Amazon Kindle 2

Macworld's Amazon Kindle 2 Coverage

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  Amazon Kindle (second generation) While Amazon has made some successful enhancements to its e-book reader, other tweaks fall flat or miss the mark entirely.
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  Amazon sells out of $189 Kindle Amazon.com is sold out of the $189 version of its popular Kindle e-readers, and potential buyers will have to wait for new stock to come in.
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  Amazon Kindle sales defy iPad by rising each month in Q2 Predictions for the Kindle's death at the hands of the iPad appear to have been premature as Amazon on Monday reported strong growth in sales of its e-reader after cutting the device's price.
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  Reading volume outweighs slower reading speed on e-readers A recent study found that readers using an e-reader read slower than reading the equivalent traditional printed page, but it doesn't take into account increased reading volume overall.
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  Reading on paper Is faster than iBooks on the iPad It will take you longer to read a book on an iPad or Kindle compared to the printed page, according to a recent study.
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  Amazon drops Kindle 2 price to $189 Amazon one-ups Nook in the e-book reader war, dropping the price of its Kindle by more than 25 percent.
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  Target to start selling Kindle on June 6 Target announced that it will begin carrying Amazon's popular e-reader in all of its stores starting Sunday, June 6.
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  Amazon CEO: Kindle won't compete with iPad Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos told shareholders that the company has no plan to compete directly with the iPad, choosing instead to focus on "serious readers."
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  Why iPad owners need a Kindle, too Computerworld's Mike Elgan thought he'd be able to ditch his Kindle when the iPad came along. That hasn't proven to be the case.
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  Amazon Kindle hits China's gray market The Amazon Kindle, like popular devices such as the iPhone before it, is being unofficially sold in bustling Chinese bazaars on the 'gray market.'
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  iPad vs. Kindle: Can Amazon keep its e-book edge? Amazon could be seriously threatened by Apple when the latter releases its iPad next month, according to research firm Comscore.
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  Kindle 2 gets native PDF support, improved battery life A new firmware release improves the Kindle 2's battery life and adds a long sought after feature: native PDF support.
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  E-Reader vs. Kindle: Five reasons Amazon should worry Sony has been all about the e-reader lately, announcing the Digital Reader Pocket Edition and Touch Edition earlier this month, then following up yesterday with...
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  Amazon apologizes for Kindle book deletions Amazon's Jeff Bezos apologized Thursday for the company's remote-deletion of several books from its Kindle e-book reader.
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  Kindle 2 price plunge signals e-book reader competition Could Amazon's $60 price reduction on the Kindle 2 signal trouble in digital reading paradise?
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  Amazon puts any blog on the Kindle, for a price Bloggers can now sell their content to Kindle users, but must let Amazon set the price and take 70 percent of all sales.
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  Hands on with the Kindle 2 This video features a hands-on demonstration with Amazon’s new e-book reader, the Kindle 2.
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  Five reasons the iPhone trumps the Kindle PC World’s Rick Broida thinks the iPhone is a much better bet than Amazon.com’s revamped Kindle e-book reader.
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  Hands-on with the Amazon Kindle 2 PC World’s Melissa J. Perenson spent some quality time with the Kindle 2, and found lots to like—and some things that still need improvement.
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  Amazon Kindle 2 details and pictures leaked PC World reports on leaked pictures of the forthcoming incarnation of Amazon’s ebook reader, which appeared on the Web over the weekend.