A few weeks ago, I had a chance to go over the Kindle user agreement, and I was shocked about what Amazon is allowed to do according to the contract that all of us have agreed to. Amazon can charge you a wireless fee for tweeting on your Kindle or even introduce a wireless fee [...]

The economy hasn’t been too well this year and has led to many businesses struggling to stay in business. The woes of the newspaper industry is nothing new I am afraid. Even before the economy tanked, many experts were calling for these companies to go mobile and abandon their traditional business model. It doesn’t help [...]

You may have thought that Amazon was going to have it all easy when it introduced Kindle 2.0. Amazon made some good improvements over the first Kindle and solidified its position as the number one e-book player in the industry. But things are just starting to heat up. Sony is definitely not going to concede [...]

A lot of us tend to pick up things without reading the terms and conditions set forth by the manufacturer first. Think about it. You want to buy that nice HDTV or get that nice gaming console. Who has time to spend a few hours going through the terms and conditions and legal Mumbo Jumbo. [...]

Barack Obama has been in office for two months now, and the poor guy has had to deal with all kinds of headaches on an everyday basis. He’s got the Iraq mess on his hands. The U.S. still doesn’t have a clear plan for Afghanistan, and it hasn’t helped that the economy has tanked badly [...]

I heard about Fujitsu’s color Kindle killer a while ago. At the time, I didn’t think too much of it. Fujitsu was never clear about targeting global markets with FLEPia, and I always thought Amazon would be the first company to introduce a color e-book reader. It seems Fujitsu has finally made up its mind [...]

A few months ago, I wrote a post about how Amazon Kindle would level the playing field and allow more people to get their work published and reach a wider set of audience. At the same time, I concluded that we need to take the good with the bad. After all, if you allow everyone [...]

Amazon Kindle 2G is only a couple of weeks old but that hasn’t stopped people from going after it. Authors Guild first brought up the text-to-speech issue the very same day Jeff Bezos introduced the new device. After a few days of going back and forth, Amazon finally decided to hedge its bets and minimize [...]

Kindle 2.0 has been out for a week now, but that hasn’t stopped me from thinking about what I want to see in the next generation Kindle. Kindle 2.0 is a great e-book reader and is certainly improved upon the first Kindle. But it’s not a perfect gadget. In fact, there are a lot of [...]

Many iPhone and iPod users talk about how the applications available for the iPhone platform has allowed them to get the most out of their device. I have argued here time and time again that Amazon will need similar capabilities to push Kindle to the next level. But the lack of a software development kit [...]

A few days ago, I wrote a post about whether you should consider getting a protection plan for your Kindle 2.0 or pray to God that it doesn’t break on you. But it seems Kindle 2.0 is more fragile that we thought it was. Numerous testers have reported damaged Kindles after only hours of use. [...]

From the day Kindle 2.0 was introduced, we have heard how Amazon has grand plans for its Kindle shop. It seems the so-called “Kindle store” won’t be for Amazon Kindle only. Amazon is a book retailer, and I can understand if it targets mobile devices such as the iPhone to sell more books and reach [...]

I know. How do you even define “used” eBooks? eBooks don’t deteriorate as you use them. They don’t age. They don’t disintegrate after you have read them a million times. Your eBook is going to look new while your Kindle ages. So eBooks last longer than paperback books. But you can’t sell them. I have [...]

In the past few days, I have read all kinds of articles about how iPhone 2.0 crushes the Kindle, and how Kindle 2.0 is no better than the first Kindle. I love the iPhone. I think Apple has done a lot of good things to make the iPhone the best gadget in the world. At [...]

Last week, we had Amazon release its second generation Kindle just to have some law experts question the legality of the “Read-To-Me” feature on Kindle 2.0. Now, I do not know whether the case against Read-To-Me is strong, but could Amazon really be forced to remove the feature? Here are a few things that our [...]