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Verizon To Support Kindle Competitors; Question Is Who?

3 hours ago

paidContent.org: Amazon's Kindle may soon be just another electronic reader among a handful of choices on Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ). In an interview with Reuters just ahead of CES, Verizon exec Tony Lewis, who runs a program to help third-party vendors get their products certified to work on the operator's networks, said he expected Kindl (Read More)

Topics: kindle, Kindle Reader

Kindle, Sony's Reader require user to stick within their networks

4 days ago

The Seattle Times: Business & Technology: Q: I read many book series, mostly mysteries, and often like to reread them a few years later. Even sticking exclusively to paperbacks they... (Read More)

Topics: kindle, Kindle Reader

iPhone eBook Sales Beating Kindle Sales -- Publisher (AAPL, AMZN)

Dec 27, 2008

Silicon Alley Insider: Jorge Pinto of PintoBooks weighs in on the iPhone's new eBook offering. He says he's selling more eBooks for the iPhone than the Kindle (which may have something to do with the lower price).Enjoyed reading Dan Frommer's article describing the iPhone as a viable challenger to the Kindle. As a small niche publisher with more (Read More)

Topics: kindle, Kindle Reader

Searches For “Kindle” Picked Up During The Holidays

Dec 23, 2008

TechCrunch: We already know that the Kindle, Amazon’s electronic book, is sold out for Christmas, but people are still looking for them. Searches on Google for the term “Kindle” picked up in October to nearly triple the level during the summer. It’s settled down a bit, but search volume is still at about doubl (Read More)

Topics: kindle, Kindle Reader

Look Out, Amazon: iPhone Gets Real E-Books (AAPL)

Dec 23, 2008

Silicon Alley Insider: While Amazon's (AMZN) sold-out Kindle is missing in action this Christmas, Apple's (AAPL) iPhone is becoming a more attractive e-book reader: NYC-based ScrollMotion has just started selling the first of many e-books it'll sell via the iPhone app store, including big-name books like Philip Pullman's "The Golden Compass."Whil (Read More)

Topics: kindle, Kindle Reader

Foxit's eSlick Joins The eBook Reader Race

Dec 19, 2008

paidContent.org: Competition in the e-reader market is heating up. Foxit Software's eSlick is rolling out a digital reader with a $259 price tag, undercutting Sony's e-Reader and Amazon's Kindle by at least $100. The cheaper eSlick seems better poised to compete with Sony's device, as it doesn't have the WiFi/subscription content that has d (Read More)

Topics: Kindle Reader, kindle

E-Books Have The Fame, But No Fortune Yet

Dec 19, 2008

GigaOM: With Oprah pushing an e-reader to her audience, Google placing whole books online, and the popularity of programs such as Stanza, which turns the iPhone into a mobile library, the mass market has latched onto e-books in a meaningful way. Witness Amazon.com’s Kindle e-Reader, which has already sold out for the holiday (Read More)

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Apple's Holiday Pitch For The iPhone: We Have Great Games (AAPL)

Dec 13, 2008

Silicon Alley Insider: Nintendo's (NTDOY) DS may be beating Sony's (SNE) PSP in the portable game console fight, but there's a new kid in town: Apple (AAPL), which is increasingly touting its iPhone and iPod touch as a place to play games.At a San Jose "iPhone tech talk" event, Engadget heard Apple's John Geleynse call the iPhone a "gaming consol (Read More)

Topics: kindle, Kindle Reader