Just last month, Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) rolled out its Kindle Fire, the first Kindle designed as a full media device—not an e-reader with some frills. That announcement was followed by Kobo’s announcement of the Vox. And, as expected, Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS)—which already had a touchscreen color e-reader that…

“Where did the computer go?” was the slogan Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) used in 2004 when it launched the first of its current range of iMac desktop computers. The question was designed to draw attention to the ingenuity with which the company’s designers had managed to pack the components of an…

Tomorrow Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) holds a major launch event and will likely unveil its first tablet, according to TechCrunch named the Kindle Fire. To date, everyone bar Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has failed with tablet launches. If Amazon mimics Apple then its tablet will fail too. Apple has too many economies…

Round 1 goes to Apple (NSDQ: AAPL). The iPad, as expected, has caused a big stir, and given people like Walt Mossberg reason to gush with enthusiasm about the death of laptops. Throughout, as various members of the press have mused about the death of Amazon’s Kindle, I feel compelled…

It was a surprising weekend for those of us who had naively imagined that after crossing the River iPad, we might actually get some Elysian rest. But, alas, the fates conspired against us and handed us the curious case of Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) vs. Macmillan. Or Macmillan vs. Amazon? For…

Better late than never? Amazon today has started to sell the Kindle DX, the larger of its e-readers, outside the U.S. The launch comes three months after the smaller device went on sale internationally, and nearly two years after the first of the devices hit the U.S. market. Like the…

The international Kindle is starting to look like a virtual ATM for Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN). Not only will U.S. Whispernet users have to pay $5 a week for accessing their subscriptions, as we reported yesterday, and $2 per book download, downloads of single issues run $2. The fee for the…

Not only does the new international Kindle cost more than its U.S. counterpart, owners who want to take advantage of the wireless connectivity will be paying more for it. In addition to the $2 per-book fee for non-U.S. downloads, paidContent has learned from Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) that it will cost…

For all of you who have asked over the years when the Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) Kindle would be available outside the U.S., the answer is finally “now.” The Amazon World Kindle, aimed at English-language readers, is now being sold for $279 with international 3G wireless from AT&T (NYSE: T) covering…