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Kindle upgrades, but DX e-reader is just the start of a boom
By - 01-12-2010 04:11 PM
Originally Posted at: The Japan Times Online
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E-inking a deal: Ghosts of U.S. TV makers past would find it amusing. Sony produced the world's first e-ink device for reading books, some six years ago. While Sony is still in the e-ink reader game, U.S. giant Amazon now leads the global market. Amazon is set to land a second blow against Sony in the form of its much-anticipated Kindle DX.
Already released in the United States, Amazon is putting out a global version of the DX and its 9.7-inch e-ink screen on Jan. 19. The release follows the arrival last year of an international version of the 6-inch version of Amazon's popular U.S.-based book-reader, the Kindle. Although the DX must be ordered from Amazon in the U.S. and delivered from there it will be usable in Japan, allowing wireless downloading of electronic books over 3G networks, reputedly in 60 seconds. Amazon claims a library of some 400,000 books for its various species of Kindle, but just how small a fraction of those are in Japanese is unclear.
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The Japan Times Online
By - 01-12-2010 04:11 PM
Originally Posted at: The Japan Times Online
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E-inking a deal: Ghosts of U.S. TV makers past would find it amusing. Sony produced the world's first e-ink device for reading books, some six years ago. While Sony is still in the e-ink reader game, U.S. giant Amazon now leads the global market. Amazon is set to land a second blow against Sony in the form of its much-anticipated Kindle DX.
Already released in the United States, Amazon is putting out a global version of the DX and its 9.7-inch e-ink screen on Jan. 19. The release follows the arrival last year of an international version of the 6-inch version of Amazon's popular U.S.-based book-reader, the Kindle. Although the DX must be ordered from Amazon in the U.S. and delivered from there it will be usable in Japan, allowing wireless downloading of electronic books over 3G networks, reputedly in 60 seconds. Amazon claims a library of some 400,000 books for its various species of Kindle, but just how small a fraction of those are in Japanese is unclear.
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The Japan Times Online
