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Amazon.com Kindle Store: Over 240,000 eBooks, Newspapers, Magazines, and Blogs
amazon.com - 3/4/2009
Amazon.com Kindle Store: Over 240,000 eBooks, Newspapers, Magazines, and Blogs
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Amazon Kindle: Amazon's new wireless reading device

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MacMagazine:  Amazon.com lança Kindle para iPhones/iPods touch

Phone Scoop - Latest News:  Amazon Brings Kindle App to the iPhone

Gizmología:  Amazon lanza Kindle en todo el mundo, con datos incluidos y contenido en diferentes idiomas

itunes.apple.com - 3/4/2009
iTunes: Amazon.Com - Kindle for iPhone (Application)
— itunes.apple.com — Kinle for iPhone allows Apple iPhone and iPod Touch owners to read Kindle books using a simple, easy-to-use interface. You can shop for hundreds of thousands of books at www.amazon.com/kindlestore, and wirelessly transfer the books to your iPhone or ... (more) iTunes: Amazon.Com - Kindle for iPhone (Application)

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PVI expects Kindle 2 to boost EPD shipments
digitimes.com - 2/27/2009
PVI expects Kindle 2 to boost EPD shipments
— digitimes.com — Despite weak demand hitting its TFT-LCD panel business, Prime View International (PVI) expects to see strong shipments of its electrophoretic displays (EPDs) as the company's largest client Amazon has launched its second-generation e-book Kindle 2, ... (more) PVI expects Kindle 2 to boost EPD shipments

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Hearst to launch a wireless e-reader - Feb. 27, 2009
money.cnn.com - 2/27/2009
Hearst to launch a wireless e-reader - Feb. 27, 2009
— money.cnn.com — NEW YORK (Fortune) -- Against a backdrop of plummeting ad revenue for newspapers and magazines, and rising costs for paper and delivery, Hearst Corp., is getting set to launch an electronic reader that it hopes can do for periodicals what Amazon's ... (more) Hearst to launch a wireless e-reader - Feb. 27, 2009

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Amazon.com lança Kindle para iPhones/iPods touch
MacMagazine — ... A interface do app é bem simples e fácil de usar, dando acesso às centenas de milhares de livros disponíveis na Kindle Store, que podem ser agora transferidos diretamente para os gadgets da Maçã (ou pelo seu Mac ou PC). ...

Amazon Brings Kindle App to the iPhone
Phone Scoop - Latest News — ... Apps Store that duplicates some of the functionality of its Kindle e-reader device. With the application, users will be able to search and shop for e-books, download them via PC or over the air, and sync between computers, Kindles, iPhones and iPod Touches. The software allows users to adjust the font and text size, add bookmarks, add notes, and Amazon allows users to read the first chapter of any book before they choose to buy it. Most books cost $10. more info at Apple more info at Amazon Comment on this news item Related news: Google Makes 1.5 Million ...

Amazon.com lança versão otimizada da Kindle Store para iPhones/iPods touch
MacMagazine — A Amazon.com anunciou hoje uma nova versão da sua Kindle Store totalmente otimizada para iPhones/iPods touch. O site é parte integrante do próprio app do Kindle e pode ser acessado pelo botão “Get Books”, que lança a loja no Mobile Safari. A formatação do site foi adaptada ao tamanho e dimensões dos dispositivos móveis da Apple, facilitando a navegação e compra de livros eletrônicos na plataforma Kindle. Com a chegada do iPhone OS 3.0, no meio do ano, é bem provável que a ...

Amazon lanza Kindle en todo el mundo, con datos incluidos y contenido en diferentes idiomas
Gizmología — ... No solo hablamos de un lector de libros, un trozo de hardware, también hablamos de una tienda de libros con más de 200.000 libros digitalizados. Sony también tiene su propia tienda de libros y con un acuerdo con ...

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