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Does the Kindle have iPod-ish potential?: Amazon's Kindle may meaningfully contribute to the e-tailer's revenue in a couple of years, according to Citigroup analyst Mark Mahaney. Mahaney's take--delivered in a research note outlining the bullish case for Amazon--takes a few leaps Techmeme. Mahaney has little data on the Kindle (just like the rest...; Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, Insurance, Operational Accounting, Financial Planning, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Is the amazon kindle a low cost entertainment option?: Is the Amazon Kindle a low cost entertainment option?Thanks!Thanks for the link and the post, Matt!The conversation on this topic on my blog and elsewhere has really got me thinking a lot about the future of digital books, DRM, value, and a whole lot of other things. I expect I'll...; Tags: Advertising & Promotion, entertainment option, Amazon Kindle, Amazon.com Inc., entertainment; Discussion threads 2008-04-27
Is the amazon kindle a low cost entertainment option?: I know at first I was a bit hesitant to buy the Amazon Kindle because the cost of the device was a bit high and the form factor wasn't the most attractive or functional. However, after giving it a bit more thought I went to Amazon to make a purchase...; Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Entertainment, Amazon Kindle, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-04-27
What Waterfield Designs SleeveCases fit the Fujitsu U810 and Celio REDFLY?: I bought a Fujitsu U810 UMPC a couple of months ago and while the device closes like a laptop to protect the display I wanted a case to protect the entire device. I searched online and the only case I found that was really made for the Fujitsu U810 was...; Tags: ASUS, Fujitsu Ltd., Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, Engineering, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-03-30
Buy an amazon kindle, support the Orchant family: Over the last couple of weeks, Marc Orchant and I have been having a friendly discussion about the Amazon Kindle vs. the Sony Reader and his arguments were so convincing that I was all set to order a Kindle for my business trips when I found out they were sold...; Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, E-mail, Operational Accounting, Benefits, Online Communications, Finance, Human Resources, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2007-12-10

Second Kindle bug hits (not a crash this time) and how Amazon will 'patch' Kindles: Earlier this week, I shared with you a video of Amazon's Kindle ebook reader in a crashed state. It was my first Kindle bug brought on by an attempt to connect it to my PC via USB. While the crash itself hasn't happened again, my Thinkpad T42 refuses to...; Tags: Amazon.com Inc., USB, Amazon Kindle, David Berlind; Blog posts 2007-12-07
The Cult of Kindle: I'd not given Amazon's Kindle ebook reader much chance of succeeding given the stratospheric price tag combined with DRM, but then I started reading the customer reviews for it and just realized that the Kindle has already amassed quite a considerable cult following, and this could be crucial to its success....; Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, Digital Rights Management (DRM), E-books, Digital Media, Security, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2007-12-07
Larry Dignan loans me his Kindle: Fellow blogger, Larry Dignan, loaned me his Amazon Kindle so that I could look at it from an Ed Tech perspective (thanks, by the way, Larry - I promise I'm not downloading the complete works of Neal Stephenson and charging them to your Amazon account). Is this yet another...; Tags: Larry Dignan, E-book, Textbook, Amazon Kindle, E-books, Personal Technology, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2007-12-06
Video: Amazon's Kindle in a crashed state -- must the content be reloaded?: Video: Amazon's Kindle in a crashed state -- must the content be reloaded?How about a normal user experience video?The crash recovery was certainly interesting, but I'd love to see a video of the Kindle in normal operation--how it works, how sharp the image is, whether it remembers where you left...; Tags: Corporate communications, Amazon Kindle, video, Amazon.com Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-12-06
Amazon's Kindle: Much needed revolution or book industry power play?: Amazon's Kindle: Much needed revolution or book industry power play?Good article. Kindle is a good idea, but too restrictiveI really like the Kindle idea. I do lots of reading on my large screen but want to take this with me. The Kindle, I thought, was the way to go.However, your...; Tags: E-books, Amazon Kindle, Amazon.com Inc., e-book, Much needed revolution, Much Needed, book industry, Books; Discussion threads 2007-12-06
