A selection of some reports follows:
Taken from http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7101392.stm
Online retailer Amazon has unveiled an own-brand wireless electronic book reader called Kindle.
The paperback-sized device is on sale immediately in the US for $399 (£195). It can store up to 200 books in its onboard memory.
Kindle does not need a PC to be loaded with books, blogs or papers - instead content arrives via wireless.
Amazon said 90,000 books, including bestsellers priced at $9.99, were available for Kindle at launch.
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"We've been working on Kindle for more than three years," said Amazon boss Jeff Bezos in a statement.
"Our top design objective was for Kindle to disappear in your hands -- to get out of the way -- so you can enjoy your reading," he said.
I am particularly for the reason that the objective design was/reads that Amazon wanted thedevice to disappear in the users hands - much like a book would ?
- BBC update link http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7107118.stm
Amazon's Kindle e-book reader has sold out despite skepticism about whether the device will prove popular.
A notice on the Kindle pages on the Amazon web store said "heavy customer demand" for the device meant it would be out of stock until 3 December.
Since its launch on 19 November the device has been widely examined but opinions about it are mixed.
It has won praise for being easy to use but many have criticised the way it forces people to pay for free content.
- The Kindle and its design and its usability will be tracked to capture reviews to understand and gain some insight into its workings as may be helpful to provide some insight ?- Some more reading
Newsweek story - The future of reading
http://www.newsweek.com/id/70983
And again a particularly interesting blog post from Erik Stolterman which is most helpful in my own thoughts for my own blog post too.
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