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BIT-101: Kindle and iPad Resolution Compared

August 17, 2010

Kindle and iPad Displays: Up close and personal. | BIT-101.
This is a really interesting post.  Keith Peters compares the font rendering of a Kindle, iPad, newspaper,  magazine, and a paperback book under a USB microscope.
I wonder how many years before e-ink becomes indistinguishable from paper media.

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Harry McCracken on the New Kindle

July 29, 2010

Amazon’s strategy is as sensible as any I can think of for the Kindle–make it more like a book and even less like an iPad, thereby catering to all the folks who want the equivalent of a relatively cheap, highly portable digital paperback rather than the costlier do-it-all device that is Apple’s tablet. For all [...]

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The State of the Kindlesphere is Looking Good

July 20, 2010

The New York Times published an article yesterday which tells you just about everything you need to know about the state of the Kindlesphere.
On e-book sales:
Amazon.com, one of the nation’s largest booksellers, announced Monday that for the last three months, sales of books for its e-reader, the Kindle, outnumbered sales of hardcover books.
In that time, Amazon [...]

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Lies, Damned Lies, and E-Book Statistics

July 5, 2010

I was surprised to see a fair amount of coverage this weekend in mainstream news channels of Jakob Nielsen’s recent study on iPad and Kindle reading speeds which concluded people read content on paper faster than content on e-readers. I am not so sure this study is all that important.

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Why Does the New Kindle DX Have a Graphite Case?

July 2, 2010

One of the two big changes of the new Kindle DX that was announced yesterday is a graphite case. Is this to make it lighter? Look sexier? Most likely, no. It is going to improve the readability of the text on the e-ink screen.

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Kindles for Sale

July 1, 2010

It’s rather interesting that Amazon seem to be utilizing every method possible to clear up Kindle 2 US stock and Kindle 2 stock. We have $189 Kindles and a $150 Kindle deal at Woot and a $139 refurbished Kindle 2 US deal at Amazon.
Amazon seem intent on sending out as many Kindles as they can. Combine that with [...]

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Kevin Rose: Some Ideas for E-Books

June 15, 2010

Kevin Rose does a nice walkthrough of five items on his wish list for Amazon and Apple to add to their e-book software. He nails a key point — e-readers are Internet-connected devices, however we’ve yet to see this connectivity truly leveraged to enhance the reading experience.

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The Next Generation of Color Screens for E-Book Readers?

February 19, 2010

Qualcomm’s new Marisol display technology is quite impressive. It has vibrant color, longer battery life than e-ink screens, supports video, works in the sunlight, is not backlit, and is arriving at least a couple years ahead of the conventional wisdom on when e-ink could go color.

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Retraining My Brain to Read a Book, Not a Kindle

January 13, 2010

Earlier this week I read a “real” book for the first time since I got my Kindle last year. It was interesting to see how much my brain had retrained itself to the Kindle.

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Jeff Bezos On All Things Kindle

December 29, 2009

Newsweek recently published a great interview with Jeff Bezos in which he talks about the Kindle’s success, Amazon’s business philosophy, how Kindle fits with the rumored Apple tablet, and more. I could have easily plucked a half dozen quotes from it. You should definitely check it out.

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