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Amazon Kindle Is an Ugly Snowspeeder of Contradictions

Oh, sweet contradiction—Jeff Bezos in open letter to Author's Guild, 2002:
"When someone buys a book, they are also buying the right to resell that book, to loan it out, or to even give it away if they want. Everyone understands this."
Amazon Kindle Terms of Service, 2007: More »

1:30 PM on Wed Nov 21 2007
By Matt Buchanan
8,502 views, 47 comments

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Amazon Kindle Official Details: $399, "Whispernet" EV-DO, the "iPod of Reading"

There's a lot to digest in Newsweek's seven-page all-out feature. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos sums it up: "This isn't a device, it's a service." Kindle starts shipping tomorrow for $399 and is "a perpetually connected Internet device" running off of EV-DO—it calls the service "Whispernet." It's totally computer independent: You browse for books (88,000 at launch) and buy them in a "one-touch process," it comes with a personal Kindle email address and it can browse the regular internet—keyboard sounds useful now, doesn't it? More »

3:45 PM on Sun Nov 18 2007
By Matt Buchanan
36,344 views, 84 comments

Latest by gokor: @strider_mt2k: I agree, at least add a rudimentary web browser. Nothing fancy, just a web browser. more »

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Fujitsu Flepia e-Reader Displays 4,096 Colors

Keep ignoring e-paper and e-readers, but as we see more color displays it will slowly take over the world. And Fujitsu just showed off some of their sweet new color e-reader prototypes. These readers feature 8" or 12" displays, boast 4,096-colors and XGA 768 x 1024 resolution...all on top of touch screen capability. The only downside is that you have to wait 10 seconds for images to draw. The battery is lithium polymer and gets up to 50 hours of runtime (though, to be fair, that spec is from an optional 8-color spec). Content is stored on an SD card and the unit features a USB port.

Oh, and there are speakers, too. With all this functionality and a waistline of just 12mm, we think we're in love. [gizmag via gizwatch]

10:48 AM on Thu Oct 11 2007
By Mark Wilson
3,645 views, 8 comments

Latest by Mark Wilson: @EQC: That stat includes something like 3,000 page turns. So it's still impressive. more »