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500,000!!!By Billy the Ant the 19 February 2009 at 4:48 pm
Category : Billy Informs You
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19 Feb |
That is the number of Kindles, the Amazon reader for electronic books, sold since the end of 2007. Is that a lot? Well, it’s 120,000 units more than Ipod sold during its first year …
After several failed attempts of the e-book, the product of the famous on-line bookseller appeals! Maybe not by its design, which reminds me of the latest Minitel terminals, but rather by its capacities and functions.
With a free permanent high-speed internet connection, the Kindle Store’s huge library is always easily accessible for downloading books.
Other advantages: access to daily newspapers in real-time, a dictionary, Wikipedia and over 250 blogs!
The Kindle 2 is set to hit shelves in the United States on February 24th, and will be sold for the same price as the original version: $359. There is currently no word on the Kindle 2’s European launch, but I am impatiently awaiting it!
Kindle: the original
Source: www.01net.com
20 February 2009 at 8:04 pm
I still think that this device is overpriced.
20 February 2009 at 8:11 pm
it is quite expensive that’s for sure. But the more people buy it and the more competition there is the lower the price will get. Let’s see how it develops! it still is a good development and it will become more handy soon.