Kindle

It's not too late to order Amazon's most popular gifts in time for Christmas - customers who order by 8 pm PT on December 21 will receive free two-day shipping on the $79 Kindle, $99 Kindle Touch, $149 Kindle Touch 3G and $199 Kindle Fire

Millions of customers have already ordered Kindle Fire, the most wished for, most gifted, and #1 bestselling item on Amazon.com for 12 weeks running

Dec 20, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Amazon.com, Inc. today announced free two-day shipping for the Kindle family, Amazon's most gifted, most wished for, and bestselling products, for delivery before Christmas. Customers who order by 8 pm PT on December 21 will receive their Kindle in time for Christmas with free 2 day shipping to any address in the continental U.S. As the holiday approaches, customers still looking for the perfect gift can order the $79 Kindle at http://www.amazon.com/kindle, the $99 Kindle Touch at http://www.amazon.com/kindletouch, the $149 Kindle Touch 3G at http://www.amazon.com/kindletouch3G, and the $199 Kindle Fire at http://www.amazon.com/kindlefire.Read more

Kindle Touch and Kindle Touch 3G are the most full-featured e-readers available

Kindle Touch 3G is the top of the line e-reader with free 3G wireless – no monthly fee or annual contract, never pay for or hunt for a Wi-Fi hotspot

November 14, 2011-- – Amazon.com today announced it is shipping the all-new Kindle Touch and Kindle Touch 3G beginning tomorrow, November 15, several days earlier than the previously announced November 21 shipping date. The $99 Kindle Touch and $149 Kindle Touch 3G are Amazon’s all-new full-featured e-readers. Kindle Touch 3G is the top of the line e-reader and offers the same new design and features of Kindle Touch, with the unparalleled added convenience of free 3G wireless. The popular $79, 5.98-ounce latest generation Kindle began shipping in September. To learn more about Kindle Touch and Kindle Touch 3G, visit www.amazon.com/kindletouch and www.amazon.com/kindletouch3G.

"We’ve seen great excitement over our new line of electronic ink Kindles – in fact, sales of our electronic ink Kindles are more than double any previous Kindle launch," said Dave Limp, Vice President, Kindle. "Kindle Touch and Kindle Touch 3G are the most full-featured e-readers available with a beautiful latest generation electronic ink display, fast page turns and long battery life. They both also include features you won’t find anywhere else like deep integration of audiobooks from Audible.com, text to speech, our new technologies EasyReach and X-ray, and for Prime Members, free access to over 5,000 books from the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library. We know that customers are excited to get their hands on these new Kindles, which is why we’re excited to able to ship several days earlier than we planned."Read more

Sep 28, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Millions of people are already reading on Kindles and Kindle is the bestselling e-reader in the world for four years running. Today, Amazon is excited to introduce an all-new Kindle family: three all-new Kindle e-readers that are smaller, lighter, and more affordable than ever before, and Kindle Fire - a new class of Kindle that brings the same ease-of-use and deep integration of content that helped Kindle re-invent reading - to movies, TV shows, music, magazines, apps, books, games, and more.Read more

Kindle the only e-reader to deliver library books wirelessly; read on any Kindle or free Kindle app

Amazon's Whispersync technology automatically stores and synchronizes bookmarks, margin notes and highlights - all available the next time you check out or buy the book

September 21, 2011 -- Amazon.com today announced that Kindle and Kindle app customers can now borrow Kindle books from more than 11,000 local libraries in the United States. When a customer borrows a Kindle library book, they'll have all of the unique features they love about Kindle books, including Whispersync, which automatically synchronizes their margin notes, highlights and bookmarks, real page numbers, Facebook and Twitter integration, and more. For more information about borrowing library books for your Kindle or free Kindle apps, go to www.amazon.com/kindle/publiclibraries. To start checking out Kindle library books, visit your local library's website. Read more

Read over 950,000 Kindle books in your web browser - no download or installation required

