Kindle

Amazon.com is now offering refurbished Kindle Fire tablets, suggesting that at least some of the devices are finding their way back to the retailer. In the build up to Christmas Amazon said “customers are purchasing well over 1 million Kindle devices per week” but declined to say how many if these were Kindle Fires. Despite…

Zinio’s digital magazine app is now available for Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet. The free app can be downloaded from the Amazon Appstore, giving users access to some of the best selling magazines in full colour. The Fire is a tablet device running a customised version of Google’s Android operating system. Zinio says it now available…

Amazon says sales of its a Kindle eBook reader were four times higher over the ‘Black Friday’ weekend than for the same period as last year. The company has recently expanded the range of Kindle devices with the launch of a touch and tablet version. Despite today’s announcement of a sales boost, Amazon has not…

As an ebook advocate I often get asked which ebook reader people should buy as gifts and, though I’d never want one myself, I always answer: ‘a Kindle’. I love reading on my iPad, I love it’s full-colour screen, I love that I can read magazines which look like magazines on it, and I love…

Apple’s iPad has a new competitor – at least in the US. Online retailer Amazon has unveiled its long-rumoured Android tablet, the Kindle Fire. The device is Amazon’s first with a colour screen and includes a state-of-the-art dual-core processor for high performance. It also boasts a 16 million colour IPS screen which guarantees a wide…

Amazon has revealed a new lineup of its popular Kindle ebook reader, and reduced the device’s cost. The entry model 6-inch Kindle retains an e-ink screen and features a new design that is 30 percent lighter at just 5.98 ounces, 18 percent smaller, and turns pages 10 percent faster. Here in the UK the new…