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Amazon Kindle 2: The real cost behind the machine

Amazon Kindle 2: The real cost behind the machinei would wager to bet its somewhere in the neighborhood of 50 bucks per unitThe more sold the better and they have room to discount it laterRE: Amazon Kindle 2: The real cost behind the machinexRE: Amazon Kindle 2: The real cost...

Tags: Amazon Kindle 2, Amazon Kindle, Amazon.com Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-04-22

The "Me Too" Kindle 2 Review

Amazon's Kindle 2 is sleek, stylish, and has a crisp and easy-on-the eyes "electronic ink" display. But it only does one thing -- read books. After all the relatively hostile things I have said about Amazon's Kindle e-book reader in the past, I...

Tags: Device, Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, Amazon Kindle 2, Anathem, Tablets, Handhelds, Smart Phones, Wiki, E-mail, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-04-07

Image Gallery: M-Edge Prodigy and Platform Jacket cases for the Amazon Kindle 2

The Amazon Kindle 2 is now available, however no case ships with the device like what Amazon provided with the Kindle 1. You therefore need to buy a case through Amazon or another 3rd party. M-Edge creates some of the best Kindle cases, that also work with their lighting solution...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Prodigy Communications, Amazon Kindle, M-Edge, Amazon Kindle 2, product photos, amazon, kindle, ebook, case, Matthew Miller

Image galleries 2009-03-10

Micro-Kindlenomics: My cost benefit analysis

Amazon's Kindle 2 cures all of the ills that afflicted the e-tail giant's first e-book. It has better navigation, a handy definition feature, a five-way controller and a text-to-speech feature that has raised a ruckus. But the decision to upgrade to the Kindle 2 comes down to the microeconomics: Are...

Tags: Benefit, Analysis, Amazon Kindle, Amazon Kindle 2, Kindle 2, E-books, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-02

Kindle 2 gallery 1 (Image Gallery: Amazon's Kindle 2 has several improvements to lead the ebook reader field)

Kindle 2 gallery 1 (Image Gallery: Amazon's Kindle 2 has several improvements to lead the ebook reader field)Nice reviewThis was a well presented visual comparison. I only have the Kindle 2 so I can't truly compare. I did see and hold a Kindle 1 that a friend has and the...

Tags: E-books, Kindle 2, Kindle 2 gallery, Amazon Kindle 2, Amazon Kindle, Image Gallery, e-book, Amazon.com Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-02-27

Review: Amazon Kindle 2 5-way controller more significant than form factor improvement

Review: Amazon Kindle 2 5-way controller more significant than form factor improvementYeah, but...... did you try to hook this thing to your computer via USB. Crashes explorer. No solutions from AMAZON yet.Screen seems a bit small for the size of the device. All else is cool.This...

Tags: Keyboards, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless and Mobility, Amazon Kindle, Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle 2 5-way controller, form factor improvement, Amazon Kindle 2 5-way, Amazon Kindle 2

Discussion threads 2009-02-27

Amazon Kindle 2

Amazon Kindle 2Kindle 2 - not goodThe biggest repository of free e-books on the net is Gutenberg: but Amazon don't want you reading free e-books - they want you to pay for their e-books so no support for plain text or pdf on Kindle 2. Bit of a waste of...

Tags: E-books, e-book, Amazon Kindle 2, Amazon.com Inc., Kindle 2, Amazon Kindle

Discussion threads 2009-02-25

Amazon Kindle 2 Launch (Amazon Kindle 2 Up Close and Personal)

Amazon Kindle 2 Launch (Amazon Kindle 2 Up Close and Personal)Kindle2 - handy!...that guy in photos 11 and 12 has on some really nice nail polish in pics 13 and 14. Oh, wait, that wouldn't be another person holding the Kindle2 in the close-ups, would it?RE: Amazon Kindle 2 Launch...

Tags: E-books, Amazon Kindle, Amazon Kindle 2, Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle 2 Up Close and Personal, Amazon Kindle 2 Launch

Discussion threads 2009-02-10

Additional Resources

Paperless students? Never going to happen

Got an idea...If someone wants to do without paper, toilet-paper,a car/truck, air conditioning, and never passgas. Than more power to them, on the other handstop forcing these lunatic policies on employers,small business and the rest of society.In the meantime, people have to work, to earn moneyto eat and raise their...

