I had to look twice at the press release about the new “Send to Kindle” program for Windows as on the face of it, it seems to be both obvious and something that you can already do with Windows.  Only when I looked a bit deeper did I see where the value might be in [...]

Categories: Amazon

Amazon have today issued invitations to a “special press conference” on September 28 and the tech community is expecting the online retailer to formally announce the Kindle Tablet. The tablet, which has been rumoured for some time, would run on Google’s Android operating system which would be specially modified to get the best from Amazon’s [...]

Categories: Hardware

Amazon’s Kindle device was an instant hit when if first arrived on the scene. Many people were skeptical because they thought a simple device that didn’t even have a color screen, wouldn’t be able to compete with the newer tablet computers such as the iPad. How wrong they were, because as it happens, simple was [...]

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The screensavers offered as standard with Kindle devices can, to some people, be dissatisfactory. Many people think that Kindle’s are great devices, and from the perspective of a conservationist, can save a ton of paper. The screen savers seem to be designed for literature buffs more than anybody else. This is a delightfully fun technique [...]

Categories: Tutorials Basic

Amazon have now launched their latest salvo in the eBook wars, allowing people to borrow eBooks much like we’ve been doing with libraries for hundreds of years. The books can only be loaned once however and for a maximum period of 14 days.  You can read loaned books on a Kindle or in any Kindle [...]

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I’ve owned a Kindle 2 for nearly a year now. I have to say I do love it and am not impressed with the iPad’s ability to allow the user to read books. Why? The Kindle doesn’t offer distractions and I can happily sit by and and read as long as I like with no [...]

Categories: Amazon, Hardware, Linux, Mobile Computing, Online Services, Software, Tutorials Basic

Alright, it is barely past the start of the week and it looks like we have quite a few phone related tings to talk about. There’s a new Android phone that is shivering the in cold Russia right now (awww). T-Mobile confirms all rumors by revealing its Project Dark phone plans. And there are two [...]

Categories: Gadgets, iPhone, Mobiles, Nokia, Uncategorized

I have longed for an ebook reader for some time, but the most popular one – the Amazon Kindle – has long been reserved solely for the US market. Whilst it has many competitors, like the Sony Reader, I had to wonder about how many titles were available for such platforms. I used to use [...]

Categories: Amazon, Hardware

If you ever needed another reason not to purchase hardware, software or media with DRM then this latest story might convince you that DRM is utterly bad for the consumers. Amazon Kindle owners who purchased books by George Orwell just realized yesterday that the books were no longer on their device. Amazon apparently deleted the [...]

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