Amazon To Buy Touchscreen Company, Prepares Improve Kindle Reader

Amazon has announced that the Kindle Touch and Kindle Touch 3G devices are now available to pre-order in the UK. The basic Kindle Touch will set you back £109, with the 3G version running at £169. As the name...

Amazon has added the Kindle Touch to its line-up of bestselling ebook readers which will be priced at $99 when sponsored and $139 without; a 3G version will be available from $149 ($189 without special offers) The new Kindle will...

Those looking for a cheap ebook reader but don't want to spend £100 on an Amazon Kindle, might consider the Binatone 2283 which is currently on sale via a reputable Ebay seller called 3Monkeys, which appears to be the...

Sources in Taiwan are claiming that Amazon is looking at ordering around 2.4 million touch panels by the end of September in preparation for the launch of its tablets which should happen in the third quarter of the...

OEM/ODM giant Foxconn Electronics has apparently been tasked with building Amazon's 10.1-inch tablet device which wil start shipping in 2012. According to Yenting & Steve Chen from Digitimes, the company has already been...

Online retailing giant Amazon will apparently introduce its first tablet device before October, according to people with knowledge of the matter, and will also release two new versions of its Kindle ebook reader. An article by...

Amazon’s Kindle e-reader is sailing high in terms of sales figures, and now accounts for a significant portion of the company's total revenue, new reports revealed. Kindle made its debut in the market three and a half...

Amazon has rolled out an ad-supported 3G version of Kindle with Special Offers for $164.The ad-supported Kindle 3G is $25 less than its ad-free counterpart and serves advertisements on the device’s screensaver and at the...

In many ways, the new Amazon Kindle ebook reader which was launched on Friday at a cost of only £109, can already be considered as a tablet on its own, albeit one with some significant limitations. Technewsworld explores...

The senior vice president in charge of Worldwide Digital Media at Amazon has confirmed to two different UK news outlets that the company is considering adding a colour screen to the Kindle ebook reader while discarding the idea...

The price war for standalone ebook readers continues as Amazon has cut the price of its Kindle from $259 to $189, a $70 cut (or 27 per cent), which comes after rival Barnes & Noble reduced the price of its Nook reader to...

Amazon has just announced that the Kindle is available in the UK right now although you will have to live with a number of idiosyncrasies coupled with the fact that it will be a pain to get it repaired if it breaks down. The new...

Sony has unveiled a new Ebook that, unlike the two announced yesterday, is squarely aimed at Amazon's Kindle thanks to its built in 3G connectivity and touchscreen display - but no keyboard. The Daily Edition is a 7-inch ebook...

Apple could be confounding many this Christmas as it looks set to launch a colour screen device with a touchscreen display that could make Amazon's Kindle look as obsolete as an old black and white television.The Financial Times...

In a move that could help Amazon to capitalise on its popular Kindle e-book reader, the online retailer is planning to integrate adverts in the e-books for the device, and paperbacks sold via its on-demand book publishing...