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slashgear.com - 2/25/2009

Kindle 2 broken-down: on-purpose and by accident

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Kindle 2 units are arriving all over the US, as Amazon not only keeps to their delivery schedule but, in some cases, beats it to the punch. Of course a rite of passage for any new must-have device is not only the unboxing but the break-down, and iFixit have done just that , flagging up a spot ...

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ifixit.com - 2/24/2009

Kindle 2 First Look

— ifixit.com — That's a standard mini-PCIe WWAN (EVDO) card - perhaps one could scope the AT commands being sent... to the card, then insert the card into PC and send the same AT commands for unlimited (free) data... Also, there's a missing SIM holder below the WWAN ... (more) Kindle 2 First Look

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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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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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First Kindle 2 Destroyed, Showing Extended Warranty May Be Worth It [Oops]
Gizmodo — One area where dead trees will always beat out eBook readers is chuckability—apparently, the shiny new Kindle 2 doesn't take kindly to being launched into hardwood. Somewhere, Jon Stewart is chuckling. Rob Bushway had only just taken his Kindle 2 out of the box when he dropped it about three feet onto a solid hardwood floor. The result, as you can see, is a persistent blotch in the upper-right-hand side of the screen. In the spirit of eBook/e-ink evangelism, I feel like we should call this an eStain, or an eFold, but it does pretty much ...