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The Kindle is for people who love to read, not necessarily early adopters
Amazon’s vice president of Kindle Content, Russ Grandinetti issued a statement clarifying that the reason why the Amazon Kindle device is dominating e-reader market and its e-book store dominating the e-books marke is because of the fact that the Kindle is well loved by users who are actually readers and not just gadget lovers. It’s more »
Amazon announces new Kindles to ship on August 27th
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has announced that two new Kindles will begin shipping on August 27th. Sales of the current Kindle 2 have been halted and orders for the new Kindles will be accepted beginning today. The release seems perfectly positioned to take advantage of the back-to-school season. Here’s what we know so far: There more »
Expecting a color Kindle? How about a $99 one?
Were you expecting a Kindle 3 announcement from Amazon at their shareholder meeting? Maybe some kind of response to the encroaching iPad; you know a color screen or browser capabilities? Me too. But that is just not what happened. Instead, we get quite the opposite. Jeff Bezos had this to say about a color Kindle: more »
Why a “Kindle touch” could be much more than a rumor
There’s a rumor floating around that Amazon will be coming out with a new Kindle within the year. That got me thinking back when I spoke to several Amazon representatives at the Kindle 2 unveiling.
People think that the next Kindle will have a touchscreen. Is it possible? Definitely. One of the Amazon reps I spoke to discussed how Amazon did in fact look at having a touchscreen in its reader. The reason a touchscreen was rejected by Amazon was current touchscreens are too reflective.
Jeff Bezos stated numerous times that he wanted the Kindle to not impact the reader’s experience with the text of the author. A reflective touchscreen would get tiresome quickly. After playing with Sony’s latest reader with a touchscreen, you can’t help but notice the reflection on the screen even if the text is easy on the eyes.
Rumor: Amazon to create a Kindle 3 later this year?
Since the Kindle 2 has already started shipping, it’s never to early to start looking at some rumors for a possible revamped Kindle. Our rumor today comes from Digitimes, who wrote an article about the popularity of electrophoretic displays (EPDs) because of the Kindle. In the last part of the article, they mentioned that Amazon more »
