kindle stories

3G Amazon Kindle sneaks around China's great firewall

Monday, November 1, 2010 - 1:05pm
 
The Chinese government filters the entire internet in the country, keeping the population from reading things that speak ill against the communist government. You can't find any info the government doesn't want you to see. That is, unless you have a 3G Kindle.

First app for Kindle is Scrabble for loners

Friday, September 24, 2010 - 8:47am
 
Joining the unending parade of companies with some kind of app store is Amazon, which debuted the first app for the Kindle today — that app being Scrabble, which may have enough mainstream appeal to turn Amazon's app move into an instant success. But is it any good?

Why we'll soon see an Amazon iPad

Kevin Hall
Wednesday, July 7, 2010 - 4:34am
 
The iPad is beating the Kindle in all the ways the latter was supposed to succeed. Just look at Time Magazine's website. The end of its articles read, "The following is an abridged version of an article that appears in the July 12, 2010 print and iPad editions of TIME." That could have been you, Kindle.

Amazon adds sound, movies to e-books: iPad-like Kindle coming?

Kevin Hall
Monday, June 28, 2010 - 3:46am
 
Amazon is starting to include sounds and moving images to supplement the company's e-book offerings. The kicker? You won't be able to access said enhanced content on Amazon's own e-reader, the Kindle. Right now, the move is more for iPhone and iPad users using the Kindle app. That is, unless Amazon has a new, iPad-like Kindle coming.

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