Author: matthew
Kindle Patent Finally Goes Through
As many of you will remember, the original Kindle design was a bit heavier, a bit clunkier, and had a small screen next to the main one for utility. Well,…
Kindle Ownership: Personal Reflections
I’ve used eReaders for a long time now, and enjoyed them since the start, but the overall pattern of my reading didn’t really change much until I got my Kindle.…
Kindle Under Attack From Discovery
On Wednesday, Discovery Patent Holdings LLC filed a lawsuit against Amazon(NASDAQ:AMZN) over the use of technology related to the distribution of, and securing of, digital texts that Discovery feels falls…
Kindle HTML5 Previewer
Amazon(NASDAQ:AMZN) has recently announced the Kindle Previewer, a feature that will allow users to sample the texts of interesting eBooks directly through the main Amazon web site without recourse to…
Kindle Reading Speed Study: Badly Misunderstood
For the past week or so, blogs like ours here have been buzzing with thoughts about a study done of relative reading speeds between the Kindle, iPad, PC Monitor and…
Sony Slashes Prices, Shocks Nobody
Sony(NYSE:SNE) has recently announced price cuts on all their eReader devices. The Pocket Edition, their 5″ compact display, is now $150, the Touch Edition has come down to $169, and…
Color Kindle Rumour
There’s a great deal of talk floating around lately about the potential for a color Kindle device by the end of this year. It’s always been something of a given…
Amazon Incentivizes Digital Discounts
As things come to a head between publishers and providers, and as Barnes & Noble(NYSE:BKS) and Amazon(NASDAQ:AMZN) compete over the digital self-publishing market, Amazon is attempting to place themselves firmly…
Amazon Acquires Woot.com
Coming out of nowhere, at least for those of us who wouldn’t have thought to be looking for it in the first place, Amazon(NASDAQ:AMZN) has run in and bought Woot! …
Kindle DX Gets Facelift, Price Cut
Let’s be honest, many of us were wondering what the status of the Kindle DX would turn out to be after the recent price cuts on both the Kindle and…