When it comes to buying new gadgets, I always take a look at the companies behind them to find out whether these gadgets last a while. After all, you don’t want to adopt a gadget only to find out the company behind it is going bankrupt. In case of Amazon Kindle, you don’t have to [...]

Sony has been trying hard to keep up with Amazon in the e-book industry. Sony Reader was the top dog before Amazon came up with Kindle, but it is now struggling to keep up with Kindle and the other challengers in the e-book industry. To its credit, Sony has not given up on the industry [...]

The rumors about Apple netbook are back. But this time, it seems there is more substance to it all. The rumored Apple iPad is what we have been hearing about in the past few months and more. It is essentially a large screen iPod touch that lets users take advantage of the applications available in [...]

As you know, we are only a few months away from the release of the next generation Kindle. Kindle 3.0 (not counting DX) will be released sometime next year, and you can expect a lot of changes in design and features. A lot of experts are worried about what could happen as far as in-book [...]

I called it almost a year ago. Amazon was always going to start its own ad system to monetize the Kindle platform. In fact, Amazon has been going back and forth on this issue for months now. Implementing an ad system for Amazon Kindle devices is not straightforward. Not everyone is open to having ads [...]

The e-book reader wars are finally going to get started now that Sony has decided to challenge Amazon with new e-book readers and content partnerships. Amazon has a decent lead in the e-book market, and it was all due Kindle having the most content and best features on the market. Sony and other Amazon competitors [...]

No. Amazon is not thinking about dropping its Kindle DX prices anytime soon, but it could happen for the holiday season. Kindle DX may be larger and better than Kindle 2.0 in many areas, but it’s price tags puts it out of many folks’ budget range.  Let’s not forget that Kindle DX wasn’t exactly made [...]

Amazon Kindle may be the king of the world in the e-book reader market, but that doesn’t mean other companies are sitting around, ready to give up, especially Sony. Sony was in the market way before Amazon, and it doesn’t intend to give it up without a fight. The content partnership deals that Sony has [...]

Amazon has managed to build its Kindle product to a formidable gadget in the e-book market. A lot of competing e-book reader manufacturers have been pushed to their limit in order to compete with Amazon Kindle. Kindle 2.0 and Kindle DX are very capable devices that have let Amazon target different sets of audiences. The [...]

Don’t you just love this country. You can sue anyone for any reason, whether you have a valid case or not. That’s exactly what happening with the case a boy who is suing Amazon for removing the pirated copy of a book from his Amazon Kindle without his consent. The issue has generated quite some [...]

Many experts have talked about in the past that whichever company solves the content access riddle will probably win the e-book reader wars. It’s given that Sony was in the game way before Amazon entered the market. But Amazon’s innovative features and the overall Kindle experience has given Amazon a huge momentum in the e-book [...]

A while ago, I compiled a list of e-book readers that were already available on the market and the ones that were on their way. Samsung Papyrus was one of those promising e-book readers that were expected to be released early this year. The device is now renamed and ready to ship in Asia. If [...]

Plastic Logic eReader has been getting a lot of press lately. The device was supposed to be released in the early 2009 at first, but the date was pushed back to early 2010 to allow the company to fully develop Plastic Logic into a competitive eBook reader. Just a few days ago, we heard about [...]

Things in Apple and Amazon worlds couldn’t be so different. While Apple fans are excited about Apple’s plans to release an Apple tablet in September, Amazon Kindle owners are still complaining about the company removing their books without their permission. Jeff Bezos did apologize for that, but that’s not merely enough for folks who are [...]

It’s not everyday that you see a CEO of a top company apologize for his/her own company’s “stupid” actions. But what did you expect with Amazon? Amazon is known for putting customers first, and while you can’t keep everyone happy, I am sure Amazon’s service is much better than a lot of its competitors. The [...]