Month: May 2009
Pixel Qi demonstrates hybrid reflective/backlit display
While Pixel Qi on their website explicitly states that their displays are not based on eInk technology and that they are not affiliated with eInk Corporation this piece of news…
Douglas Adams, Good Kindle Books at a Glance #10
Douglas Noel Adams is best known for the science fiction comedy Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Originally radio broadcast series, they later inspired “a trilogy in five parts” as well…
Sprint Earnings Per Kindle User – Kindle Economics #1.1
According to nielsen wire, average Kindle user earns Sprint $2/month. Given 12 cents/MB price this yeilds 16.6MB on average downloaded by Kindle user per month. This includes book purchases, periodicals,…
Ok, I lied…
…about not going to tweet myself. Tweeting fever has got the better of me and by the power of Twitter Tools WordPress plugin you’ll see a tweet every time I…
Kindle DX Release Date Contest
I’ve decided to have another date guessing contest here on BlogKindle.com. This time it’s about guessing the release date of Amazon Kindle DX. The rules are quite simple: pick…
Kindle Air, Anyone?
Could it be that I’m not the only one speculating about desktop version of Amazon Kindle?.. Taken from www.kindleair.com. According to registrar data this interesting domain just popped into existence…
Plastic Logic eReader Update From All Things D
Yesterday Plastic Logic demoed their upcoming eReader on All Things D conference. Here’s a summary of features that were announced so far: OS: Windows CE PC OS Supported: Windows XP/Vista…
Herbert George Wells, Good Kindle Books at a Glance #9
Herbert George Wells, better known as H.G.Wells, is by right referred as “The Father of Science Fiction”, as he has greatly influenced much literature after him, especially popularizing such conceptions…
See Your Notes and Highlights Online
If you’ve made notes or highlights in your Kindle books, you can now see them online at http://kindle.amazon.com/ At the moment the service if quite limited. You can see your…
Twitter On Kindle
Since everyone is tweeting nowadays, I’ve decided to check how well does this service work in Kindle‘s Basic Web Browser. It turns out to be quite usable. I’ve created a…