Does Amazon have a touchscreen version of the Kindle up its sleeves? Maybe, maybe not—but for now, at least, bargain hunters can snap up a refurbished, Wi-Fi-only Kindle on the cheap. The factory-refurb Wi-Fi Kindle 3 is now selling for just $99, versus $139 for a new...
If you’ve been holding off on getting the 3G-enabled version of the Kindle—and you don’t mind dealing with an occasional ad—now might be the ideal time to strike. Amazon just announced that its Kindle 3G “With Special Offers,” which originally...
More chatter about new, probably LCD-screened tablet said to be on tap from Amazon, with researchers at Detwiler Fenton claiming that the color Kindle (or whatever the whispered-about tablet ends up being called) will stream movies from Amazon’s Instant Video...
Several of the big tech blogs just posted reviews of the new touchscreen Nook e-reader from Barnes & Noble, and the notices are strong, a few bugs and miscellaneous nitpicks aside. Heads up, Amazon. From Engadget: The reader is a little buggier than we’d...
Barnes & Noble managed to make the Kindle look old hat Tuesday morning with its new, drool-worthy touchscreen Nook e-reader. By Tuesday night, however, Amazon had an answer: an ad-supported “with Special Offers” version of its 3G-enabled Kindle for...
Calling it the “simple touch reader,” Barnes & Noble showed off the latest version of its Nook e-reader in New York on Monday—a smaller, lighter, and touchscreen-packing competitor to Amazon’s ever-popular Kindle. Slated to ship next month for...
Thinking about getting a tablet like the iPad, but not sure when—or where—you’d ever use it? Personally, I love to fiddle with my iPad while I’m lounging in front of the tube or right before I turn off my bedside lamp, but that’s just me. For some...
Just a few months ago, I was marvelling at how sales of Kindle books had managed to outpace those of paperback—all paperbacks, mind you, not only those available as Kindle editions—on Amazon. But while Kindle books had also been outselling hardbacks since last summer,...
