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Articles tagged with: Kindle
Schools shun Kindle, saying blind can't use it
Amazon's Kindle can read books aloud, but if you're blind it can be difficult to turn that function on without help. Now two universities say they will shun the device until Amazon changes the setup. more
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E-Readers Will Take Off for Holiday Shoppers - but in 2010
2009 is likely to be remembered as a watershed year in the evolution of e-books and e-readers with several milestones and product launches standing out as catalysts for change in the market, according to Gartner. However, Gartner said that while the number of electronic readers sold is likely to increase in 2009, it expects 2010 to be the year when e-book readers really become popular consumer electronic devices, culminating in e-reader "mania" for the 2010 holiday season. more
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Amazon to release free Kindle software for PC
Amazon.com is trying to get more people to buy the electronic books that are compatible with its Kindle gadget by offering free software for people to read them on a computer. more
Barnes & Noble unveils new e-reader: the 'nook'
Barnes & Noble unveiled a new electronic-book reader Tuesday that will compete with Amazon.com's Kindle in a still-small arena where some see bookselling's future. more
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Kindle lightens textbook load, but flaws remain
It's an experiment that has made back-to-school a little easier on the back: Amazon.com gave more than 200 college students its Kindle e-reading device this fall, loaded with digital versions of their textbooks. more
Amazon cuts Kindle price, adds global version
Amazon.com is cutting the price of its Kindle electronic-book reader yet again and launching an international version, in hopes of spurring more sales and keeping it ahead of a growing field of competitors. more
e-Readers Trump Game Consoles & MP3 Players on Holiday Wish Lists
e-Readers are positioned to be a hot-selling gadget this holiday season. A recent Gadgetology study commissioned by Retrevo.com asked a large online sample of individuals if they were planning on buying an e-Reader this year. The response indicated 1 in 5 intended to purchase an e-Reader before the end of 2009. more
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Amazon agrees to Kindle suit settlement
Amazon.com has agreed that it won't remove e-books from U.S. users' Kindle electronic readers without their permission, as part of a proposed settlement of a lawsuit over the online retailer's deletion of a George Orwell novel from a high school student's e-reader. more
Sony plans a Kindle rival with wireless downloads
Sony plans to offer an e-book reader with the ability to wirelessly download books. That adopts a key feature of the Kindle from Amazon.com and enhances the competition in a small but fast-growing market. more
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Global e-Paper Display Market to Exceed $2.5 Billion by 2013
After a long development and commercialization period, low-power "electronic ink" displays are finally out of the labs and hitting the market in a big way, thanks mainly to Amazon's kindle e-book reader. The kindle caught on with early adopters the way Apple's iPod did. What remains to be seen is whether other contenders - some with possibly better technology - will displace the kindle and/or expand the market beyond tech-savvy road warriors. more
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