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Purported Kindle 2 images and price leaked

It goes without saying that this could be a complete sham and that a chunk of salt should be consumed with it, but a batch of purported images and price for the Amazon Kindle 2 have leaked onto the Web. While the MobileRead fellas claim these to be official we’re going to wait until Monday [...]

Kindle 2 Preview: Jeff Bezos on Why Amazon Works Backwards | A Dash of Salt | Fast Company

On Monday, Amazon is scheduled to unveil the new version of the Kindle, its hot-selling e-book reader. We’ll be covering the event here in New York, so be sure to check FastCompany.com for details.
In the meantime, to whet your appetite, here are excerpts from my recent interview with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos in which he [...]

A BlackBerry That’s Easy on Your Thumbs | Katherine Boehret | The Mossberg Solution | AllThingsD

People who use smart phones with physical keyboards are well aware that they don’t look as cool as someone who touches glass to type and flicks a finger to scroll through emails, Web pages and photos. But for many, physical keyboards are easier to use than touch screens, and this fact, alone, cures even the [...]