Kindle In Canada > Information Source > Archive of 01-2012
amazon kindle fact bits
DRM is not to prevent other files from being readable on the Kindle.
If you read some of the Kindle discussion groups, you'll see people complaining about "no backlighting", and then a few days/weeks later they will be lauding the fact that it has no backlighting.
Devices like the Sony Reader, Cybook, and Kindle DO NOT have glowing LCD screens.
We've known for some time already that Amazon's AZW files are actually Mobi files, but Amazon didn't share Kindle's Mobi PID which would allow one to buy encrypted Mobi books for Kindle.
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amazon kindle news
Amazon ships over 4m Kindle devices in 'best holiday ever'
Amazon celebrated another milestone for its hardware Thursday by claiming the "best holiday ever" for its Kindle line. It marked over four million combined sales of the Kindle Fire and Kindle line in December, including the regular touch and e-paper models. It wouldn't break down the shipments by the individual model and isn't expected to give its quarterly numbers.... ...
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. ...Mexican police ID suspect in Canadian's shooting death
Police in Mexico have identified one of the suspects sought in the shooting death of a Canadian man during a botched home invasion, CTV British Columbia reported Wednesday night. ...App downloads hit record high of 1.2 billion during last week of 2011
The smartphone craze is going global, reaching never-before-seen milestones. Not only are device activations up, but consumers are racing to download record numbers of apps on their newly acquired devices. ...Bank of Canada to buy back up to C$1 billion of bonds
The Bank of Canada said on Wednesday it may buy back up to C$1 billion ($980 million) from as many as nine government bond issues in a cash management bond repurchase operation on January 4. ... ~O-O~
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