Based on HTML5, Kindle Cloud Reader optimizes for the platform you're using and automatically stores your latest book locally for offline reading

Instant Books - no waiting for a download, start reading the book immediately, offline or online

Aug 10, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) --For over two years, Amazon has been offering a wide selection of free Kindle reading apps that enable customers to "Buy Once, Read Everywhere." Customers can already read Kindle books on the largest number of the most popular devices and platforms, including Kindles, iPads, iPhones, iPod touches, PCs, Macs, Android phones and tablets, and BlackBerrys. Today, Amazon.com announced Kindle Cloud Reader, its latest Kindle reading application that leverages HTML5 and enables customers to read Kindle books instantly using only their web browser - online or offline - with no downloading or installation required. As with all Kindle apps, Kindle Cloud Reader automatically synchronizes your Kindle library, as well as your last page read, bookmarks, notes, and highlights for all of your Kindle books, no matter how you choose to read them. Kindle Cloud Reader with its integrated touch optimized Kindle Store is available starting today for Safari on iPad, Safari on desktop and Chrome at www.amazon.com/cloudreader. Read more

Low rental prices and flexible rental periods of any length between 30 and 360 days

Margin notes and highlighted passages are stored in the Amazon Cloud for viewing anytime, anywhere - even after a rental expires

Jul 18, 2011 -- Today, Amazon.com announced the launch of Kindle Textbook Rental--now students can save up to 80% off textbook list prices by renting from the Kindle Store. Tens of thousands of textbooks are available for the 2011 school year from leading textbook publishers such as John Wiley & Sons, Elsevier and Taylor & Francis. Students can find details about the program at www.amazon.com/kindletextbooks.

"Students tell us that they enjoy the low prices we offer on new and used print textbooks. Now we're excited to offer students an option to rent Kindle textbooks and only pay for the time they need--with savings up to 80% off the print list price on a 30-day rental," said Dave Limp, vice president, Amazon Kindle.Read more

"The Lord, the Lord Jehovah has given unto you these fifteen…Oy! Ten! Ten commandments for all to obey!" – Moses, "History of the World Part 1," Brooksfilms (1981)

People like to write, like to make history.

Some like to read history.

Others will wait for the movie.

We got our new notebook computer for the wife about a year ago, about $1K. Got new ones for the kids for school earlier this year, about $800 each. Ours is old…two years old!

Got a new smartphone a year ago $200 + a 2-year contract. Upgraded the kids "a little less" + 2 year contract. Wife is still using a featurephone.

Got the wife and daughter Kindles last Christmas. Been paying for downloads all the time.

Son just got his tablet (that means iPad). He's surfing a lot, watching videos.

But we've taken a little breather from buying new mobile devices…we hope.

Sure, analysts/reporters tell us that the tablet will be the fastest-selling consumer electronics product! Read more

By Jeff Zbar
www.homeofficehighway.com

This dispatch is from BestStuff technology and home office contributor Jeff Zbar, who's on a three-week family road trip through the American West. Whether you're a road warrior, a home-based business owner, a teleworker, or just a family in search of the freedom of the road, enjoy Jeff's commentary. Want to learn more? Hit www.chiefhomeofficer.com.

Sitting in a hotel room near Palo Alto, California, my family's enjoying some quality time, 21st Century style. Kids are on their MacBooks and iPod Touch. Robbie's on her Kindle. I'm on my Acer Iconia Android Tablet, and we're all surfing via our Verizon Mifi personal hotspot.

A little work, a little exploration. Nothing in particular.

We're each in our own orbit around the sun of the moment – a bio of Selena Gomez on the TV.

Call it what you will, it is a wholly different form of quality time, the New York Times recently commented. But it's quality time nonetheless. Robbie and I wanted the kids to bring their devices. To demand otherwise would have been to, 1. Ignore reality, and 2. Invite World War III.Read more