I was working on my MacBook Pro furiously trying to get some work done, and I glance over to my Kindle 2 sitting next to me. It was telling me that it was downloading an update! Obviously excited, I took a few pictures of it on my iPhone. I don’t have the details at this [...]
Not long after Amazon announced that they would be making the Whispernet (Amazon’s wireless eBook store and delivery platform) available for mobile phones, Amazon today released Kindle for iPhone. While not as feature rich as the actual Kindle and Kindle 2 hardware devices, Kindle for iPhone is Amazon’s competitive response to Stanza, a leading free [...]
While the Text-to-Speech feature of the Amazon Kindle 2 was not a compelling reason I purchased the device, there are a large number of people who were influenced to buy the Kindle 2 because of it. Recently, the Author’s Guild attacked Amazon, requesting the immediate lockdown of the feature. The Author’s Guild posted their reasoning [...]
The Kindle 2 arrived just before 10AM today, February 24th, one day ahead of schedule! Here are some photos of the Kindle 2 being unboxed! (Note: the picture quality could have been better — I shot with an iPhone in a somewhat dark room)
My Kindle 2 is on it’s way! In fact, as I’m writing this post, it is on a local UPS truck about to get delivered! I’ll be updating this blog to discuss my first impressions, resources for free and affordable eBooks, conversion techniques, and other Kindle topics.
