Jan 10

Kindle Touch updated with new UI, Whipersync for Voice and comic book navigation

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Kindle Touch updated with new UI, Whipersync for voice and comic book navigation

Still have an old Kindle Touch sitting around? You have some new features to play with. Despite replacing it with a brighter son, Amazon is still updating its original touch sensitive e-reader — outfitting it with a new UI, enhanced parental controls and Whispersync for Voice, which shares bookmarks between audio and text versions of the same digital tome. Amazon’s improved the Kindle Touch shopping experience too, adding recommended content offers to users and remembering where they left off in a sample after they purchase the full text. Finally, the company injected the Kindle Touch with better comic and graphic novel navigation — allowing readers to view their funnybooks panel by panel, rather than by the full page alone. The update will be delivered wirelessly, though users that fancy their USB cable can install the new features the old fashioned way. Check out Amazon’s “what’s new with Kindle Touch” page for a run down of the update’s features.

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Sep 05

Did Amazon just tease football fans with new Kindle devices?

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Did Amazon just tease football fans with new Kindle devices?

Watching tonight’s Cowboys / Giants game? We hope you stuck around for the commercials, because Amazon may have given NFL fans a glimpse of what’s to come during tomorrow’s event. According to folks watching the game, the firm ran a brief commercial featuring what appears to be a pair of Kindle devices, which comfortably fit previous reports that two new versions will be landing soon. One of the devices packs a touchscreen in a black finish, and looks distinct from hardware in the company’s current lineup. At any rate, you can catch the minute-long TV spot after the break or wait until the firm’s press conference tomorrow for concrete details.

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Aug 30

Amazon’s Kindle Fire has sold out just in time for the company’s next big event

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Amazon has just announced that the Kindle Fire has joined the Kindle Touch on the out-of-stock list, presumably forever, a week before the company’s mysterious product announcement. Jeff Bezos has teased that the company’s got an “exciting roadmap” ahead, which we’d expect to include at least one touchscreen e-reader and a vastly revamped 7-inch tablet, designed to better compete with Google’s similarly sized budget offering.

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Aug 27

Amazon Kindle Touch goes out of stock, sparks conspiracy theories

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Amazon Kindle Touch goes out of stock, sparks conspiracy theories

We hope your heart wasn’t set on snagging a Kindle Touch before heading off to school this fall. Both the WiFi and 3G versions of the reader are no longer available as new devices from Amazon’s US pages — if you want one at all in the country, you’ll have to swing past a retail store or scour the virtual bargain bins for used models. Suffice it to say that the timing of this vanishing act is extremely convenient in light of Amazon’s special event next week, although just what it means is very much an unknown. Is there a light-up sequel on its way? A winnowing of the e-reader line to fewer models? Or just a quick inventory check? We’ll have a better answer on September 6th, but the out-of-stock notice is a not-so-friendly reminder that patience is a virtue.

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