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Granted the PDF converter seems to have some trouble with graphics PDF's, but for books the converter works very well.

Hacker Igor Skochinsky used DRM to load Mobipocket books onto his Kindle. Using a series of scripts, he's able to convert eBook files to Amazon's AZW format and then add the necessary serial number DRM, specialized per an individual's particular Kindle.

A cheap casioppeia allows me to read ebooks around 2001.

Kindles can read a variety of non-proprietary, non-DRM'ed formats. They read TXT, HTML, JPEG, and non-DRM Mobi files directly.

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Kindle sales boom, though Amazon sales and outlook disappoint

The giant online retailer doesn't make Wall Street happy, though it continues to say it's investing for the future. ...link to new window

2011 is the Best Holiday Ever for Kindle

- Amazon.com, Inc. today announced that 2011 was the best holiday ever for the Kindle family as customers purchased millions of Kindle Fires and millions of Kindle e-readers. ...link to new window

Tablet Shootout: ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime vs. Amazon Kindle Fire

ASUS' Eee Pad Transformer Prime, the first tablet to have the NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor, is currently the most discussed and also the most pre-ordered device using the Honeycomb Android OS. ...link to new window

Solar Powered Kindle Cover to Debut at CES 2012

SolarFocus will introduce SolarKindle, billed as ?the world?s first solar powered e-reader cover? at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) which gets underway on Monday. The cover will have a built-in solar panel with a dual-charging (USB and solar) reserve battery. The company said that there is ?a guarentee of three-months of unplugged Kindle use? under ... ...link to new window

Skyhook Brings Location-Based Services To the Kindle Fire

One of the biggest detriments to Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet is that it does not support location-based services. This was likely a choice from Amazon to leave GPS hardware out of the device to cut down on costs. The lack of location services on the Fire greatly hinders what kind of apps can run on the device. One company has figured out a way around the Fire's restrictions and is bringing its ... ...link to new window

Tech blogs debunk rumors of two iPad 3s At iWorld in January

Taiwanese IT industry English-language newspaper DigiTimes, renowned for its hit-and-miss Apple-based predictions, has a new iPad rumor up its sleeves -- but this time the tech blogs aren't buying it. ...link to new window

Amazon Kindle Fire Review

Amazon introduced their first Kindle device back in 2007 when the dedicated eBook reader population was made up almost exclusively by Sony's Reader line of products. The eReader population has grown to include more brands than I can count and in the last 5 years, we've seen the technology in this category evolve from e-Ink devices to [...] ...link to new window

Kindle Fire Gets 'Pre-Release' Version of Android 4.0

Developers have released Android 4.0 for the Amazon Kindle Fire tablet, but at this point, it's still a buggy, pre-release version. ...link to new window

Windows Phone dev lead jumps to Amazon's Kindle team

Microsoft took a symbolic blow Friday after its Windows Phone Developer Experience lead Brandon Watson confirmed he was leaving for Amazon. The often outspoken advocate of WP7 told ZDNet he would now direct the Kindle Cross Platform team, which develops the e-reading app both for Windows Phone as well as for Android, iOS, and competing platforms. He explained it as a virtue of a tempting offer ... ...link to new window

Solarfocus Solarkindle Cover- Solar Powered Kindle

Solarfocus will introduce the SolarKindle cover at the Consumer Electronics Show today. With a built in reserve battery (1500mah) that will charge via USB or via an optional built in solar panel the cover also includes a built in LED reading light (800 lux) that will last up to 50 hours without using the Kindle's [...] ...link to new window

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