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Devices like the Sony Reader, Cybook, and Kindle DO NOT have glowing LCD screens.

Plenty of free e-books in Mobipocket format show up fine on Kindle.

The Kindle has a built in cell receiver so that you can wirelessly browse, preview and purchase books using one-click.

Typically ebook readers are larger than PMP's with larger screens. If you're going to read for a few hours, then the screen of a typical PMP becomes pretty eye-straining (due to size, contrast, and brightness).

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Analyst Estimates Amazon Has Sold 6 Million Kindle Fires

Given Amazon's reluctance to disclose hard numbers regarding the number of Kindles it has sold and the interest in the Kindle Fire as a tablet competitor, we're left with estimates that hopefully used ... ...

Evri Updates iPad App, Preps for Kindle Fire Next

Mobile content discovery engine, Evri, has been having a steady growth of user since its late September launch. They offer personalized, topic-based approach to news discovery in an effort to give users what marketplaces are lacking. They're app is a big hit and they are unleashing new exciting features for iPad users to enjoy. Continue reading → Evri Updates iPad App, Preps for Kindle Fire Next ... ...

Kindle Fire sales strong in Q4, but no match for iPad

The Kindle Fire's fourth-quarter sales are stronger than previously expected, analysts say. (Credit: Amazon) Amazon's Kindle Fire has been called the iPad's best competitor. And if one analyst's estimate on the tablet's sales is true, it might just be. Stifel Nicolaus analyst Jordan Rohan wrote to investors last night, saying that he has revised his fourth-quarter Kindle Fire sales estimate to 6 ... ...

iPad, Kindle Fire are not post-PC, says IDC analyst

Sorry Steve, it's not post-PC, it's PC-plus, says IDC analyst Bob O'Donnell. ...

Kindle Fire will become Amazon's cash cow

Amazon's fourth quarter results missed targets, despite strong sales of the Kindle Fire. It is these users that will begin to pad the company's earnings, however, validating Amazon's strategy of selling Fire at a very low margin and then making up the profit through entertainment content sales. Amazon saw its profits plummet, reporting net income of $177 million in the fourth quarter of 2011 ... ...

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