed by Angela Kohler and Ithyle Griffiths. Starring Annie Little who also sang the song [...]

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  • Gee, look, a Kindle on the The Big Bang Theory

    Gee, look, a Kindle on the The Big Bang Theory

    Posted on December 8, 2009 | No Comments
    Did you catch The Big Bang Theory last night? If so, then you probably noticed the Kindle awkwardly propped up in front of the telephone. I mean, it was only shown on screen about 17,000 times last night. We get it writers and advertisers, the characters on the show are nerds and probably have gadgets, [...]

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  • Kindle outsells everything else on Amazon

    Kindle outsells everything else on Amazon

    Posted on November 30, 2009 | No Comments
    Amazon is mighty proud of its Kindle. So much so that the retailer outed a press release proclaiming that the Kindle is the best selling device on Amazon.com and even pre-Cyber Monday, November was its best selling month so far. Nook what?

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  • Amazon announces better battery life and native PDF support for the Kindle

    Amazon announces better battery life and native PDF support for the Kindle

    Posted on November 24, 2009 | No Comments
    Amazon announced some major changes to their Kindle e-book reader today. Specifically, it stated that they've worked out a way to increase battery life by 85%. That means that the new firmware update will allow you to leave your Kindle on (with the wifi active) for about 7 days before you need to recharge. Additionally, the Kindle will now support Adobe's PDF format natively. Previously, you had to convert PDFs in order to view them on the Kindle.

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  • Kindle being criticized for failing to support the blind

    Kindle being criticized for failing to support the blind

    Posted on November 12, 2009 | No Comments
    Despite the fact that the Kindle has been suggested as an almost perfect alternative to traditional textbooks, some schools have been reluctant to embrace it. This is due to a design issue that makes accessing the audiobook function somewhat difficult for the blind.

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  • Amazon finally releases the Kindle for PC app (but it’s still in beta)

    Amazon finally releases the Kindle for PC app (but it’s still in beta)

    Posted on November 10, 2009 | No Comments
    Huzzah! PC users can finally include their computers within the each of Amazon's syncing capabilities with the Kindle for PC app. The just released beta finally gives PC users a viable ebook reading option on a program that doesn't look like it was designed for Windows 95. Although the majority of users will probably be those that already own a Kindle and just want to turn a few pages while at work, still relying on a Kindle for most of the reading. The app is pretty darn powerful in of itself, but there are some notable drawbacks and limitations.

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  • Nook reader turns out to be popular, shipments get pushed back

    Nook reader turns out to be popular, shipments get pushed back

    Posted on November 9, 2009 | No Comments
    It's not fun being the coolest kid in town as Barnes & Noble just found out. Its hot dual-screen Nook ebook reader was supposed to ship on November 30th, but that's not going to happen. Sorry. The good news is that buyers should still get it before Christmas though.

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  • Nintendo considering adding Kindle-like wireless access to future DS

    Nintendo considering adding Kindle-like wireless access to future DS

    Posted on November 3, 2009 | No Comments
    Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the Amazon Kindle the first device to launch with built-in wireless (that is, cellular data) access? You know, you pay for the device, and then you don't have to pay monthly wireless access because it's already included in the cost of the device? It's pretty neat, I think I can say without too much grief, and is a model that's been copied by other e-book readers. Now it looks like Nintendo is considering such a model for future versions of the Nintendo DS (and not necessarily the XL, mind you). Exciting!

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  • American Booksellers Association concerned that rapidly falling book prices will be bad for consumers. Yes, you read that right. Low prices = bad.

    American Booksellers Association concerned that rapidly falling book prices will be bad for consumers. Yes, you read that right. Low prices = bad.

