The week’s big gadget news was the release of the Amazon Kindle 2, an improved version of the online retailer’s popular e-book reader. As reviewer Steven Levy discovered, the Kindle 2 fixes a number of usability and aesthetic problems with the first version. We talk about the Kindle and the prospects for the e-book market, which Cosmopolitan publisher Hearst is even thinking about getting into.
Also, the Gadget Lab gang discusses why the iPhone isn’t doing well in Japan. Do the Japanese hate the iPhone?
Finally, we review an 8 megapixel cameraphone, the Samsung Memoir; and a 10-inch netbook, the Asus Eee PC 1000HE.
This week’s podcast features Dylan Tweney, Danny Dumas, Brian Chen and Priya Ganapati, with audio engineering by Michael Lennon.
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