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Dell and Intel subscription-based tablet coming 2010 to conquer Kindle?

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Aug 4th 2009 No Comments

dell intel mid tablet rumor Dell are tipped to be working with Intel on a 5-inch touchscreen tablet, which will be provided free of charge to users who sign up to one or more digital content subscriptions. The unnamed device, expected to hit the market in around six months time, will be positioned as a direct competitor to Amazon’s Kindle ebook reader, and offer would-be users turned off by that device’s high initial purchase price an alternative way of accessing regular digital content.

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Apple OS X Snow Leopard listed for pre-order on Amazon

By Chris Davies on Monday, Aug 3rd 2009 No Comments

Amazon have listed Apple’s upcoming OS X update, version 10.6 “Snow Leopard”, for pre-order. As expected, the new software will arrive in September and be priced at $29 for an individual upgrade; however there’s also a five-user “family pack” upgrade version for $49.

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Amazon add Palm Pre to online catalog

By Chris Davies on Monday, Aug 3rd 2009 No Comments

After Sprint opened up the doors to online ordering of the Palm Pre through their webstore, Amazon have got in on the action. The webOS smartphone is now available to order there, too, priced at the same $199.99 as Sprint but with no mail-in rebate forms to deal with.

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Amazon CEO Bezos apologizes for Orwell ebook fiasco

By Chris Davies on Friday, Jul 24th 2009 No Comments

After Amazon deleted ebook copies of George Orwell novels from users Kindle ebook readers last week, in a PR nightmare that seemed almost too good to be true for headline writers, CEO Jeff Bezos has posted an apology to customers. Describing the Amazon “solution” as “stupid, thoughtless, and painfully out of line with our principles”, Bezos promised that the company would use the ferocious customer feedback to make better decisions in future.

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Amazon will replace Kindle 2 screens for free

By Brenda Stokes on Thursday, Jul 16th 2009 No Comments

kindlecrackintro As you’ve probably heard by now, Amazon has come under fire recently for the screens on the Kindle 2. Apparently, they’ve been cracking left and right and Amazon was requiring people to pay a $200 replacement fee to have them fixed.

But a $5 million class action lawsuit brought up yesterday against the company seems to have done the trick, as Amazon has just announced they’ll be repairing Kindle 2 models for free. Well, replacing is more the right word.

The Amazon Kindle 2 currently costs $299, so a $200 replacement fee was rather outlandish, especially for what seems to be a design flaw–not carelessness by Kindle owners. But it looks like everything is solved now.

Amazon’s UK Kindle deal almost final? December launch & 3G/WiFi tipped

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Jul 15th 2009 No Comments

Amazon is reportedly close to setting a release date for the Kindle in the UK, with “advanced negotiations” underway with a carrier for providing the wireless connection via which the device downloads ebooks. According to Mobile Today, Amazon have called upon Qualcomm to manage not only the manufacturing of the GSM Kindle, but to “securing connectivity” for the UK device.

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ASUS Eee PC T91 finally available in US: $499.99

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Jul 15th 2009 No Comments

ASUS’ Eee PC T91 has appeared on the Amazon US site, listed as in-stock and ready for immediate delivery. Priced at $499.99, the long-awaited T91 is ASUS’ first 8.9-inch convertible touchscreen netbook, and uses an Intel Atom Z520 1.33GHz processor, 1GB of RAM (2GB max) and the company’s custom “TouchSuite” UI.

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Kindle copy to launch in China by end of year

By Chris Davies on Monday, Jul 13th 2009 No Comments

You have to admire Peking University’s Founder Group: when asked about any connection between their ebook device, shown here, and Amazon’s Kindle 2, they bravely told those at the Digital Publishing Fair in Tokyo that “it has nothing to do with the Kindle.” Unfortunately they also seem a little confused about their own hardware specifications; asked about the E Ink panel size, and they said it was “unclear”. Happily Tech-On!’s Takuya Otani had brought a ruler, and found it to be a Kindle-like 6-inches.

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SlashGear Week in Review – Week 28 2009

By Shane McGlaun on Saturday, Jul 11th 2009 6 Comments

This has been a busy week here at SlashGear and lots of new items have appeared this week to stoke our geek lust. If you were on vacation or just didn’t get around to reading much this week here is our week in review. We heard rumors this week that Apple had purchased a huge order of cameras for its new iPod models. The rumor was supported by shots of new cases for the 5G iPod nano that surfaced with a cut out for a camera lens. Intel is also rumored to have penalized Lenovo and Samsung over cramming the popular Intel Atom processor inside a netbook with screens over the size limit that the parts are supposed to be used in. I guess Intel is still afraid of net books cannibalizing notebook sales.

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Amazon Kindle 2 drops to $299

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Jul 9th 2009 No Comments

Amazon have slashed $60 off the price of their Amazon Kindle 2 ebook reader, pulling the device to $299 for the first time. The move is being seen as a response to a growing number of ebook reader rivals, though admittedly none have the same wireless distribution network in place that Amazon have organized.

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