    Posted on October 23, 2009 | No Comments
    Books, books, books! The American Booksellers Association, a trade group that represents small bookstores (not Barnes and Noble and the other big guys), has asked the Department of Justice to investigate whether or not Amazon, Wal-Mart, and Target have “[devalued] the very concept of the book” with their ongoing price war. Well, they're actually asking for an investigation into their selling practices. That is, because Amazon wants to outsell Wal-Mart, and Wal-Mart wants to outsell Amazon, they both sell the latest book (think Stephen King, Dan Brown, etc.) for some really low price, like $10. When you consider that the average hardcover “should” cost something like $20-$30, just based on the wildly outdated economics of book-selling, then you understand why the ABA is so upset.

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  • Kindle for PC. I Bet You Look Good On a Touchscreen

    Kindle for PC. I Bet You Look Good On a Touchscreen

    Posted on October 22, 2009 | No Comments
    Amazon has just made their new Kindle for PC available for pre-order online, a move that turns almost any PC in the entire world into a fully-fledged ereader. The software comes on the heels of all of the big Win7 announcements today evens up the playing fields when it comes to PC-based ereaders. Amazon has long had the Kindle but Barnes & Noble launched a PC ereader long before Amazon, putting them at a disadvantage. B&N also has versions of their reader for OS X, BlackBerry smartphones, and the iPhone/Touch.

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  • Chart: How the Nook stacks up in the e-reader race

    Chart: How the Nook stacks up in the e-reader race

    Posted on October 20, 2009 | No Comments
    The Nook, Barnes & Noble's new ereader, has upped the ante. With a small, 3.5-inch LCD screen in the lower quadrant, the Nook adds touch capabilities that the Kindle definitely does not have. So who will win the ereader race? While no one in particular has to "win" the race, it's abundantly clear that Amazon has a head start. B&N was late with their readers, starting with a Kindle-like IREX and ending up with an odd duck that uses e-ink for text display but also adds a bit of UI richness with the color LCD. The specs promise an interesting experience and it's especially nice to hear that the device will last for 10 days with wireless off, a bit longer than any of the Kindle family.

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  • New e-reader “txtr”: Germany’s answer to the Kindle

    New e-reader “txtr”: Germany’s answer to the Kindle

    Posted on October 15, 2009 | No Comments
    Deutsche Telekom's e-book reader probably has gone the way of the Dodo, but the Germans are still getting a home-made Kindle competitor. The device, dubbed txtr, was announced at the Frankfurt Book Fair that's happening in Deutschland right now, and it will become available in that country as soon as December 1 (as pre-order). The txtr is the product of a Berlin-based start-up of the same name. It features a 6-inch grayscale e-ink screen, a microSD slot (an 8GB card is included in the package, 1GB flash), an ARM11 CPU (532MHz), 64MB RAM, a micro-USB port and "ultra-long battery life" (company quote). The device is sized at 151×131×12 mm and weighs 281g.

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  • The Kindle DX is going international as well

    The Kindle DX is going international as well

    Posted on October 8, 2009 | No Comments
    Amazon has confirmed that they are making the Kindle DX international as well. No word on pricing or availability but you can expect it sometime next year.

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  • Kindle 2 goes to $259, International GSM version coming October 19

    Kindle 2 goes to $259, International GSM version coming October 19

    Posted on October 6, 2009 | No Comments
    This just in: the Kindle 2 is falling from $299 to $259 and they will be selling an international version with built-in AT&T SIM card for $279 on October 19. Quoth the suits: “Kindle has revolutionized the way we purchase and read books, by making it mobile, easy and intuitive,” said Randall Stephenson, chairman and chief [...]

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  • The Queen’s Digital English: The Kindle is coming to the UK

    The Queen’s Digital English: The Kindle is coming to the UK

    Posted on September 30, 2009 | No Comments
    Seems our compatriots across the sea will have the Amazon Kindle as soon as next week. "Reliable sources" have confirmed that the publishers involved signed non-disclosure agreements, adding weight to our previous suspicions that the e-book reader would be available in Britain this fall. It's all quite a cloak-and-dagger event. Amazon's current wireless provider, Qualcomm, seems to be the one that will handle the magical spells wireless solution that gives Kindle owners access to an entire library in their pocket.

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