The Technium – Free Kindle This November
I don’t know if this is Amazon’s plan, but it should be. It brilliantly feeds into Bezo’s long-term strategy of nurturing extreme customer satisfaction. What could be more satisfying that a free...
View ArticleNYTimes.com – Amazon to Sell Cheaper Kindle Supported by Ads
Amazon is shaving another $25 off the price of its Kindle e-reader, this time with the help of advertisers. The newest Kindle is $114. Amazon will sell its e-book reader at the lower price by showing...
View ArticleArs Technica – Apple quietly drops special subscription requirements for iOS...
Apple revised its App Store review guidelines this week, noting (among other changes) that apps are no longer required to offer an in-app subscription option. Content providers can continue to offer...
View ArticleWSJ.com – Amazon Plans iPad Rival
Amazon plans to release a tablet computer by October, people familiar with the matter said, intensifying its rivalry with Apple’s iPad. … Amazon’s tablet will have a roughly nine-inch screen and will...
View ArticleRead Write Web – You Can Read, But You Can’t Buy: iOS E-Reader Apps Remove...
New rules governing how iOS apps handle in-app purchases went into effect on June 30, and the date passed without much fanfare and seemingly without much compliance from many apps that continued to...
View ArticleTechCrunch – Amazon’s Kindle Tablet Is Very Real. I’ve Seen It, Played With It.
It’s called simply the “Amazon Kindle”. But it’s not like any Kindle you’ve seen before. It displays content in full color. It has a 7-inch capacitive touch screen. And it runs Android. Rumors of...
View ArticleWrite for Your Life – Why the Amazon Kindle might be the new iPod
In the future, owning a Kindle might mean a number of things. When you tell people you own a Kindle, you’ll have to say which one. The e-reader or the tablet. Maybe something entirely different,...
View ArticleAllThingsD – Amazon Announces Special Event
Moments ago Amazon announced an invitation-only special event to be held in New York city on September 28, a Wednesday. No details beyond that, but it’s a safe bet it’s got something to do with the...
View Articlegdgt – Oh, one more thing about the Amazon tablet: the second, better version...
Yesterday I posted about how the Kindle teams used the RIM PlayBook to get a color e-reader product out the door (gdgt.com/discuss/the-amazon-tablet-will-look-like-…). I stopped short of saying...
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Review of the Kindle Touch
TL;DR Review The Kindle Touch is the Kindle that I’ve been waiting to purchase ever since the first Kindle was announced. The Kindle Touch feels good in the hand and is easy to read off of for hours on...
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