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Tuesday, Nov 3
EcoModo - The Best of TreeHugger [Roundups]
iPhone just might be a device for Kindle to really keep an eye on as a competitor. In September, the number of book-related apps sold for iPhones outpaced games for the first time, indicating that the iPhone is gaining popularity as a convenient device for ebook reading.
EcoModo - The Best of TreeHugger [Roundups]
This week on TreeHugger, the newest species of robo-fish, Google's PowerMeter partners with UK energy monitoring gadgets, the iPhone might be the Kindle killer, wind turbines that flap like bee...
Monday, Nov 2
Remainders: Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why) [Remainders]
Case-Mate, the people who used to make zipper booklets for CDs, built the $80 Enlighten case that lights up the Kindle at night by way of an LED-illuminated acrylic overlay. So basically they pulled a Sony: Taking what's right about e-ink, and screwing it up. You don't put anything on e-ink,...
iPhone Ebooks: The New Fart Apps [IPhone Apps]
Pick your favorite public domain book. No, scratch that, pick your least favorite public domain book—something you had to read back in freshman year of college, and that you'd never think of going back to. Now, search for it in the App Store. Here's our answer:
Sunday, Nov 1
Creative Zii MediaBook Could Combine eBook and PMP Features [Ebooks]
Images were unavailable, although Engadget did manage to snag a source who snapped a blurry pic of the Creative UI reveal (pictured) earlier today. There will be a touchscreen, which would make this slate/tablet markedly different than an ebook like the Kindle, although somewhat simil...
Apple's Halloween Treat Feels Like a Trick [Apple]
Eat less candy? Read more? Indoctrinating America's youth against the the Kindle? We can't be sure what Apple's true intent was here, but what we do know is the kiddies seemed to love it. The bookmarks were all gone by 7:30 p.m. [iPhone Savior - Thanks, Seth]
Friday, Oct 30
Next Nintendo Handheld May Come with Free 3G Wireless [Nintendo]
The move, if it did happen, would clearly be a response to the surging popularity of iPhone gaming. Only people who can pay thousands of yen a month [in mobile phone subscriptions] can be iPhone customers. That doesn't fit Nintendo customers because we make amusement products," Mr Iwata sa...
Tuesday, Oct 27
First Flexible Ebook Reader Developed By Tiremaker Bridgestone [Readers]
The device is definitely slender as it's almost half as thin as a Kindle 2. It's said that it can be "bent to some extent since the circuit board and the electronic paper are flexible," but no one is saying how much "to some extent" is. No matter. While the lack of too many details about it or any pla...
Friday, Oct 23
Windows 7: A Weekend Install Guide and More [Microsoft]
More Windows 7 Goodness • How to Install Windows 7 via Boot Camp on a New Mac • How to Virtualize Any OS for Free • 7 Reasons to Stick to XP • Amazon Kindle Touchscreen App for Windows 7 • Lifehacker's Complete Guide to Windows 7 • Win SuperSite: How To Clean Install Win 7 With an Upgrade-Only Disc
Mac Getting a Kindle App, Just Like Windows [Kindle]
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...
Thursday, Oct 22
Amazon Combats The Nook By Dropping the International Kindle Price By $20 [Kindle]
Amazon has responded to the release of Barnes and Noble's nook ereader by price matching their International Kindle down to $259. Eh, I'm not reading ebooks overseas. I still want a Nook. [NYT]
Amazon Multitouch Kindle App With Full Color for Windows 7 [Kindle]
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:
Wednesday, Oct 21
Gizmodo's Barnes & Noble Nook Full Coverage in One Place [Nook]
• Barnes & Noble Compares Nook to Kindle 2: Biased But Fair: In which BN thoughtfully explains why the Nook whups the Kindle 2's butt. • 8 Reasons You Can Finally Love Ebook Readers (Thanks to Nook): In which we explain why the Nook has finally gotten us excited about ebook readers.
