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Mac Getting a Kindle App, Just Like Windows

Windows isn’t the only operating system getting a Kindle app; Amazon has just announced that they’re prepping a Kindle app for Macs as well, allowing you to read your Kindle purchases right on your computer. Taste the excitement! [SA Insider] https://gizmodo.com/every-win-7-tablet-is-a-multitouch-color-kindle-with-t-5387663

Commerce Adam Frucci Oct 23

Every Win 7 Tablet Is a Multitouch Color Kindle (With This App)

Nook better watch it. One of the “surprises” at the Windows 7 keynote: a multitouch Kindle app for Windows 7 from Amazon. Ebook reading with pinch text zooming, and yes, color photos. Looks great. A full-color shot: https://gizmodo.com/live-from-the-windows-7-launch-5387614 Okay, so now we just saw the app running on an Acer tablet. Apparently it’ll use an…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Oct 22

AUO Has The Technology To Make The $99 Ebook Reader We’re Waiting For

AUO must have been listening to the people. You know, the ones that said they don’t want to pay more than $99 for an ebook reader. Too bad, we have to wait another few years for its technology to hit. https://gizmodo.com/survey-reveals-consumers-dont-want-to-pay-more-than-99-5351931 The electronic paper displays used in the Amazon Kindle and Sony eReaders are made…

Tech News Joanna Stern Oct 2

Kid Who Sued Amazon Wins, Kindle Now Safer Place for Your Books

The kid who sued Amazon for eating his homework just won in court, to the tune of $150,000. Yep, remember the kid who had his notes from George Orwell’s 1984 deleted along with Amazon’s mass eradication of the work from all Kindles? That little mofo just won in court, splitting a $150,000 settlement with a…

Commerce Wilson Rothman Oct 1

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. https://gizmodo.com/big-brother-amazon-remotely-deletes-purchased-copies-of-5317180 This is a found photo from a Facebook album, without context, which leaves some nagging questions: Is it a Kindle, or a Kindle 2? (The coloration up top screams Kindle…

Commerce John Herrman Oct 1

This Is How Michael Jordan Would Use a Kindle

Some people use their Kindles to read books. Others get Kindles to spend hours practicing crazy moves with them, like this reader today at the Gizmodo Gallery. Watch him spin the Kindle like a Michael Jordan would spin a basketball. https://gizmodo.com/gizmodo-gallery-2009-the-details-5360008 Read more about our Giz Gallery 09 here, follow @gizgallery on Twitter and see…

Commerce Jesus Diaz Sep 25

I Want the Trapper Kindle to Be a Real Product So Badly

The Kindle has two main problems, according to this Lunchbreath cartoon: it breaks easily and it doesn’t let other people see what you’re reading. The Trapper Kindle solves these problems with flair. [Flickr via The Daily What]

Commerce Adam Frucci Sep 23

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: Aaaand we can’t not do a proper sizemodo, naturally:

Commerce Matt Buchanan Aug 25

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. https://gizmodo.com/amazon-kindle-and-sony-reader-locked-up-why-your-books-369235 Slate’s Farhad Manjoo points out more reasons (bothered from Harvard law professor Jonathan Zittrain) why we…

Commerce Matt Buchanan Jul 21

Kindle For Every Schoolkid Proposed, We Strongly Recommend At Least 1 Calculator

The “New” Democratic Leadership Council in Washington has proposed that the government buy a Kindle or other “eTextbook” for each of the 56 million K-12 schoolchildren in America. It’s a nice sentiment, but as a plan, it’s holey. I am certain this gave Amazon honcho Jeff Bezos one hell of a tingle when he saw…

Commerce Wilson Rothman Jul 15

Kindle DRM Surfaces To Deny User the Books He’s Bought and Paid For

Amazon needs to work on its Kindle DRM policy, because the following story is ridiculous. Basically, the way Kindle and the Kindle iPhone app are set up today, users have no idea how many times they can download a book, nor can they easily know how many devices can be used to read said book.…

Commerce Jack Loftus Jun 21

David Sedaris on the Kindle: ‘This Bespells Doom’

What happens when you ask brilliant humor essayist David Sedaris to sign your Kindle? You get a hilarious quote doomed for finger smudging on your expensive gadget. [NY Times]

Commerce Adam Frucci Jun 15

Say Hello to the Kindle 9 XXXD

We’ve already seen Amazon make the Kindle larger, but this video takes that idea to the extreme. [LandlineTV]