Amazon's Kindle in a crashed state: ZDNet Executive Editor David Berlind demonstrates what happens when Amazon's Kindle is awakened from a crashed state. He also answers questions like: What's the recovery like?, How graceful is the comeback? And will resetting the device wipe out its memory?; Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, Hardware; Videos 2007-12-05
Amazon's Kindle: Much needed revolution or book industry power play?: Like Apple's iPods and the iTunes Music Store iTMS from which they can so effortlessly acquire their content, the transparency of the automation and infrastructure that makes Amazon's Kindle work so effortlessly with the Amazon.com Web site is a marvel in terms of the user experience. But the same...; Tags: Industry, Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, Quality Solutions, Digital Music, Digital Media, Podcasts, E-books, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Internet, David Berlind; Blog posts 2007-12-04
Video: Amazon's Kindle in a crashed state -- must the content be reloaded?: For those of you who have been around long enough to experience some of the earlier PDAs based on flash memory like Palm's initial Pilot and later, devices like the iPaq that were based on Microsoft's PocketPC operating system, then you'll remember what a drag it sometimes was when those...; Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Video, Amazon Kindle, Corporate Communications, E-books, Pocket PC, PDAs, Marketing, Personal Technology, Handhelds, Hardware, David Berlind; Blog posts 2007-12-04
Amazon's Kindle: First impressions: In this video, ZDNet Executive Editor David Berlind gives his first impressions of Amazon's new Kindle book reader. From the design of the user interface to the built-in EVDO radio, David offers up his fresh thoughts on the new device.; Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, Impression, Corporate Communications, Cellular Phones, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware; Videos 2007-12-04
Video of my Out-of-Box experience with Amazon's Kindle (and some quick impressions): No. It's not a review of the Kindle, yet. There are plenty of those already circulating the Web and I'll get to mine better late than never. But, after missing the Amazon press conference in NYC where the members of the press were offered Kindles to take home...; Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Video, Amazon Kindle, Advertising & Promotion, Engineering, Marketing, David Berlind; Blog posts 2007-11-30
The amazon kindle: One week and 3,500 miles later: The Amazon Kindle: One week and 3,500 miles laterI, too, have fallen in like with kindleMy kindle arrived the Saturday of Thanksgiving week - I subscribed to one newspaper and 2 books - it is truly a device for readers, with the most comfortable reading environment I have ever discovered...; Tags: Amazon Kindle, Amazon.com Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-11-30
The amazon kindle: One week and 3,500 miles later: Guest post: Josh Taylor is the director of ZDNet and its sister site TechRepublic. Keep an eye out for Josh's product review blog later this year. In the meantime, here's his first impressions of the Kindle. While my initial reactions to the Amazon Kindle were generally favorable, a five-day...; Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, Engineering, Sales Channel, Sales, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2007-11-29
Podcast: Amazon's Kindle, AMD's Spider, the Hackintosh and more...: Podcast: Amazon's Kindle, AMD's Spider, the Hackintosh and more...Apple hacksThe people that are hacking OS X aren't Mac-users. It's simply Windows-users that want the "Show" Apple and that doesn't want to pay for stuff. As long as it stays at this level it's nothing to worry about but if it...; Tags: Podcasts, Hacking, Operating systems, SECURITY, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS X, Amazon Kindle, hacker, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Amazon.com Inc., podcast; Discussion threads 2007-11-22
amazon kindle: One of the screensavers for Amazon's $400 Kindle electronic book reader has a picture of an old printing machine and above it a message that reads: "Kindle is a whole new class of device. Thank you for being an early adopter. We'd love to get your input at: kindle-feedback [at]...; Tags: Memory, E-books, Wi-Fi, Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle; Product reviews 2007-11-20
Podcast: Amazon's Kindle, AMD's Spider, the Hackintosh and more...: This week on the Dan & David Show we discuss the debut of Amazon's Kindle ebook reader. The reviews so far peg Kindle as a work in progress (a version 1.0 device) that won't immediately light the fires of the book or newspaper industry, but it is a step up...; Tags: Podcast, Amazon.com Inc., E-book, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Amazon Kindle, Ebook Reader, Podcasts, E-books, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Internet, Personal Technology, Emerging Technologies, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2007-11-20