Earlier this morning we saw Barnes & Noble introduce a Wi-Fi only nook as well as lower the pricing on the 3G-equipped nook down to $199.99. Well, since then we also have news of Amazon lowering the price of the Kindle 2. And it seems as if Amazon has one upped Barnes & Noble and more »

I am a sucker for a good case, and a Moleskine notebook. Given that I was excited to see this recently released Moleskine case for the Amazon Kindle. It combines the things that are great about a Moleskine (nice black cover, suede interior lining and black strap) and puts it in the form of a more »

New Nook owners experience Christmas Day sadness when they have trouble downloading ebooks, and on the opposite end of that spectrum comes the Amazon Kindle. Based on a recently released press release from Amazon, it seems that the Kindle has become “the most gifted item ever on Amazon.com.” And as you can most likely guess, more »

If you are still on the lookout for a last minute Christmas gift and are determined to have it arrive on time and do so without leaving your house then you may want to consider the Kindle. It seems that for at least the next (as of this posting) 7 hours and 25 minutes, Amazon more »

Responding to the recent class-action lawsuit over cracking Kindle 2s, Amazon has decided to stop charging customers $200 for repairing the damage. Amazon was originally charging for the repair because it claimed the Kindle’s warranty didn’t cover the damage. Now, Amazon will replace for free any customer’s Kindle that has cracked due to the Amazon-branded Kindle cover.

One of the selling points of the Amazon Kindle is being able to eliminate your stacks of books, magazines, and newspapers, into a slim, easy-to-carry device you can take anywhere. When the Kindle DX was announced, its large screen was touted for easier reading of your text materials and also for reading sheet music. However, more »

The Kindle 2 was introduced a few months back and with it came a new text-to-speech feature, not new in general, but new to the Kindle. Sadly, with that feature, the Author’s Guild quickly raised some concern, even going as far as saying they wanted it removed. Based on those complaints, Amazon made some changes more »

You’ve got $400 or so burning a hole in your pocket and you’d like to pick yourself up a new tech toy. You want something really portable, but not lacking in features. You probably have narrowed it down to a netbook or the Amazon Kindle 2. They’ll both eat up the burning $400 in your pocket and be easy to carry around, so, which one do you get? Let’s take a look at both and their features to see which one you should pick up.

I commute almost an hour and a half each way by train every day, so I’ve got plenty of time to fill with reading. I’ve been lugging around Harry Potter Book 6, the 2-3 inch thick hardcover edition. On a train, it’s not the easiest thing to read. Time to test out the Amazon Kindle 2. The screen is very easy on the eyes. It really is a near-paper like experience and you can adjust the text size for personal preference. There is nothing that I outright could not stand about the Kindle, but there are a few things that I would like to see tweaked for Kindle 3.

A new report has revealed that the build cost for Kindle 2, Amazon’s popular e-reader is $185.49. The E Ink screen’s cost makes up most of that at $60. The other major expense is the built in wireless card, which costs almost $40. Before people start screaming that Amazon is greedy for pricing the device more »