Tag: KINDLE3

The Kindle is officially the iPod of the e-reader world. It has its own locked media ecosystem and offers a best-of-breed user experience. And, this holiday season, the Kindle 3 offically became the best selling product in Amazon history, beating former top seller 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.' Amazon also set a single-day sales record on Cyber Monday, with orders for 13.5 million items ...

Ah, the difference a year makes. Last holiday season, we struggled to find nice things to say about many members of the first e-reader generation. Fast-forward to this August, when we revisited the topic, and we were blown away by how things had (and in some cases hadn't) changed. New models have appeared since, but, for us, Amazon's most recent Kindle continues to be our hands-down pick. ...

Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web. 'Scrabble,' the first paid app for Kindle, is out, and has graphics on par with a SkyMall 5000-in-one gaming machine. [From: DVICE] Behold 10 years in Apple product design, from the Bondi Blue iMac to the iPhone 4, visualized. [From: TUAW] Tim Carmody's guide to the Kindle 3 ...

Share With Amazon's recent announcement that digital e-books outsold hardcover books for the first time, and paperbacks destined to a similar fate in the near future, we can safely say the e-book revolution is upon us. That doesn't necessarily mean, however, that the devices upon which we read those books -- digital e-readers, tablet computers, smartphones -- are anywhere near their final form. ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Playboy has hopped on the tech bandwagon in recent months with both a NSFW website and a 3-D print spread. The empire that Heffner built is now extending its reach into the gaming marketplace, thanks to a partnership with Bigpoint. [From: Joystiq] Kindle 3 reviews are starting to hit the Web, and David Pogue praises Amazon's ...