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Amazon.com wants the Kindle reader to support more book formats and Kindle e-books on gadgets made by other companies.
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Kindle to get broader file support; Amazon ebook access to spread
SlashGear — ... Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has reconfirmed his intention to put the retailers ebook titles on more devices, together with opening up the Kindle ebook reader range to more formats.  The recently launched Kindle DX, which we ...

Jeff Bezos Wants Amazon Ebooks On More Devices, Kindle To Fend For Itself [Kindle]
Gizmodo — Amazon's Kindle App for the iPhone was a definite clue, and now Jeff Bezos is just flat stating it: the Kindle doesn't really matter—in the long term, ebooks are where the real money's at. Speaking at a conference this week, Bezos laid out his vision for the Kindle brand in full. Core to his plan is that the Kindle hardware and Kindle book divisions have a, let's say, open relationship: The device team has the job of making the most remarkable purpose-built reading device in the world. We are going to give ...

Jeff Bezos Wants Amazon Ebooks On More Devices, Kindle To Fend For Itself [Kindle]
IPhone news, updates and Iphone information — Amazon's Kindle App for the iPhone was a definite clue, and now Jeff Bezos is just flat stating it: the Kindle hardware doesn't really matter—Amazon's long game is all about content. Speaking at a conference this week, Bezos laid out his vision for the Kindle brand in full. Core to his plan is that the Kindle hardware and Kindle book divisions have an, uhh, open relationship: The device team has the job of making the most remarkable purpose-built reading device in the world. We are going to give the ...

Bezos suggests Kindle books will appear on more devices, compete with Kindle readers
Engadget — ... Amazon already sent a pretty clear signal that it has grander plans for Kindle than just its own devices when it launched its iPhone app earlier this year, but Jeff Bezos has now made those intentions clearer than ever, and dropped a few hints of things to ...

Bezos suggests Kindle books will appear on more devices, compete with Kindle readers
IPhone news, updates and Iphone information — ... Amazon already sent a pretty clear signal that it has grander plans for Kindle than just its own devices when it launched its iPhone app earlier this year, but Jeff Bezos has now made those intentions clearer than ever, and dropped a few ...

Kindle content will continue to be available on more devices other than the Kindle
Gadgetell — ... released to the public.  Of course, until some people actually begin to use that source code it will be hard to tell just what may have been removed in terms of full support and DRM. Either way, it appears to be pretty safe to say that we are going to be seeing the Kindle Store become available on many more devices in the coming future.  Additionally, it looks like we are going to have the possibility of seeing a few Kindle clones hit the market.  Read [New York Times] Read [Amazon] Full Story ...

The Amazon Kindle could enjoy iPod-like success
Crave: The gadget blog — ... "The device team has the job of making the most remarkable purpose-built reading device in the world," Bezos said at the conference. "We are going to give the device team competition. We will make Kindle books, at the same $9.99 price points, available on the iPhone, and other mobile devices and other computing devices." ...

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