| Electronic book readers may just be the perfect gift. | | | | revenues by their applications that will be available |
| They are handheld electronic devices that are | | | | later this year through Amazon's Kindle Store. The |
| equipped to digitally download your next good read. | | | | company is looking to distribute content in one of |
| There are a variety of them on the market, but | | | | three ways: Free applications that are smaller than |
| they all function basically the same way. My teenager | | | | 1MB, one time purchases with less than 100KB per |
| was describing the advantages of a reader to me | | | | user per month and the third will be a monthly |
| and I will admit, I loved the idea of slowing down the | | | | subscription for active content. |
| invasion of paperback novels, hard covered classics, | | | | To say there are many rumors surrounding electronic |
| educational books, newspapers and magazines that | | | | book readers is an understatement. Like the one I |
| infiltrate my home, so I thought I would do a little | | | | heard this morning that Amazon will not be upgrading |
| research. | | | | the Kindle because they would rather promote the |
| Astounded by so many versions of electronic book | | | | Apple i-Tablet, i-Slate, i-book, i-Guide, Apple i-Pad, |
| readers on the market, my timing to learn more led | | | | MacTablet or whatever it is going to be named, than |
| me into a hot bed of electronic articles and | | | | to compete with it. Which?, who will be covering |
| conversations speculating the new one that Apple | | | | Steve Jobs anticipated announcement, has been |
| was about to come out with, making this one of the | | | | tracking the top ten rumors surrounding Apple's |
| most popular new product announcements so far this | | | | version of the Kindle - including one that Apple has |
| year. | | | | scooped up the rights to the website address, |
| The most popular one for now is Amazon's Kindle | | | | No matter what you call your favorite electronic |
| that has a display that reads just like a paper page. It | | | | book reader, these handy little devices are sure to |
| is lightweight and has the ability to store hundreds of | | | | gain in popularity. They are a perfect alternative to |
| books, newspapers or magazines. As popular as the | | | | lugging around a heavy briefcase or backpack just to |
| Kindle has been, it was announced recently that the | | | | satisfy your reading addiction. |
| Amazon has opened the device to outside | | | | Even though I would like to have one, there are just |
| developers to create applications for the Kindle. Many | | | | too many on the market to decide which one I like |
| feel the move is in anticipation of Apple's electronic | | | | best even with this convenient comparison. Maybe I'll |
| book reader expected to be announced on the 27th | | | | just wait for Mother's Day and let the kids decide |
| of January. | | | | which one is right for me. |
| Developers will receive 70% of the generated | | | | |