09 Feb 10 Octovo Kindle Light
We’ve covered the Kandle light for the Kindle, and I suppose that we must cover the Octovo Kindle light as well.
Of course, there really isn’t much we can say about a Kindle light, because it’s a light, for crying out loud. What else can I say? “It helps you see in the dark”. The Octovo Kindle light should be available in March. It will cost about $29.99 and comes with its own carrying case.
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06 Feb 10 More advanced e-reader screens coming to Kindle. Color, anyone?
Amazon has recently bought a company known as Touchco, a company that makes cheap and multitouch displays. The Kindle will probably be changed as a result of this acquisition, and there could be something else on the horizon for the Kindle.
According to Digitimes, the company that supplies the Amazon with Kindle displays are working on touchscreen electrophoretic panels. This could mean color pressure sensitive touchscreen EPDs that will support animation this year, and it could mean that we could be seeing some color, and a number of interesting things to expand the Kindle’s uses. Who, look out, iPad!
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01 Feb 10 Amazon and Macmillan ends their feud, but the e-publishing war has just begun
When the Kindle was first released, everyone wondered how it was going to change the traditional book market. The traditional publishing market was dealt a blow today with a decision from Amazon about Macmillan publishing.
Amazon apparently has the right to set its book prices on the Kindle e-books, until Macmillan spoke up. A typical current best seller costs $9.99 on e-books, but Macmillan wanted to jack up the price of their newest books to $14.99.
Amazon stopped selling Macmillan books, but recently got them back, saying:
We have expressed our strong disagreement and the seriousness of our disagreement by temporarily ceasing the sale of all Macmillan titles. We want you to know that ultimately, however, we will have to capitulate and accept Macmillan’s terms because Macmillan has a monopoly over their own titles, and we will want to offer them to you even at prices we believe are needlessly high for e-books.
This probably the beginning of a lot of wars between e-books and traditional publishers. I believe Jeff Bezos has stated that the traditional book will go out of style. Is he right?
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27 Jan 10 Indian company copies Amazon’s website, Kindle
We’ve seen a ridiculous amount of knocked off devices come out of Asia, but this one takes it to a whole new level. What you see above is a screenshot of infibeam’s company website. Does it look familiar? It should as they basically took Amazon.com’s website layout and did nothing more than change the name.
Another thing to note is their infibeam Pi ebook reader. Not only does it bear a resemblance to the Kindle, minus a keyboard, but it uses the same general layout for the advertisement.
Ridiculous? Yes. Inevitable lawsuit? Oh yeah.
via engadget
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25 Jan 10 Kandle lights or Kindle, or other e-book reader
This is the Kandle, which I assume is some play-on word for candle. The Kandle is designed to clip-on the Kindle, or whatever e-book reader you might have.
The Kandle has 2 LEDs that are powered by 2xCR2032 batteries. I’m not certain why e-book readers should need a light. Maybe if they all had color screens we wouldn’t need a clip-on light.
Until that day when all e-book readers are in color, you can pay $24.95 for the Kandle on Amazon.
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22 Jan 10 Amazon Kindle to have its own App store?
It would appear that if you want to make some successful mobile device, then you have to have an app store. We all know that it worked on Apple, and BlackBerry has one as well.
Amazon is now trying to get in the App game as they are opening up the Kindle for apps. They are planning on launching a beta version of the app program next month, but it is not known when it will be fully available to everyone.
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18 Jan 10 Amazon MP3 available on Android in the UK
While American’s have been able to access Amazon’s MP3 store on Android devices, most other regions unfortunately haven’t, especially the UK has been waiting for it for a while. Now it has been revealed that Amazon MP3 store will be available with Android 2.1 in the UK. Actually, it’s already available on any device running 2.1.
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05 Jan 10 Kindle DX soon to feature global wireless?
Currently, when you go out of the United States with your Kindle DX ebook reader, you won’t be able to connect to the free wireless internet provided by Amazon.com. However, seemingly out of no where, Amazon has updated the product’s listing to announce that the device will feature global wireless connectivity.
So, this means that when you’re on a business trip in whatever country you’ll still be able to download that new novel you’ve been hearing so much about.
Unfortunately, Amazon has proceeded to pull the link you see above but I think it’s safe to say we will be hearing an announcement at some point in the near future.
(picture via engadget)
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29 Dec 09 Bezos on e-books, thinks books will eventually go out of style
My first source has quoted Jeff Bezos saying something very odd about how traditional books are on their way out:
But the physical book really has had a 500-year run. It’s probably the most successful technology ever. It’s hard to come up with things that have had a longer run. If Gutenberg were alive today, he would recognize the physical book and know how to operate it immediately. Given how much change there has been everywhere else, what’s remarkable is how stable the book has been for so long. But no technology, not even one as elegant as the book, lasts forever.
By the way, there is speculation that the figures about more e-books being sold on Christmas than actual books, which we reported earlier, might not be entirely accurate. You see, many of Amazon’s ebooks are available for nothing, including classic public domain works. I wonder if Amazon calculated the price of the ebooks sold for that figure, or the number of ebooks sold.
In other words, are numbers being manipulated to prepare us for an ebook age? Let’s just let the natural course of things prepare us for this promised ebook revolution.
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29 Dec 09 Erector Spykee Cell iPod Enabled Robot on sale now at very reduced price
Amazon is offering the Erector Spykee Cell for just $70.00, which is less than half the usual price at $199.99.
Not bad, eh? Especially when the Spykee Cell is compatible with the iPod Touch and iPod nano for MP3 features, and can also double as a Bluetooth Wireless Speaker Phone. Man, if I had $70.00 to spare, I would be so all over this deal.
