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Tuesday May 5, 2009
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Just ahead of the reported release of Amazon's latest Kindle, the company looks to be leaking like a sieve. We reportedly now have pictures, specs, a name, and information on some of the content plans for the device which is said to be the company's attempt to help save the dying newspaper industry.
The new Amazon Kindle DX reportedly features a 9.7-inch display, a built-in PDF reader, and the ability to add notes and highlights for textbooks. The company has also reportedly already struck a deal with The New York Times, which will make the daily paper available for $9.95 a month.
According to Engadget, a number of school, including Pace, Princeton, Reed, Arizona State, and Darden School at the University of Virginia have signed up for trials with the device.
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May 5, 2009 8:48 PM
So... I get to pay perhaps $400 to buy a device that will let me pay $10/month for a newspaper? With Pictures? I bet that means some cost to download?
I'll hang on to my newsprint Boston Globe as long as it holds out. Then I will move to a cave somewhere.
The world is going to hell in a hand basket, for sure.
Grins,
RW
May 29, 2009 7:09 PM
I think one day there will be a device out there that will makes us really feel we are reading a book, but this isn't it.
I agree: $10/month for some lousy newspaper inside some weirdly design contraption. I know we will all eat our words come Kindle VII but that day has not come yet. This version is a long shot to what it should be. I cannot blame them for trying.