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“Kindle”

Feb
19
2010

Kindle app finds home in RIM

Latest news in stock for all the book- lovers is; Kindle the e-book app will be readily available in RIM’s smartphone. It shall provide the users an option to purchase from the online retailer and synchronise bookmarks with the e-reader.
e-books bought from Amazon can be downloaded and synchronized to Kindle using its Whispersync wireless technology [...]

Feb
4
2010

Amazon buys screen-maker Touchco

The world’s largest online retailer of books Amazon.com has reportedly bought Touchco, a company which makes flexible touch screens. The move is seen as an effort to strengthen technology aboard its Kindle e-readers to make itself more competitive against Apple’s iPad.
The New York Times reported that Amazon.com would merge Touchco, a small startup company, [...]

Jan
7
2010

Microsoft & HP’s Courier To Beat Apple iSlate

It seems that tablet size notebooks or as they are being called smartbooks are the most talked about thing in the Consumer Electronic Show this year which is going to begin in Las Vegas. The touch-screen tablet smartbooks topic began with Kindle, then Lenovo made the entry and now it seems to be Microsoft [...]

Jan
6
2010

Kindle DX now available outside the US

Amazon.com finally has now opened its Kindle DX with 9.7 inch display to be sold in over 100 countries outside the US, the company said on Wednesday. The product is now up for ordering, the company will start shipments from January 19. This version of Kindle is priced at $489.
Kindle DX with Global Wireless is [...]

Jan
5
2010

Skiff to add spark to the ‘rudimentary’ e-reader

Never before has reading been so enriching and so has the business of E-readers. With the Amazon’s kindle making a splash this holiday season, the amazing device has not only caught the attention of readers, but the fancy of companies as well, which have engaged themselves in transforming this very basic – rudimentary – device [...]

Jan
1
2010

Will Kindle Pay For Not Disclosing Its Sales?

Kindle electronic reader, an Amazon.com product gave it an all-time high stock price in the month of December 2009. Then why the question is arising about its sales figures now?
The company reported near Christmas that Kindle electronic reader has given the best sales figures across all its product categories in the particular month. But none [...]

Dec
27
2009

Amazon Sold More Kindle Books Than Physical Books

The Amazon Kindle is the most popular gift item purchased from the online store this year. Te company sold more Kindle books than physical books. any people got a Kindle for Christmas and ordered a bunch of eBooks.
Strong Kindle sales followed a holiday shopping season during which an ever-increasing number of customers flocked online [...]