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There are a couple of interesting Kindle-related articles recently in the business section of NYTimes:
Today (1-9-09)
"What's the Kindle Worth to Amazon?," Besides trying to figure out what the financial value of Kindle might be (potentially huge, if sales increase significantly with a second-generation device and margins on e-books sales are factored in), the article says, "This year, Amazon is redesigning it (Kindle), and a student version is also expected, an attempt to snag part of the $5.5 billion annual US college textbook market." http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/09/business/09views.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=Kindle&st=cse (Registration Required)
On Sunday (1-4-09) another NYTimes article by Anne Eisenberg, "Bright New Phone Displays that Don't Guzzle Power", mentions E Ink technology:
"The E Ink Corporation of Cambridge, Mass., which developed low-power black-and-white electronic displays for many e-book readers, is also working on a color screen that, like Qualcomm's, takes advantage of ambient light. One prototype has a flexible color display on a stainless steel backing. "Our color displays willbe sunlight-readable," said Sriram K. Peruvemba, vice president for marketing, and will require very little power to do their job." "Imagine," he said, "if you are reading the newspaper on your laptop and stop to talk on the phone," the newspaper shown on your laptop will consume power until you return. With technology we are building, though, you can lay down the display and talk and not worry about draining the battery."
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/business/04novelties.html?scp=1&sq=E%20Ink&st=cse
Glynnis
Today (1-9-09)
"What's the Kindle Worth to Amazon?," Besides trying to figure out what the financial value of Kindle might be (potentially huge, if sales increase significantly with a second-generation device and margins on e-books sales are factored in), the article says, "This year, Amazon is redesigning it (Kindle), and a student version is also expected, an attempt to snag part of the $5.5 billion annual US college textbook market." http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/09/business/09views.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=Kindle&st=cse (Registration Required)
On Sunday (1-4-09) another NYTimes article by Anne Eisenberg, "Bright New Phone Displays that Don't Guzzle Power", mentions E Ink technology:
"The E Ink Corporation of Cambridge, Mass., which developed low-power black-and-white electronic displays for many e-book readers, is also working on a color screen that, like Qualcomm's, takes advantage of ambient light. One prototype has a flexible color display on a stainless steel backing. "Our color displays willbe sunlight-readable," said Sriram K. Peruvemba, vice president for marketing, and will require very little power to do their job." "Imagine," he said, "if you are reading the newspaper on your laptop and stop to talk on the phone," the newspaper shown on your laptop will consume power until you return. With technology we are building, though, you can lay down the display and talk and not worry about draining the battery."
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/business/04novelties.html?scp=1&sq=E%20Ink&st=cse
Glynnis