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more about #kindle2 more comments → Noobs-R-Us: What about the open format so we can borrow books from the library? Hello? Amazon? more » daftrok: Either it was an impressive feat of engineering, or the software was written so poorly it took six months to fix it, or what they were intending all a... more » Segador: So I guess I'm SOL with my gen1 Kindle? I guess that's what I get for being an early adopter. more » Odin: Guy sounds like a douche, a cunning and clever douche but one nonetheless. You can't realistically expect companies to pay for your own carelessness. ... more » Branden Silva: Interesting. A little legal jargon added in there and you can play the lawyer game. It's cheaper for Amazon to settle then to go through litigation ... more » seanpat12: As a current law student, he acted well within his rights under California's laws, and I don't see anything wrong with what he did. He is a model citi... more » The Lab: Disclaimer: I'm not a lawyer. However, the way I understand it is that if you file a suit under the consumer protection act, the company must either ... more » Platypus Man: If it's already as much as the Kindle 2, how much cheaper do you think the Nook Lite would be without the touchscreen and second LCD screen? That's s... more » Demonbird: As a kindle 1 owner, I have a few things to say. First, I think the Kindle 1 is superior to Kindle 2. Second, the Nook is nice, and should the time co... more » ted.copeland: The nook site doesn't say one way or the other, but from what I can see, it doesn't have a browser like the Kindle. That's lame. Hopefully the wi-fi i... more » Canoehead: Memory expansion - meh, Kindle 1 had it - nobody used it. Color screen and touch controls - cute, but waste of battery power - why not keep the contr... more » TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H.: They just pulled the main page, not the rest of the site. The other pages are still live. Just try the tech specs page: [www.barnesandnoble.com] #nook more » Sir Gibler: why cant i comprehend the fact that they put the two features the kindle has the nook beat on, on the comparison sheet... just seems strange. #nook more » PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:: I did it all for the Nook, c'mon The Nook, c'mon So you can take that Kindle And stick it up your.. yeah! Stick it up your.. yeah! Stick it up your.. ... more » ebeckert: To be fair, Kindle came out first. B&N just took what the Kindle had, and added what it didn't have. They act like theirs is better (which it may ac... more » -
#kindle
Amazon's Kindle 2 Gets 85 Percent Battery Boost, Native PDF Reading
Amazon claims that all it took was a six month firmware improvement test to get the Kindle 2 to run for 85 percent longer than before, which is a pretty damn impressive feat of engineering. More » -
#ebookreaders
Barnes & Noble Compares Nook to Kindle 2: Biased But Fair
Though Barnes & Noble has pulled down its Nook site until the official product launch, we've got all the info plus a few extras, like this spec comparison chart of Nook and Kindle 2: More » -
#balls
Dude Drops His Kindle 2, Convinces Amazon to Replace it and Pay Him $200 For His Troubles
Behold, the power of a scary-sounding letter from a lawyer! Paul dropped his Kindle 2 and it broke. Amazon wanted $200 to replace it. Instead, they replaced it and gave him an additional $200. Damn, son! More » -
#kindle2
Kindle 2 Drops Price Again to $259, Adds International Flavour For $279
Amazon just dropped the price of the Kindle 2 again, down to $259. They've also introduced a US & International wireless version for $279, which ships October 19. More » -
#imagecache
Kindle Couple's Marriage Will Last Forever, Even After the Battery Dies
Because that's how E-Ink works, get it!? Well, it was either that or a joke about Amazon remote-deleting these folks' legitimately conceived future children. More » -
#amazon
Amazon Tries to Make Amends for Deletion of 1984 with Warm Words, Cold Hard Cash
Remember Amazon's remote deletion of all Kindle copies of 1984? Big bro' Amazon is trying to make nice by offering affected users some pretty words along with either $30 checks or redelivery of 1984 (with your original annotations). More » -
#ebooks
Survey Reveals Consumers Don't Want To Pay More Than $99 For An eReader
According to a survey of 4,706 consumers conducted by Forrester Research, the vast majority of consumers are only willing to pay $50-$99 for an eReader. Obviously, this doesn't jibe with retailer price points currently set at $199 and up. More » -
#kindle
Amazon Kindle 2 Hacked to Run Linux
Hacker Jesse Vincent, who's previously written software to allow PDFs and ePubs to be read on the Kindle, wheedled and cajoled the Kindle 2 into running Ubuntu 9.04. You know, just because. More » -
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#battlemodo
Wireless Ebook Readers: Which One'll Burn Down the Bookstore?
With the Sony Reader Daily Edition, the 3G-enabled ebook reader battle is pitched. At the end of this year, it'll fight Amazon's Kindle 2 and DX and Plastic Logic's eReader to the death. Here's how they all stack up now: More » -
#ebookreaders
iRex's Next Ebook Reader Will Come With 3G, Less Sticker Shock
It looks like iRex, leading makers of giant, feature-packed ebook readers for real-life P.G. Wodehouse protagonists, is casting a monocled eye on the mainstream market. Crave's got details on a forthcoming 8.1-inch touchscreen reader, with wireless, rumored at under $400. More » -
#kindle
The New Yorker's Epic Takedown of the Kindle Adds to Bezos' Headaches
Nicholson Baker of the venerable New Yorker decided to try out Amazon's Kindle to see if it was really the future of reading. He wrote a whopping 6,300 words on the subject, but allow me to summarize: it sucks. More » -
#kindle
Why Amazon's Power to Delete Books Is Absolutely Horrifying
Editors from Columbia's Science and Technology Law Review explained to us a year ago the pitfalls of not owning your Kindle books, a fact that Amazon revealed to be more horrifying than we thought. Guess what? It's worse. More » -
#amazon
Big Brother Amazon Remotely Deletes Purchased Copies of 1984 and Animal Farm From Thousands of Kindles
Amazon basically guaranteed that I'll never buy a Kindle last night by bending to the wishes of a publisher and deleting every single legitimately-purchased copy of 1984 and Animal Farm from all Kindles remotely. Ridiculous. More » -
#kindle
Amazon Will Replace Cracked Kindle 2 Screens for Free
Oh, the power of a good multi-million dollar lawsuit. Amazon is vindicating litigious types by agreeing to replace Kindle 2s with cracked screens for free, instead of charging $200 for repairs. I wonder if they'll fix mine. [News Factor] -
#kindle
Angry Kindlers Sue Amazon Over Case Defect, Demand $5m In Damages
We know as well as anyone that Kindles can be frustratingly fragile, but that's why you buy a case, right? For the plaintiffs in a fresh class action lawsuit against Amazon, it was actually the case that caused the problems. More » -
#knockoffs
Inevitable Kindle 2 Knock Off Spotted in China
Finally, we have ourselves a proper Kindle 2 knockoff, courtesy of—who else?—the Chinese. More » -
#imagecache
Surprise: Hayden Panettiere Knows How to Read
Also, that's a Kindle DX she has in her hand, not a Kindle 2. Everyone else on the Heroes set needs to stand on apple boxes to hide the fact that she's six-foot seven. More »
