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Does the Kindle 2 Pass the Apple/Braun Design Test?

The new Kindle looks great: Simple, functional, and pretty. It looks like Amazon got a few clues from Apple and Braun’s design guidelines. But does it comply with Dieter Rams’ 10 rules for good design? https://gizmodo.com/1960s-braun-products-hold-the-secrets-to-apples-future-343641 Dieter Rams is the design guru who was responsible for some of the most amazing product designs of the…

Commerce Jesus Diaz

Confirmed: Kindle Coming to Cellphones and How to Get a Kindle 2 Firstest

Amazon’s VP for Kindle, Ian Freed, just confirmed to us the little nugget Jeff Bezos mentioned in the Kindle 2 keynote about WhisperSync: Kindle content is coming to cellphones. They’re not ready to say which cellphones—or even when they’re going to announce them—but they want them on them cellphones, plural. Pretty exciting! Hopefully, we’ll know…

Commerce Matt Buchanan

Stephen King Confuses Everyone with Pink Kindle 2 that Doesn’t Exist

Here is the new Kindle 2 in pink, though it’s only available in white. Apparently some marketing genius thought that putting a horridly painted, nonexistent Kindle on Stephen King’s novella UR was really something clever. https://gizmodo.com/kindle-2-359-thinner-more-storage-and-it-reads-to-y-5149552

Commerce Mark Wilson

Kindle 2: First Hands On

We’ve playing with the spankin’ new Kindle 2 right now. Check out our impressions, photos and video here, updating live. • Hey, it’s downright iPod Touchy. Nice rounded aluminum back with a plastic top. Will it stay on the toilet seat? • Controls are almost exactly the same as Kindle 1, just slightly re-arranged, for…

Commerce John Mahoney

The Kindle 2 New Features Video

Want a rundown on the Kindle 2, but you’re too illiterate to read about it? Paradoxical, yes, but here’s a handy Kindle 2 promotional video that runs through all the latest features, just in case. https://gizmodo.com/kindle-2-359-thinner-more-storage-and-it-reads-to-y-5149552

Commerce Mark Wilson

Sizemodo: The Kindle 2 vs Its Predecessor

How does the new Amazon Kindle stack up size-wise when compared to the original version? Well, the first Kindle measured 7.5″ x 5.3″ x 0.7″ while Kindle 2 clocks in at 8″ x 5.3″ x 0.36″. Right off the bat, the second-gen Kindle is significantly thinner than the original. At only .36-inches, it is nearly…

Commerce Sean Fallon

Kindle 2: $359, Thinner, More Storage and It Reads to You

The leaked information had it right. Here are the full details on Amazon’s new Kindle 2: https://gizmodo.com/kindle-2-official-images-and-price-leak-359-on-februa-5148568 New Functions • “Whispersync” to sync Kindle, Kindle 2 and other devices wirelessly • Text to speech (yes, it will read to you) Price • $359 on February 24 Form • 8″ x 5.3″ x 0.36″. • “25…

Commerce Mark Wilson

Want a Kindle 2? Order a Kindle 1 NOW

This idea is so crazy that it just might work. UPDATE: The idea was sound, but you can no longer order a Kindle 1. https://gizmodo.com/confirmed-kindle-coming-to-cellphones-and-how-to-get-a-5149696 The theory: Stephen Windwalker, who has written books for the Kindle, has said that those who are still waiting for their first gen Kindle will receive and offer to upgrade…

Commerce Mark Wilson

Amazon Kindle 2 Event: Liveblog Archive

We’re inside the Morgan Library, where Amazon is unveiling the the Kindle 2 right now. https://gizmodo.com/amazon-preparing-to-drop-kindle-2-on-february-9-5140106 8:32 AM ON FEB 9 2009: matt: Is this thing on? Hello? 8:57 AM ON FEB 9 2009: matt: Hii there. We’re one of the first people here, chilling (most literally) outside the Morgan library. 8:58 AM ON FEB…

Commerce Matt Buchanan

The New Kindle Will Feature a Stephen King Exclusive…that Features a Kindle

Whoa, talk about meta. The WSJ is reporting that the new Kindle, to be announced later today, will include an exclusive work from Stephen King that integrates a “Kindle-like device” within the story. https://gizmodo.com/kindle-2-official-images-and-price-leak-359-on-februa-5148568 Apparently, the exclusive may be a limited time offer before the piece is available to everyone down the line. But how…

Commerce Mark Wilson

Amazon Kindle 2 Liveblog: Monday, February 9, 10AM EST

Even though no one’s come out and said it, Amazon is almost certainly introducing Kindle 2 at an event in New York on Monday. And we’ll be there covering live, as usual. Tune into the Gizmodo Liveblog (live.gizmodo.com) for the complete play-by-play as Bezos drops Amazon’s newest e-book reader hardware. And could there be anything…

