Engadget offers its first impressions and some cool video of the new Amazon Kindle Fire. Take the leap for pics and more.
Category: eReaders
Machines that read eBooks, Business eDocuments, ePapers, etc.
Sep 30
Will Amazon Fire burn the Apple iPad?
TimeTechland investigates whether the new $199 Amazon Fire full color tablet is indeed an Apple iPad killer. The industry has been waiting for this to happen since iPad took the top spot in the fledgling market and refused to budge. By the look of it, with a little tweaking Amazon Fire may force Apple to …
Sep 29
Are Free Kindles in our future?
With the release of Amazon’s new Fire tablet and reasonably priced sister Kindles, the Mobile Gadgeteer at ZDNet asks the question: Since these devices are being sold at a loss to lock consumers into the Amazon Cloud of content, when will the online giant give the machines away to seal the deal?
Sep 28
Amazon Launches $199 Color Tablet. Starts price war with $79 Kindle!
Engadget was at the event in New York where Jeff Bezos of Amazon made this announcement. You can find the play-by-play and product descriptions at the link. Fire (color tablet) for $199, Touch 3G for $149, Touch for $99, and Kindle for $79. Kindles compared here. Here is an open letter and product description at …
Sep 27
Amazon Kindle Launch Update
Techland offers an update on Amazon’s news conference tomorrow that is now rumored to offer not 2 but 3 Kindle eBook readers. Included in the clutch will be the Kindle full-color tablet (Kindle Fire codenamed Hollywood) that is designed and priced to compete head to head with Apple’s iPad. The article calls it “aggressively priced” …
Sep 26
It’s looking like a tablet Christmas!
PCMag reports that Barnes and Noble is getting ready to launch another Nook Color tablet. The machine will be added to their existing line of E Ink and full color devices. This holiday season is going to be explosive if B&N’s tablet hits the market at the same time as Amazon and Kobo’s. Get ready …
Sep 25
Kobo to release Vox tablet.
With Amazon soon to announce the release of its rumored eBook reading tablet, it isn’t surprising to see that Kobo is getting its tablet Vox ready for market. Read the full story at GoodeReader.
Sep 24
Amazon Tablet to launch Sept. 28?
Amazon is rumored to have picked a Sept. 28 press conference in New York to reveal the new Kindle Tablet(s). Read more on the Android device, and Apple iPad competitor at Bloomberg Businessweek.
Sep 23
Profits shifting with digital publishing.
An Aptara study shows 20% of publishers generate 10% of their income via digital titles. More on the study at eBooknewser.
Sep 22
Some Free titles for new eBook Readers
New to the eBook Revolution? Here are some web sites with Free eBooks. You’ll find a wide selection of classics, Indie fiction, contemporary fiction and non-fiction. An excellent browse. Bookmark these pages! Manybooks.net. This has become my favorite with thousands of free titles in a wide variety of trouble-free formats. GetFreeeBooks.com. Just what it says. …
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