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Amazon Creates Free Kindle App for iPad
From the “if you can’t beat em, join em” department, Amazon appears to be hedging their bets on their hardware with some crafty iPad software. The iPad will support Amazon’s Kindle application, which is a seeming tip-of-the-hat from Jobs in accepting Bezos’ resignation as king of all e-readers. It’s a brilliant move by Amazon. Really. Hardware is an overhead cost, and if Kindle can work purely off a distributed software model and, similar to iTunes, just sell digital books…well, profit goes way up! Amazon, to its credit, has had their Kindle software available on the iPhone and iPod Touch for a while now, but reading on a 3.5″ LCD is very different from reading a book or magazine on the iPad’s 10″ screen. Good for you, Amazon. I think no matter who wins … Read entire article »
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Alex eReader From Spring Design Launches
Somewhere between the Amazon Kindle and the Apple iPad is the next evolution eReader, and Alex is just that. Alex is the more-than-an-average-eReader launched by Spring Design that is set to launch and ship 2 weeks after the iPad ships on April 3. The price is $399, which is still $100 less than the lowest-end iPad and great for folks that just aren’t that app-crazy. However, Alex generation 1 product has WiFi but no 3G technology built in. The split-screen design of Alex keeps a very interesting division of labor with the larger top portion for an e-Ink display. Spring Design is no newcomer to the e-Reader party. The Alex was originally set to launch about a year ago, which is around the time that Barnes and Noble launched their Nook e-Reader. … Read entire article »
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