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As you may know, Amazon Kindle 2 is available for pre-ordering priced at $359 and will start shipping on February 24. Do you want to know what are the improvements since the Kindle v.1? Here's our feature-by-feature comparison table: Kindle 1Kindle 2Resume Size 7.5" x 5.3" x 0.7" 8" x 5.3" x 0.36" Kindle 2 is almost twice slimmer, half-an-inch taller Weight 10.3 ounces 10.2 ounces

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Explore: The Pony eReader

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From their press-release: Svelte and stylish, the newest Reader still sports the dimensions of a slimmed down paperback book. The textured black casing and soft black cover contribute to its envy-inspiring design. And, at about 10 ounces, it’s the perfect way to carry all of your favorite books with you wherever you go. A sizeable six-inch display with touch screen capability allows booklovers

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After rumors surfaced on the Web a few months back that a new Kindle might be on the way, Amazon.com did its best to shoot them down, saying a new Kindle was not coming this year. Well, Boy Genius Report has gotten ahold of some photos that appear to be the Kindle 2, so we're curious what Amazon has to say now. Read full story View photos

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Until September 8, 2008 you could buy a new Amazon Kindle e-book reader for $259.00. Oh, and free shipping, too. You'll get $100 off Kindle when you get the new Amazon.com Rewards Visa Card. Here are the simple instructions: Use this link to go to the order page. Apply online. Get a response in as little as 30 seconds. If you’re approved, your new card will be added to your Amazon.com account

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TechCrunch pointed out how many Kindles Amazon has sold. Just a little excerpt: «» The Kindle is such a small part of Amazon’s overall business that the company does not break out how many it’s sold. But we found out anyway: 240,000 Kindles have been shipped since November, according to a source close to Amazon with direct knowledge of the numbers. Wow, this is pretty impressive number. It seems

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Amazon reduced the price of their famous Kindle e-book reader from $399 to $359 + free shipping. They also expanded their selection to include over 130,000 books, blogs, newspapers, and magazines. Plus, declared that all New York Times bestsellers now are $9.99 or less. Check it out

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Are e-books like the Kindle and Sony Reader more eco-friendly than paper books? The short answer is that we don't know — yet. We have a pretty good idea of the carbon footprint of paper books, thanks to a newish study, Environmental Trends and Climate Impacts: Findings from the U.S. Book Industry, released earlier this year by the Book Industry Study Group and the Green Press Initiative. That

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These days, it is very cool to have an e-book reader in your pocket, almost as cool as an iPod or an MP3 player. Astak Mentor has recently announced a new e-book reader on the market. This gadget will have an unusual design and it will be available in three sizes: 5-, 6- and 9.7-inch. This entire concept is based on "save the planet" ideas. The Astak Mentor e-book runs Windows CE or Linux and

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Sony Reader has many followers. And yet one blogger preferred Sony Reader over the Amazon Kindle. Here are the reasons (excerpted from this small Sony Reader review): «» ...There are a few reasons I chose it [Sony Reader] over the others. It uses the e-ink technology that the Kindle has, but isn't as expensive. The font can change to three different sizes. I can read word documents on it. I can

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«» When the Kindle was released late last year, I was skeptical. I like the idea of an e-book reader, but it's so expensive... ...So at the end of March, I placed my order and started the backorder wait. It arrived a couple of weeks ago and, since then, it looks like Amazon's manufacturers are caught up... ...Overall, I'm pretty happy with the device. I'm not yet 100% convinced that I'll always

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Amazon frontpage states that Kindle is now "in stock and ready for immidiate shipment". Here is the full text: «» Dear Customers, Ever since we launched our wireless reading device Kindle last November, we've been unable to keep it in stock, and we've had to work hard to increase manufacturing capacity. Today, we're excited to announce that Kindle is in stock and ready for immediate shipment.

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«» More than four months after Amazon.com released the Kindle, no one is sure whether the latest e-book reader is really hot — or not. But publishers believe that the Kindle has helped, if not revolutionized, the tiny electronic market... «» ..."The Kindle has increased awareness. Publishers have told me that in some cases the Sony numbers were double or triple to what they had been," says

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Comprehensive comparison from owners of both Kindle and Sony Reader. Pros and cons of every device. Read it here: Amazon Kindle vs. Sony Reader: Cage Match Comparison.

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«» ...Still, for now, the product doesn't really have the specifications for prime time. It lacks a color display, which limits the capacity for newspaper and blog reading, supposedly major features that seem as though they can be nothing but underutilized. If there's going to be a digital book-reading device, why exclude almost anything that has illustrations? A "Kindle 2" is probably pretty

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Forbes published a comparison of two most popular ebook reader devices on the market - Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader. They created a visual diagram (Disrupt-O-Meter), which illustrates the devices' "disruptiveness" on the digital book market: And the conclusion: «» More Disruptive: Kindle. The device itself is nothing new, but the Kindle publishing platform, harnessing Amazon's distribution

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Yet another Kindle review: «» This week, I read my first book on Amazon's remarkable new e-book reader, Kindle. It's not perfect, but it beats many of the other e-book delivery system I've ever tried. Full disclosure: I work for , which owns NetLibrary, one of the world's largest distributors of e-content... The Kindle is lighter than most paperbacks. Another great feature is the variety of

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Igor Skochinsky has found plenty of interesting undocumented features of Amazon Kindle. Here are some of them: Global keyboard shortcuts Alt-Shift-R reboot Kindle Alt-Shift-. restart GUI Alt-Shift-G make screenshot due to an implementation bug, screenshots can only be stored on SD card, not the main storage. A gif file is saved in the card root. Home Alt-Shift-M Minesweeper Alt-Z rescan

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Those wishing to receive an Amazon Kindle book reader before Christmas are resorting to auction site eBay, and paying a 200 percent premium in the process. “Due to heavy customer demand, Kindle is sold out. Because orders are prioritized on a first-come, first-served basis, please ORDER NOW to reserve your place in line. Your Kindle will not arrive by December 24th” (www.amazon.com). Electronic

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RapidRepair has completed the new Amazon Kindle disassembly guide. With the slicing and dicing complete, you need only look down to see the internals of the new Kindle from Amazon. More photos. Sony Reader PRS-505 disassembly. Step-by-step disassembly guide.

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Found an interesting discussion on Slashdot: «» I cannot decide between Amazon's Kindle and Sony's Reader. I've read some reviews, but their motives can be somewhat suspect. So, I come to the most tech savvy group around to ask: which eBook reader is the best? If not Kindle or Reader, then what? There are many interesting answers, just several examples: «» I own the original Sony Reader. If

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While Amazon Kindle is out of stock, some of the lucky customers already got it. Here is the photos of unboxed Kindle taken by AppleInsider : All photos (source)

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Rob Beschizza from Wired Gadget Lab has made a comparison sheet of the most modern ebook reader devices including: Amazon Kindle, Hanlin eReader V3, Sony Reader PRS-505, iRex Iliad, and several more. Here it is: Original post at Wired gadgets blog.

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Introductory video that providing a demonstration of the new Amazon Kindle eBook reader: CNET "First look from the Labs" Kindle review: An explanation of Amazon's Kindle e-book reader and some of its features by Computerworld. Includes footage of the device. View More Kindle info at Amazon site »

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Amazon Kindle is a portable reader that wirelessly downloads books, newspapers, magazines and blogs to a crisp, high-resolution electronic paper display that looks and reads like real paper, even in bright sunlight. At 10.3 ounces, Kindle is lighter and thinner than a paperback book, carries two hundred books, and includes built-in access to The New Oxford American Dictionary and wireless

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