Commerce Adam Frucci May 19

Amazon Opens Kindle to All Bloggers

If you are a blogger and want to sell a subscription to your blog, now you can sign up for the Kindle Publishing for Blogs beta program. Amazon will convert your full RSS in a Kindle-friendly stream and put it up for sale in their store. Right now, blog monthly subscriptions are $2. Of that…

Commerce Jesus Diaz May 14

The Amazon Kindling Holds 120 Books Words

I’d never propose that book burning is OK. But what if we’re talking ebooks? Made of wood to prove some sort of point that we totally get, but because we understand it so well, we’d feel embarrassed explaining, the Amazon Kindling is the only wooden, wireless reading device on eBay today. Sure, a paper book…

Commerce Mark Wilson May 13

NYT: ‘Newspaper-Saving’ Redneck Kindle Can’t Pronounce President’s Name

Pointing out the clunkiness of the Kindle’s text-to-speech feature is tired, but with the new Kindle DX being lauded as a newspaper savior, the NYT has a point: “Bay-rack Oh-bamma” won’t cut it. https://gizmodo.com/the-kindle-2-and-ipod-shuffle-perform-blade-runner-5224690 The Kindle’s voice feature works like any other, so pronunciation foibles are expected, and even predictable. Says the developer Nuance, the…

Tech News John Herrman May 8

Kindle DX: What Works and What Amazon Still Needs To Do

I was an early believer in Kindle, but I thought it would evolve more quickly than this. Kindle DX is a step forward—more than the Kindle 2—but there’s still work to be done. https://gizmodo.com/amazon-kindle-real-life-review-verdict-lightweight-l-325939 The larger screen isn’t just cosmetic. It helps Amazon add functionality without having to justify the screen’s inherent slowness. Today, we…

Commerce Wilson Rothman May 6

Kindle DX Hands On

Here’s a quick hands on. Uh, yeah, its bigger. The buttons feel very stiff, and the joystick is pretty similar to kindle 2’s. Updated The screen looks the same, but somehow, proportionally beautiful. The screen is significantly better looking in terms of overall ratio between screen and non screen. The keyboard is about 10 percent…

Commerce Brian Lam May 6

Kindle DX Offers 9.7 Inches of E-Ink for $489

Amazon’s new Kindle DX boasts a newspaper-friendly screen that’s 2.5x bigger than the standard Kindle, but it’s also got a few tricks of its own (new features in bold): • 9.7-inch E-Ink screen (1200 x 824 with 16 shades of grey) • 1/3 of an inch thick (10.4″ x 7.2″ x 0.38″) • 4GB Storage…

Commerce Mark Wilson May 6

Why a Giant Kindle Still Won’t Be the Perfect Ebook Reader

Kindle 2.5 or HD or whatever the hell it’s called might have a ginormouser display, but that doesn’t mean it’s going to be the perfect e-reader. Actually we’re pretty sure it won’t be. [Giz Explains] https://gizmodo.com/confirmed-jumbo-kindle-announcement-scheduled-for-may-5238916

Commerce Matt Buchanan May 4

Mac Getting a Kindle App, Just Like Windows

Every Win 7 Tablet Is a Multitouch Color Kindle (With This App)

AUO Has The Technology To Make The $99 Ebook Reader We’re Waiting For

Kid Who Sued Amazon Wins, Kindle Now Safer Place for Your Books

Kindle Couple’s Marriage Will Last Forever, Even After the Battery Dies

This Is How Michael Jordan Would Use a Kindle

I Want the Trapper Kindle to Be a Real Product So Badly

Wireless Ebook Readers: Which One’ll Burn Down the Bookstore?

Why Amazon’s Power to Delete Books Is Absolutely Horrifying

Kindle For Every Schoolkid Proposed, We Strongly Recommend At Least 1 Calculator

Kindle DRM Surfaces To Deny User the Books He’s Bought and Paid For

David Sedaris on the Kindle: ‘This Bespells Doom’

Say Hello to the Kindle 9 XXXD

Amazon Opens Kindle to All Bloggers

The Amazon Kindling Holds 120 Books Words

NYT: ‘Newspaper-Saving’ Redneck Kindle Can’t Pronounce President’s Name

Kindle DX: What Works and What Amazon Still Needs To Do

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Kindle DX Offers 9.7 Inches of E-Ink for $489

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