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Video review of the Kindle: Amazon's Wireless Reading Device by Orlando Sentinel Technology Columnist Etan Horowitz. The new Kindle (Kindle II) is rumored to be released next week.

• Today, we ran across this nice long article on the history of one of our favorite topics - ebooks at ars technica by John Siracusa: "The once and future e-book: on reading in the digital age - A veteran of a former turning of the e-book wheel looks at the past, present, and future of reading books on things that are not books...[read more]
• Yes, we are big fans of books and e-books from the Palm eReader to the Kindle: Amazon's Wireless Reading Device.
  We enjoy the convenience of an e-reader such as the Kindle. All of the books we are reading are always available at the touch of a button plus all the classics we keep meaning to read are also just a click away. Everywhere we take our Kindle, people stare and then just ask - "What kind of device is that? It looks so cool!" Then we go through the whole demo of the Amazon Kindle and they say - I know what I'm asking for my birthday. The Amazon Kindle looks so different than the everyday MP3 players and the Blackberries and Smart Phones with the clear e-ink screen that is so easy to read.

Originally posted 2009-02-04 07:13:40. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Another nice video review of the Kindle 2 with some good close-ups

Originally posted 2009-03-05 08:45:53. Republished by Blog Post Promoter