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Big news from Amazon earlier today, regarding the release of 3 new Kindles. The lineup will begin at $79 with a basic Kindle, up to the new “Kindle Fire,” color touch screen running Android, for $199. Any mention of “Special offers are fairly non-intrusive screen savers that provide yes, special offers on Amazon. They are not pop up ads, and generally do not intrude upon the reading experience.
A summary about each model, with pre-order links, after the break:
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Amazon has dropped out a new brighter lower priced Kindle DX. The Kindle DX still maintains free 3G wireless and wears a new graphite colored enclosure (still comes in white too). Amazon says the new high contrast e-ink and updated display make for a 50% brighter Kindle DX and the price has been reduced to $379 from $489. The new Kindle DX will begin shipping on July 7th and is available for pre-order at the link below.
New Kindle DX at Amazon – $379.00 - Free Shipping (available for pre-order) [click to continue…]
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Barnes & Noble’s Nook drops below $200 for 3G + WiFi and a new WiFi only Nook has hit the Streets for $149. 3G service remains free and AT&T Hot Spots and Barnes & Noble stores will continue to provide the WiFi connection. [click to continue…]
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Amazon has dropped the price on their amazingly popular e-reader, Kindle, to $189.00 from $259.00. For those not familiar with Kindle, basically it is a portable reader that you can download books and periodicals in 60 seconds from just about anywhere thanks to the 3G wireless connectivity. No worries because there are still no fees for the 3G service.
Kindle at Amazon – $189.00 Free Two-Day Shipping
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Amazon has dropped the word on the Kindle development kit today, which has been a pretty hot topic over the past several days. This move was inevitable, given the success of the iPhone App Store.
With Apple’s apps on the front edge of the development, the big surprises that we saw in iPhone apps probably won’t be catching us as far off guard as before. Will the iFart see another incarnation on the Kindle?
Developers get 70% of the net revenue (after delivery fees of $0.15/MB) from Kindle app sales, and 3 pricing options are in place: free, one-time purchase, monthly subscription.
Interested developers can sign up for notification on the Kindle Development Kit limited beta, which is set to start next month. Here’s the signup page.
More details in the press release below. [click to continue…]
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The enTourage eDGe™ is the world’s first dualbook, combining the functions of an e-reader, netbook, notepad, and audio/video recorder and player in one.
Get books wirelessly, move files onto your enTourage eDGe™ using an SD card or a USB flash drive. Use the mini-USB port to move files back and forth from a Windows, MAC, or Linux-based PC.
enTourage eDGe™ e-reader portion has a spacious 9.7 inch screen and also uses e-Ink® technology allowing the user to take notes on the book being read. Open a journal page and enter drawings with the stylus or text — either by hand or using the virtual keyboard. Save your notes and journals to the enTourage eDGe™, to a server, or email them other people. The enTourage eDGe™ can read both ePub files and PDFs.
The enTourage eDGe™ 10.1 inch color touchscreen is a whole netbook, ready to play movies or MP3s, organize your books, notes, and pictures, or let you instant message your friends. Use the netbook in portrait or landscape mode. View images from the e-book you’re reading on the color display. Open a virtual keyboard and type instant messages or emails. The netbook includes an audio recorder to capture lectures for later playback or sharing. The enTourage eDGe™ also has a video camera to record still images or movies as MP4s or 3GP files. Plug in headphones or a microphone or use the built in speaker and recorder.
The netbook functionality comes with web browsing using the built in WiFi®, audio/video record and playback, an email function and contacts list, a calculator, an alarm clock, and a library function to manage your books and files. The enTourage eDGe™ uses the Google® Android® operating system, so you can add other applications.
At about 3 pounds and with a 16 hour lithium ion battery the enTourage eDGe™ should be able to keep up with any person all day long. Carry thousands of books with the built-in 3 GB of usable memory. Use an SD card or a USB flash drive to add to the storage, or move files to and from an MP3 player, phone, PC, or camera.
The enTourage eDGe™ comes in at $490.00 which is not completely outrageous considering the functionality. If black is not the color of choice expect to hand over an extra $40.00. Preorder now at www.entourageedge.com.
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