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December 19th, 2011: Marco on the Amazon Kindle Fire vs. iPad 2
September 29th, 2011: Lukas Mathis: Why the Kindle Touch Should Have Buttons
A UX designer comments on the Kindle Touch.
September 29th, 2011: Amazon Kindle Fire Demo
A video of a demo of the Kindle Fire from the Amazon preview event.
September 29th, 2011: John Gruber on Amazon's New Kindles
John Gruber on the differences in Amazon and Apple's strategy for the tablet market.
September 28th, 2011: Quote: Two Types of Companies
January 27th, 2011: Kindle Singles is Live
August 17th, 2010: BIT-101: Kindle and iPad Resolution Compared
July 29th, 2010: Harry McCracken on the New Kindle
July 20th, 2010: The State of the Kindlesphere is Looking Good
July 5th, 2010: Lies, Damned Lies, and E-Book Statistics
I was surprised to see a fair amount of coverage this weekend in mainstream news channels of Jakob Nielsen's recent study on iPad and Kindle reading speeds which concluded people read content on paper faster than content on e-readers. I am not so sure this study is all that important.
July 2nd, 2010: Why Does the New Kindle DX Have a Graphite Case?
One of the two big changes of the new Kindle DX that was announced yesterday is a graphite case. Is this to make it lighter? Look sexier? Most likely, no. It is going to improve the readability of the text on the e-ink screen.
July 1st, 2010: Kindles for Sale
June 15th, 2010: Kevin Rose: Some Ideas for E-Books
February 19th, 2010: The Next Generation of Color Screens for E-Book Readers?
Qualcomm's new Marisol display technology is quite impressive. It has vibrant color, longer battery life than e-ink screens, supports video, works in the sunlight, is not backlit, and is arriving at least a couple years ahead of the conventional wisdom on when e-ink could go color.
January 13th, 2010: Retraining My Brain to Read a Book, Not a Kindle
Earlier this week I read a "real" book for the first time since I got my Kindle last year. It was interesting to see how much my brain had retrained itself to the Kindle.
December 29th, 2009: Jeff Bezos On All Things Kindle
Newsweek recently published a great interview with Jeff Bezos in which he talks about the Kindle's success, Amazon's business philosophy, how Kindle fits with the rumored Apple tablet, and more. I could have easily plucked a half dozen quotes from it. You should definitely check it out.
December 4th, 2009: The Kindle Vision Statement
The Kindle has one of the best vision statements I have ever read for any product. It is simple, bold, and easy to understand. Whether I'm an Amazon employee, customer, or competitor I get it.