Tuesday, Oct 20
8 Reasons You Can Finally Love Ebook Readers (Thanks to Nook) [Nook]
Sharing is also done really well: As opposed to the Kindle, which only lets you read purchased ebooks on a same-account iPhone or iPod Touch, the Nook lets you read on any device supported, the most important of which are PC and Mac. So you and your significant other could read the same book at...
10 Things You Need to Know About Apple's New Stuff [Roundups]
Cupertino released a lot of new products today, and it was easy to miss a lot in the press release onslaught. To stay versed in the Tome of Apple, here are 10 things you need to know: 10. No, the Nook Is Not an Apple Product But it's about a bajillion times closer than the Kindle.
Live From Barnes & Noble's Nook Event [Barnes & Noble]
4:27: You see, Barnes & Noble has done a lot of things with paper books, evidently. All of which are tangential to the matter at hand, that ridiculous two-screened Kindle killer thing that we're all itching to lay eyes on. Sidenote: this sounds like a eulogy for paper more than anything e...
Barnes & Noble Compares Nook to Kindle 2: Biased But Fair [Ebook Readers]
Not much here makes Nook look bad, though there are no major specs missing. It's a little thicker than Kindle 2, but it's also substantially shorter, which may be a more significant physical advantage. Max battery life is 10 days, rather than Kindle 2's 14, but we still need to know what that m...
Barnes & Noble's Dual-Screened Nook: $260, Eats the Kindle's Lunch [Barnes & Noble]
Naturally, the main content source is the B&N ebook store, which has a reasonable—though not spectacular—selection of magazines and newspapers too. What the Nook has that other B&N-compatible readers don't, though, is sharing. As with Amazon's Kindle iPhone app, the Barnes &...
Dude Drops His Kindle 2, Convinces Amazon to Replace it and Pay Him $200 For His Troubles [Balls]
Behold, the power of a scary-sounding letter from a lawyer! Paul dropped his Kindle 2 and it broke. Amazon wanted $200 to replace it. Instead, they replaced it and gave him an additional $200. Damn,...
Dude Drops His Kindle 2, Convinces Amazon to Replace it and Pay Him $200 For His Troubles [Balls]
On June 21, 2009, I purchased an Kindle 2 e-book reader from the Amazon.com website. I purchased this device based, in substantial part, on the expectation that it would be reasonably durable. In particular, I expected that it would be approximately as durable as is ordinary in the consumer...
enTourage Edge: Half Ebook Reader, Half Tablet, All Hideous [Reader]
It's an ugly little mutant, like a Courier screwed an EeePC and Kindle. The e-Ink screen's 9.7 inches—same as the Kindle DX—and readers ePub and PDF files. It'll let you take notes with stylus, or tap them out on a keyboard. On the Android side, which will apparently let you run full Android apps...
Sunday, Oct 18
Plastic Logic Names Its Capacitive-Touch Ebook Reader Que, Gives It Shiny Black Case [Ebook Readers]
Plastic Logic is a dark horse in the ebook reader business, having shown off prototypes of a large, decent-looking capacitive touchscreen ebook reader. Today that reader gets a shiny black finish and an official name—Que. Still no price.
Que: Plastic Logic's Capacitive-Touch Ebook Reader [Ebook Readers]
As nice as it is, Plastic says again and again that it is not going after the Kindle market. They promise to reveal, at CES in January, a comprehensive platform for mobile professionals, namely document management. The goal is to have this thing replace all of the pages that people print out w...
Monday, Apr 6
Kindle 2 Gets PDF and EPUB eBook Converter [Kindle]
The developer, Jesse Vincent, swears he didn't "hack" the new Kindle—rather, he wrote a "package" that happens to run on it. The thing doesn't crack DRM files, it just converts specific unprotected files on the fly—from PDF and ePub to Mobipocket, so it feels like they are supported by the...
Monday, Mar 2
Kindle 2 Review: Sheeeyah, More Like Kindle 1.5 [Review]
You may be reading this as a slam on Amazon and Kindle, but the fact is, I am a proponent of pushing forward with the ebook concept. I think it's still easier to read books on E-Ink screens than it is to read them on an iPhone's LCD, and while there's no perfect ebook reader, E-Ink and other electr...
