Tuesday 4 October 2011

Amazon still behind the Kindle

Kindle Chronicles Dude
With all the fuss surrounding Amazon's new tablet, The Kindle Fire it is good news to find that the company are still putting their weight behind the eInk Kindle reader. Jeff Brazos, Amazon CEO, stated that it is still day one for the dedicated eReaders of which the Kindle leads the field and that the eReader will continue to be updated alongside the Kindle Fire - the latter device is more of an all round tablet computer while the Kindle is a dedicated reader and there is room for both.

The excellent Kindle Chronicles Podcast this week carried a great and informative report from Amazon's press conferance held in New York this past week, and is essential listening for anyone interested in the future of reading.

The episode is embedded below and can be listened to directly from the Archive:


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