Apple always makes an impression, but a few suspected features didn't make it to the iPad 2. With the iPad 3 allegedly waiting in the wings, they could be right around the corner.
Amazon is preparing a Kindle software upgrade that will finally add matching page numbers to actual book copies as well as some new community features.
Thousands of Amazon Kindle e-reader owners are using a free new website that helps them do something people have been doing offline for hundreds of years: lend and borrow books.
For over two years, Amazon has been introducing a wide selection of free "Buy Once, Read Everywhere" Kindle apps to enable customers to read their Kindle books on the most popular devices and platforms.
Kobo, an eReading service built on an open platform, has announced that the latest version of its application now includes the integration of Instapaper across all its iOS apps.
Amazon has never stated how many Kindle ereaders it sells, but today it dropped a hint: it's sold "millions" so far in the first 73 days of the holiday quarter.
Amazon says sales of its newest Kindles, introduced this summer, have already surpassed sales of the old Kindles during last year's holiday fourth quarter.
Amazon plans to start selling pieces in the 10,000 to 30,000-word range - as much as twice the length of a New Yorker feature - at prices less than a typical book.
Amazon has launched a beta version of its Kindle application for BlackBerry, enabling BlackBerry users to view and sync Kindle titles with Kindle readers and PCs.