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DoubleTwist’s Amazon MP3 Store: One Less Reason to Bother With iTunes

It’s impossible not to love the concept of doubleTwist, the all-devices-welcome quasi-iTunes music manager, but up to this point the software has been pretty barebones. Now, things are gettin’ ser-i-ous: doubleTwist has a built-in music store, courtesy of Amazon. To put this into context, doubleTwist debuted not just as an alternative music manager for people…

Commerce John Herrman

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. https://gizmodo.com/amazons-kindle-2-gets-60-price-drop-now-at-299-5310253 The international version will work in “over 100 countries and territories”, but Amazon doesn’t specify if there are any additional charges for using it in a…

Commerce Jason Chen

Time’s “Hulu for Magazines” Idea Is So, So Doomed

Magazines are basically fucked. They know this, and figure the only way they’re going to survive is if they manage to successfully navigate the transition to digital. Time’s grand plan? A “Hulu for magazines.” Oh boy. Here’s how it’d work: There’d be a new company running a digital store for all of the publishers where…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

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

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

Princeton Students in Kindle DX Pilot Program Sure Hate the Kindle DX

Bad news for Amazon, who’s hoping that in the future all college students will read their textbooks through the oversided Kindle DX: the first students to use it, at Princeton, are not fans. Students taking part in the pilot program have all sorts of complaints about the device, mostly centering around the fact that it’s…

Commerce Adam Frucci

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

Palm Pre Slashed To $100 on Amazon

Sprint may have recently dropped the Pre to $150 (after rebate; with 2-year contact), but now you can grab one at Amazon for 50 bucks less. I guess you could buy a Touchstone charger with the money you save. [Amazon] https://gizmodo.com/palm-pre-gets-50-price-drop-to-150-5355115

Commerce Danny Allen

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

iRex DR800SG Ebook Reader: Verizon 3G, B&N Books, Stylus Touchscreen

Updated: 2010 really is shaping up as the year of the ebook reader. The latest entry: iRex’s $400 DR800SG. It has an 8.1-inch stylus touchscreen, 3G Gobi chip with unlimited Verizon data, and books from Barnes & Noble’s ebook store. https://gizmodo.com/irexs-next-ebook-reader-will-come-with-3g-less-sticker-5331567 B&N has about 750,000 titles, including new releases at $10. The DR800SG will also…

Commerce Danny Allen

AmazonBasics Is Company’s Foray Into Private Label Consumer Electronics

With AmazonBasics, the online retail giant is jumping headfirst into the consumer electronics space with its own private line of low-cost accessories. The products are all packaged in “frustration free” packaging, and include HDMI cables, Ethernet cords, and blank DVDs, to name a few. This has to irk the consumer electronics companies that currently sell…

Commerce Jack Loftus

Zune HD Quickly Selling Out at Amazon, Newegg, Best Buy and More

Here’s a statement I never thought I’d write: The newest Zune is selling out everywhere. Congrats to this underdog manufacturer “Micro-Soft” for finally hitting the big time! https://gizmodo.com/zune-hd-review-the-pmp-evolved-5360126 Of course, as commenters have pointed out, it’s possible, if not probable, that Microsoft is using the time-tested tactic of short supply to make sure it sells…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Refurbished Kindle Down to $150

Just earlier this week, I noticed a few sites excited over Amazon’s offer for a $199 refurbished first generation Kindle. But now, Amazon has dropped the price to $150. That’s half the price of a new Kindle 2 (or $70 less than a refurb Kindle 2), with all of the same core functionality (like Amazon’s…

Commerce Mark Wilson

Budget Cool-er Reader with Color Touchscreen and 3G Planned for Early Next Year

When we reviewed the Cool-er reader, we liked its lower price, but felt it lacked the polish of the Kindle. Well, now Interead says it’s working on a color Cool-er that should not only be touch-capable, but low-priced, too. https://gizmodo.com/cool-er-ebook-reader-review-5271551 That means it’ll face off against a planned dual-screen Asus reader. And Asus has said…

Commerce Danny Allen

Time Inc. Launching Ebook Reader Within 3 Months?

Our old buddy Owen Thomas at NBC Bay Area just revealed a Time Inc. internal document that shows the media giant’s plan to enter the ebook reader market—possibly to bump out Amazon. This may be reading a little deep, but the presentation entitled “New Platforms & Business Models for Publishers,” argues the need to get…

Commerce Wilson Rothman

Amazon Will Deliver Zune HD to Your Door on September 15 Launch

How is this for timing? Apple might be gearing up to release new iPods within minutes, but Amazon just let us know that it will be offering release date delivery on the…Zune HD. https://gizmodo.com/apple-its-only-rock-and-roll-liveblog-now-live-5355097 Yep, you can order Microsoft brand new Zune right now and it will be delivered on your doorstep on the September…

Tech News Joanna Stern

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). https://gizmodo.com/big-brother-amazon-remotely-deletes-purchased-copies-of-5317180 Reader Shinobiwan wrote in with an e-mail received from “[email protected]”: Hello, On July 23, 2009, Jeff…

Commerce Rosa Golijan

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. Make that 4.707 consumers. I have no intention of even considering an eReader until prices drop…

Commerce Sean Fallon

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. https://gizmodo.com/kindle-2-gets-pdf-and-epub-ebook-converter-5201206 Vincent called it “a lovely little Linux box” when showing it off at geekfest Foo Camp last weekend. We’re not really sure…

Commerce Dan Nosowitz

The Crappiest $100,000 Computer Ever

I present to you the crappiest $106,414.89 computer in history. Plus $13.46 shipping. And no Amazon Prime either, what the hell? [Amazon, Thanks Rodrigo!]

Commerce Matt Buchanan

DoubleTwist’s Amazon MP3 Store: One Less Reason to Bother With iTunes

Kindle 2 Drops Price Again to $259, Adds International Flavour For $279

Time’s “Hulu for Magazines” Idea Is So, So Doomed

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

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

Princeton Students in Kindle DX Pilot Program Sure Hate the Kindle DX

This Is How Michael Jordan Would Use a Kindle

Palm Pre Slashed To $100 on Amazon

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

iRex DR800SG Ebook Reader: Verizon 3G, B&N Books, Stylus Touchscreen

AmazonBasics Is Company’s Foray Into Private Label Consumer Electronics

Zune HD Quickly Selling Out at Amazon, Newegg, Best Buy and More

Refurbished Kindle Down to $150

Budget Cool-er Reader with Color Touchscreen and 3G Planned for Early Next Year

Time Inc. Launching Ebook Reader Within 3 Months?

Amazon Will Deliver Zune HD to Your Door on September 15 Launch

Amazon Tries to Make Amends for Deletion of 1984 with Warm Words, Cold Hard Cash

Survey Reveals Consumers Don’t Want To Pay More Than $99 For An eReader

Amazon Kindle 2 Hacked to Run Linux

The Crappiest $100,000 Computer Ever

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