Saturday, February 2, 2008
amazon kindle
Amazon Kindlecontributor : Rithish Saralaya fromMedia&Entertainment Vertical Initiative (MphasiSSoftware Services) What is the Amazon Kindle?Amazon Kindle is an electronic book (e-book) devicelaunched in the United States by Amazon.com inNovember 2007. It uses an electronic paper display,readsthe proprietary Kindle (AZW) format, and downloadscontent over Amazon Whispernet, which uses the SprintEVDO network. This means that the Kindle can beused without the need for a computer. Whispernet isaccessible through Kindle without any fee. On therelease day, the Kindle Store had more than 88,000digital titles available for download. Amazon's firstoffering of the Kindle sold out in five and a halfhours. It retails for $399 from Amazon.com.Further info on the Kindle.• Although it supports unprotected Mobipocket books(.MOBI, .PRC), plain text files, and HTML and Worddocuments, Kindle also uses its own proprietary,DRM-restricted format (AZW). It does not fully supportthe widely accepted PDF format, but Amazon provides"experimental" conversion to the native AZWformat. A user may also convert PDF files to supportedformats using third-party software.• The Kindle Terms of Use forbid transferring eBooksto someone else or using them on a different device.This has been criticized by the Free SoftwareFoundation and free software advocates.• The Kindle allows RSS subscription to select blogsfor a monthly amount, even though one may use theexperimental web browser to navigate to and read blogswithout cost.• Amazon does not sell the Kindle outside the UnitedStates, and Whispernet only works in the U.S. However,U.S. owners traveling abroad have the option ofmanaging their Kindle purchases via PC and can then inturn download items from the PC to their Kindle.Further ReferencesWikipedia :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_KindleAmazon Kindle Store :http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Amazons-Wireless-Reading-Device/dp/B000FI73MAmeet amazon's e-book reader : http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/11/amazon-kindle-meet-amazons-e-book-reader/
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Hello Shazia.
This was an internally sent mail within the organization. How on earth did you get hold of this? :o)
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