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27 Dec 09 Kindle is the “most gifted item ever on Amazon.com”
It looks like Amazon got what they wanted for Christmas. According to a recent press release, the Kindle has become “the most gifted item ever on Amazon.com”.
Oh yes, more gifted than any book in the catalog, and it would seem that, for the first time ever, Amazon customers purchased more Kindle books than physical books. This historic event took place on Christmas day, and you had better believe that Amazon is just eating the sugarplums that were dancing in their heads.
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18 Dec 09 Amazon to release BlackBerry app for the Kindle
In a move that seems contrary to both the companies, Amazon has perfected its Kindle app for the BlackBerry.
Perhaps this is a good thing, as most people want the Kindle’s features on their mobiles, without having to buy a separate e-book reader. You know, there are a lot of e-book readers coming to the market next year. Is it possible that all these new readers will bomb once Kindle dominates the mobile reader market with its software?
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25 Nov 09 Kindle 2.3 Software Available Now
In case you own a Kindle then you’ll be interested to know that there’s a new software update available. Version 2.3 will bring native PDF support to Kindle 2 and DX owners, 85% increase in battery life to Kindle 2 devices and it should be available as a simple OTA download. In case you haven’t gotten it already then you can always download it and install it via USB tethering.
Although this is good news, the Kindle isn’t the hottest eBook reader in the neighborhood anymore. The nook has sold like hot cakes and it looks like Barnes & Noble will be a tough Amazon competitor. In other words, if you haven’t purchased a Kindle yet, you might want to checkout other options before actually deciding on getting one.
via Engadget
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25 Nov 09 Samsung Moment Available for $79.99 at Amazon
Checking out the great deals over at Amazon, you may come across this one too. The Samsung Moment M900 Phone
Among the features of the Samsung Moment include a 3.2” touch OLED display, full QWERTY slider, a 3.2 megapixel camera and that it runs on Google Android on an 800 Mhz processor.
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23 Nov 09 Amazon.com puts ASUS UL30Vt up for pre-order
If you’re looking for a new laptop with some nice specs but don’t want to break the bank you should check out the ASUS UL30Vt which recently went up for pre-order over at Amazon.com.
This laptop features a 13.3-inch screen, a 1.3GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 4GB of RAM, 500GB of hard drive space, a NVIDIA G210M GPU with 512MB of RAM and an Intel GMA 4500MHD GPU for extended battery life. Additionally, it has WiFi, Bluetooth, a webcam and Windows 7 Home Premium.
No release date was announced but like mentioned above you can pre-order it now for $799, here.
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22 Nov 09 Barnes & Noble nook Already Sold Out
Barnes & Noble has announced its first eBook reader, the nook, just a little while ago and it looks like product has already become a hit. It looks like all the available nooks have been sold right now and the company has only enough devices to fulfill the pre-orders taken so far.
The next ship date is January 4, 2010 which means you won’t get a nook under the Christmas tree unless Santa pre-ordered it already. On the other hand you could always order a Kindle from Amazon, but who wants a Kindle now that the nook is out?
via Bits Blog
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20 Nov 09 Nokia N900 on Amazon.com for $480
If you’re looking to purchase the Nokia N900 but have been a bit uneasy about its $649 price tag you’ll be happy to know that the device has dropped to $479.99 on Amazon.com after a $50 mail-in rebate.
For close to 5 bills you will be getting the Maemo powered Nokia N900 with a 3.5-inch touchscreen, slide-out QWERTY keyboard, 5MP camera and an unknown release date.
At least it’s unlocked, right?
via engadget
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18 Nov 09 Palm Pixi Available for $25 on Amazon
The Palm Pixi has been launched officially this Sunday and Sprint customers can get it for $99.99 after rebates and with a 2-year new contract. But other retailers, like Amazon, are ready to offer the smartphone for a lot less. Amazon is going to sell the Pixi for just $25 but you will still have to get a new contract from Sprint.
So should you buy the Pixi now? Why not wait a while as I am sure the phone will be available for free on contract real soon. After all there are hotter phones out there worth purchasing with new contracts like the HTC Hero, the Motorola Droid, the BlackBerry Storm2, the HTC Droid Eris or the Samsung Behold II. What phone are you going to purchase these holidays?
via Amazon
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01 Nov 09 Creative to Launch MediaBook Color eBook Reader?
For some reason eBook readers are more and more popular these days. After the Kindle we’ve seen Sony’s reader, Barnes & Noble’s Nook and Plastic Logic’s QUE. Asus is also working on a few eReaders and it seems that Creative decided to make one of its own. Dubbed the MediaBook, Creative’s eBook reader might be based on the Zii platform and it’s said to come with some very impressive features like a color touchscreen display ready to let you read all the eBooks you want and support for videos and pictures. Although this MediaBook did get leaked there are no leaked pictures yet. And it’s way too early for pricing details and release dates so we’ll all have to wait for Creative to announce the reader until we get too excited about it.
via epizenter
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29 Oct 09 Garmin Asus Nuvifone G60 Available for $100 from Amazon
We did tell you that the Nuvifone G60, launched by Garmin Asus a lot later than supposed to, was too expensive than it should be. And it looks like Amazon tends to agree with that. Amazon hasn’t been selling that many G60 units so far and thus it has decided to offer a $200 discount on the G60. The phone is available now for just $100 but would you really buy it? The Droid is in the house and it costs only $199.99 while the Droid Eris is going to be available for $99.99.
via Amazon
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