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Amazon Kindle family portrait

29 September 2011 by Jon Bennett, No Comments
Amazon Kindle family portrait

And golly, don’t they look proud. On the left, the new Kindle Touch. On the right, the new Kindle. And, in the middle, the 9 Kindle Fire tablet. So, which would you rather? If you need more help deciding, check out the gallery, which features the third-generation Kindle thrown into the mix. Gallery: Amazon Kindle [...]

Amazon Kindle family portrait

28 September 2011 by Jon Bennett, No Comments
Amazon Kindle family portrait

And golly, don’t they look proud. On the left, the new Kindle Touch. On the right, the new Kindle. And, in the middle, the 9 Kindle Fire tablet. So, which would you rather? If you need more help deciding, check out the gallery, which features the third-generation Kindle thrown into the mix. Gallery: Amazon Kindle [...]

Amazon Is Only Launching A 7″ Tablet? Genius. (Plus A Mockup!)

6 September 2011 by Jon Bennett, No Comments
Amazon Is Only Launching A 7″ Tablet? Genius. (Plus A Mockup!)

The Amazon Kindle tablet is real. Very much real. As in, MG has held it in his very own hands. I threw together the mockup above based on what he shared with me. As MG explained, we now know that the Kindle tablet won’t initially ship in both 7-inch and 10-inch variants, contrary to previous [...]

Amazon shows media companies the future of the web

10 August 2011 by Jon Bennett, No Comments
Amazon shows media companies the future of the web

Amazon has released a browser-based version of its Kindle e-book app, called the Kindle Cloud Reader, in what appears to be an attempt to detour around Apple’s in-app purchasing requirements. But what the e-book retailer has also done is provide a great example of how media companies should be looking beyond the world of apps [...]

Hands on with Amazon Cloud Player for iPad

9 July 2011 by Jon Bennett, No Comments
Hands on with Amazon Cloud Player for iPad

When Amazon began offering MP3 song downloads without digital rights management (DRM) back in late 2007, I quickly jumped on the bandwagon. Even as an iPhone owner at the time, I ceased buying my music from iTunes, which later dropped DRM. Amazon continued to lead the way in mobile music this year by introducing its [...]