Tuesday, Feb 24
Gizmodo's Amazon Kindle 2 Review Matrix [Kindle 2]
You don't wanna wear out your eyes reading superlong Kindle 2 reviews before you get one, right? Well here's our review matrix for quick, easy-on-the-eyes digestion of reviews from tech's biggest names.
Opinion: Jon Stewart Is Totally Not Buying The Kindle 2 [Video]
Other great moments include Bezos admitting the Kindle reading voice is a "little freaky," Stewart dissing Amazon Prime, Bezos pushing the benefits of being able to read comfortably "with one hand" and Stewart feigning shock at the $359 price tag, which he was obviously well aware of: "...
Monday, Feb 9
Giz Explains: Why Kindle 2 Isn't a Big Step Forward For Voracious Readers [Giz Explains]
• Longer battery life: It already ran for a week or more with 3G turned off, but now it can go two weeks—my guess is, there's a point in there where people simply find time to charge their Kindle. • File conversion: There's still no native PDF support, in fact PDF, HTML, DOC, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP a...
Sunday, Feb 8
Does the Kindle 2 Pass the Apple/Braun Design Test? [New Kindle]
Fail. Pass. Pass. Pass. We still have to try the new 5-way controller, however, and see how it lives up to the claim of enabling precise navigation and text selection. With the scroll wheel gone, a touch or pen interface would have been the more natural way to perform these functions.
Friday, Dec 12
iRex Digital Reader 1000S Lightning Review [Lightning Review]
In the US, the debate between the Kindle and the Sony Reader is one of closed platform versus open one. (Ironic that Sony is the "open" platform here.) The Sony does have a DRM-heavy ebook retail operation, but it also plays, among other things, the many free PDF-format ebooks that are widely...
Wednesday, Aug 27
Review Addendum: Using Amazon Kindle on Vacation [Kindle Review]
As I said, I read a great deal more than I usually do on this trip and faster. How much of that was me being on vacation versus me being on the Kindle? To be honest, I haven't read very much since I've come back home. I blame the computer and internet's endless bounty of shorts, but my experience usi...
Wednesday, May 28
Opinion: All Things D Live: Amazon's Jeff Bezos On The Past and Future Of The Kindle
8:33 Mossberg: Could you separate Kindle's whispernet from Sprint? Bezos: We have to think globally, so yes. 8:41 Bezos: You might consider the web the ultimate book that you'd choose over everything else. Mossberg: You might want to go to Amazon.com and order the Kindle Shoe Edition.
Friday, Mar 21
Opinion: Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader Locked Up: Why Your Books Are No Longer Yours [Legalese]
The Sony Reader and the Amazon Kindle are portable media devices designed to carry and display e-books and other electronic documents. Kindle has a mobile broadband function that allows users to browse online content and download e-books while on the go. Alternatively, the Sony Reader r...
Monday, Dec 10
How To: Hacks: Kindle DRM Hacked (That Was Easy)
So how do you load other eBooks onto the Kindle? Just add Amazon DRM. That's one solution hacker Igor Skochinsky has used to load Mobipocket books onto his Kindle. Using a series of scripts, he's able to convert eBook files to Amazon's ...
Monday, Nov 26
Opinion: Amazon Kindle vs. Sony Reader: Sizemodo and Interface Comparison (Gallery)
USB disk folder appearance of Sony Reader:USB disk folder appearance of Amazon Kindle:There's no way to download books from Sony's store without using the special eBook Library software, which is cumbersome and works only with Windows PCs.
Friday, Nov 23
Amazon Kindle Real-Life Review (Verdict: Lightweight, Long Lasting and Easy to Grip... In Bed) [Our Kindle Verdict]
People bitch about a lack of Wi-Fi, but as a fan of wide-area wireless, I think Sprint's EV-DO was a good way to go, because it's available in more places. And as far as the lack of backlight, I am inclined to believe the messaging from both Amazon and Sony, that E-Ink is easier on the eyes than an...