Tags: Tablets, Microsoft Office, Notebooks, Taxes, Personal finance, Microsoft Office OneNote 2003, tablet

Discussion threads 2009-11-09

Amazon Kindle Wireless Reading Device (U.S. & International Wireless, Latest Generation)

On October 22, 2009, Amazon discontinued the U.S.-only version of the Kindle and replaced it with the international Kindle model and set the price at $259. This new model--now called the "U.S. and International Kindle"--runs on AT&T's network and can access content on cellular networks inside and outside of the...

Tags: wireless, Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, Sprint Communications

Product reviews 2009-11-07

Social book reading in the digital age

* Jennifer Leggio is on vacation Guest editorial by Andy Santamaria I know what you're thinking. You read the title of this post and thought, "Books have always been social, we share them with friends, form book clubs, and bend at Oprah's...

Tags: Twitter Inc., Blog, Andy Santamaria, E-books, Blogging, Personal Technology, Internet, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2009-11-02

E-book reader news and releases round-up

The last two weeks have been especially busy for the e-book reader industry and probably pretty frightening for Amazon. Here's a quick round-up of what's been released and what we have to look forward to this holiday season: 1. Barnes & Noble Nook:...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., E-book Reader, Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Inc., E-books, Wireless And Mobility, Personal Technology, Rachel King

Blog posts 2009-10-28

MobileTechRoundup show #187, Windows 7, B&N Nook, Nokia N900

Windows 7 was the big news of the week and James, Kevin, and I started off MobileTechRoundup show #186 talking about this latest Microsoft operating system. Hopefully James doesn't really go try to eat a Burger King Whopper 7 today. I talked a bit more about the Nokia N900 now...

Tags: MobileTechRoundup, Nokia Corp., News, Microsoft Windows 7, E-books, Microsoft Windows, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-10-23

News to know: Windows 7, Net Neutrality, Nokia-Apple; Kindle

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Windows 7 Coverage Andrew Nusca: Liveblog: Microsoft CEO Ballmer kicks off Windows 7 availability Adrian Kingsley-Hughes:...

Tags: Nokia Corp., Andrew Nusca, Apple Inc., Net Neutrality, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2009-10-23

Kindle books come to the PC -- a Nook counterpunch

Platform expansion is the logical counter to new competition at the device level. Amazon, facing the introduction of BN.com's Nook and other e-readers this week, has announced it will support reading of Kindle books on Windows 7, Vista and XP Service Pack 2 PCs in November. The...

Tags: PC, Amazon.com Inc., Barnes & Noble Inc., Platform Expansion, Microsoft Windows 7, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Mitch Ratcliffe

Blog posts 2009-10-22

News to know: Bing-Twitter; Net Neutrality; eBay; VMWare; Nook; Win7

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Microsoft lands Facebook, Twitter deals for Bing Sam Diaz: Tweets on Bing: Watch out for more noise,...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Twitter Inc., Net Neutrality, VMware Inc., eBay Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Software As A Service (SaaS), Podcasts, Microsoft Windows, Managed Hosting, Emerging Technologies, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-22

Nook Clarified: Really solid progress for e-readers

Yesterday, I posted a long analysis of what I thought was right and strangely wrong about the Barnes & Noble Nook. Matt Miller today got a clarification about my main concern, which was that Barnes & Noble seemed to have said, according to several published reports, that Wi-Fi would work...

Tags: E-reader, Barnes & Noble Inc., Wireless LANs, Wireless And Mobility, Mitch Ratcliffe

Blog posts 2009-10-21

B&N's Nook e-reader: Weirdly unrevolutionary

In addition to this posting, please visit this clarifications posting to get the whole picture. It would be nice to say, as Matt Miller has, that the e-book and e-reader market was revolutionized today. It simply got more interesting. A careful reading of the $259 Nook's...

Tags: E-reader, Device, E-book, Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Inc., Wireless, B&N, Nook, Cover-flow, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Mitch Ratcliffe

Blog posts 2009-10-20

(Photos: First glance at Barnes & Noble's e-reader)

Looks pretty good to meI like the integrated light; that is a major failing of the Kindle in my opinion. Maybe that was excusable in the Kindle1, but not in the Kindle2.If B&N sells it for less than the Kindle they'll have to do it by selling at a...

Tags: e-reader, Barnes & Noble Inc., photograph

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

Spring Design debuts Google Android-based e-book reader, Alex

Myself, I do not even want a separate device, no matter how cheap. AND, I want to be able to read my books on any of my devices, such as smart phone, netbook, or desktop.ExactlyI would like to read my eStuff on my desktop, laptop or any other device. I...

Tags: E-books, Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Google Android, Google Inc., e-book Reader, e-book, digital-rights management

Discussion threads 2009-10-19