Commerce John Mahoney

Kindle 2 Official Images and Price Leak: $359 on February 24

Mobileread just got a bunch of official-looking Kindle 2 photos, which show it in various states being held and read, plus info that it’s being released for $359 on February 24. From the photos, it looks definitely a LOT thinner than the first, and maybe even a bit smaller too. Unless that man has gigantic…

Commerce Jason Chen

Finally, E-Paper That Challenges a Real Paper

Next Monday, we’ll probably see a new Kindle. But you know what? It won’t feature a 24-inch screen that’s ready to out-paper a newspaper. https://gizmodo.com/amazon-preparing-to-drop-kindle-2-on-february-9-5140106 Spotted at a Taiwanese book show, these two Delta Electronics displays, though formally spec-less, are clearly astounding in quality. Coming in monochrome and color configurations, apparently the black and white…

Commerce Mark Wilson

Roku Puts Amazon VOD Into Beta, YouTube Coming Next?

We’d heard that Amazon VOD was coming to the otherwise Netflix-wielding Roku streamer. And according to Roku forums, the Amazon functions have entered private beta. Also of note, according to some promotional materials from Roku, YouTube could be the next service to be supported. (You can see the logo in this story’s lead image.) I…

Commerce Mark Wilson

Amazon Game Downloads Store Offers ‘Try Before You Buy’ Titles for $10

Amazon has long offered music and movies for download and/or streaming. And now they’ve stepped into the wild world of video game downloads. Amazon Game Downloads, still technically in beta (though open to the public), currently offers 600 titles priced at $10 and less. For any title in the store, you can download the full…

Commerce Mark Wilson

Print Is Doomed, By the Numbers

“It would cost the Times about half as much money to send every single one of its subscribers a brand new Amazon Kindle instead of a physical newspaper each day.” Over three months! [SAI]

Commerce Matt Buchanan

Amazon Preparing To Drop Kindle 2 On February 9?

If an invitation for an event at New York’s, ahem, Morgan Library is to be believed, Amazon’s new-and-improved Kindle could soon see the light of day. https://gizmodo.com/amazon-kindle-2-might-ruin-christmas-by-not-showing-up-5098516 The date meshes exactly with the previously assumed Q1 ’09 release date, and rumored pictures of the new device have been flowing since before the holidays. And we…

Commerce John Mahoney

Vizio Connected HDTVs: Built-in 802.11n for Amazon and Netflix VOD

Everybody is launching networked TVs it seems, but Vizio’s “Connected HDTV” sounds killer: Built-in 802.11n Wi-Fi, with every service you’d want: Amazon, Blockbuster and Netflix VOD, Pandora, Flickr, Rhapsody, plus any other Yahoo widget. https://gizmodo.com/new-lg-broadband-tvs-blu-ray-decks-all-get-netflix-hd-5125432 Not there, you notice is Hulu. BUT, Vizio says they’re in “deep talks” with them. So Hulu, directly integrated into…

Commerce Matt Buchanan

TiVo Search is The Future of TiVo

The redesigned TiVo Search does away with the Swivel Search and now makes show searching more efficient and HD friendly. Just like Swivel Search TiVo Search will weed through both live TV and broadband content, like Amazon on Demand and Youtube, to find a complete list of available programs. But now upon searching for a…

Commerce Christopher Mascari

Roku Netflix Box Gets Amazon Video on Demand

Roku’s Netflix box is currently a one-trick pony, but it’s getting Amazon’s Video on Demand later this year, meaning you can soon buy or rent and instantly stream movies and TV shows from Amazon’s service. https://gizmodo.com/first-netflix-streaming-box-review-100-and-unlimited-389698 Amazon’s Video on Demand library has about 40,000 titles and releases movies on the same day they hit DVD,…

Commerce Matt Buchanan

Does the Kindle 2 Pass the Apple/Braun Design Test?

Confirmed: Kindle Coming to Cellphones and How to Get a Kindle 2 Firstest

Stephen King Confuses Everyone with Pink Kindle 2 that Doesn’t Exist

Kindle 2: First Hands On

The Kindle 2 New Features Video

Sizemodo: The Kindle 2 vs Its Predecessor

Kindle 2: $359, Thinner, More Storage and It Reads to You

Want a Kindle 2? Order a Kindle 1 NOW

Amazon Kindle 2 Event: Liveblog Archive

The New Kindle Will Feature a Stephen King Exclusive…that Features a Kindle

Amazon Kindle 2 Liveblog: Monday, February 9, 10AM EST

Kindle 2 Official Images and Price Leak: $359 on February 24

Finally, E-Paper That Challenges a Real Paper

Roku Puts Amazon VOD Into Beta, YouTube Coming Next?

Amazon Game Downloads Store Offers ‘Try Before You Buy’ Titles for $10

Print Is Doomed, By the Numbers

Amazon Preparing To Drop Kindle 2 On February 9?

Vizio Connected HDTVs: Built-in 802.11n for Amazon and Netflix VOD

TiVo Search is The Future of TiVo

Roku Netflix Box Gets Amazon Video on Demand

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