Apr
06
iFixit which is a kind of scrapyard of Apple components, where you can find any part you need to repair your Powerbook, Macbook and iPod. These people are so into taking things apart that they have previously very useful and comprehensive guides to take apart Apple machines.
And since they are already at it, they took advantage of the Kindle 2 that they had just received to take it apart and see how it is inside. Apart from realizing that the E-Ink screen has no protection whatsoever they also found a slot for a SIM card, which could mean that they are ready to launch the Kindle 2 internationally.
As you may know, the Kindle 2 has a wireless data connection via CDMA. The emergence of the SIM card slot brings the launch of the Amazon Kindle 2 to countries with GSM networks such as Latin America and Europe.
You can see the complete gallery here.
This is the first look to Amazon Kindle’s motherboard.
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Mar
20
The race to dominate the market for electronic books is beginning to gain momentum. Following the onset of the second version of the Amazon Kindle, Sony announced today the signing of an agreement with Google through which users can use the Sony Ebook Reader ( PRS-505 and PRS-700)
and to consult books for free with over half a million titles available of nearly seven million of the search engine has been digitized since 2004.
The agreement between both companies, which no economic details have transcended, will allow Sony to offer some competition to his great rival, Amazon’s Kindle
. In fact, the owners of e-book from Amazon can now buy about 250,000 books in that shop online, The New York Times reports.
Amazon’s Kindle
, however, does not seem very worried. First, its digital library has fewer titles, yes, but today they have the best selling books catalog, they have Stephen King, Tom Clancy, etc.. And therefore are much easier to reach the public.
Among the books that Google has made available to users of the Sony Reader are public domain titles whose copyrights have expired, ie, published prior to 1929.
Google has proposed to digitize all the books that are edited and published in the world and has launched a multimillion dollar advertising campaign in the media of paper informing writers about their project.
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Mar
08
Use your Ipod as an ebook reader
You can now use your iPhone or iPod Touch to read Kindle books with the new free Kindle for iPhone and iPod Touch application that Amazon is offering for free.
Choose from earth’s biggest eBook selection of over 240,000 books
at the Kindle Store and get books auto-delivered wirelessly to your iPhone or iPod Touch.
- New York Times bestsellers and new releases $9.99 unless marked otherwise
- Free book samples: read first chapters for free
- And all the latest books delivered directly to your Ipod.
You can also shop at Amazon.com on your iPhone using the Amazon Mobile App.
Kindle Book Reader for Ipod
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