http://j-q.vox.com/library/posts/tags/amazon/page/1/ JQ's Blog en Vox Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:26:48 -0800 Copyright 2007 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss amazon http://j-q.vox.com/library/post/amazons-kindle-launches.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(JQ) http://j-q.vox.com/library/post/amazons-kindle-launches.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://j-q.vox.com/library/post/amazons-kindle-launches.html?_c=feed-rss-full Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:26:48 -0800 <p>&#160;</p> <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00ccff93e9cad75600e398bf2bee0001" at:format="medium" at:align="left" class="enclosure enclosure-left enclosure-medium photo-enclosure" style="text-align: center; float: left;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style="padding: 9px; border: 1px solid; width: px; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" > <div class="enclosure-list"> <div class="enclosure-item photo-asset last"> <div class="enclosure-image"> <a href="http://j-q.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff93e9cad75600e398bf2bee0001.html"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00ccff93e9cad75600e398bf2bee0001-200pi" alt="Kindle Sideways" title="Kindle Sideways" /></a> </div> <div class="enclosure-meta"> <div class="enclosure-asset-name"><a href="http://j-q.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff93e9cad75600e398bf2bee0001.html" title="Kindle Sideways">Kindle Sideways</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end enclosure --> <p>At a press conference in New York City, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos debuted the company&#39;s e-book dubbed Kindle. Smaller and thinner than previous e-book attempts, the most noteworthy thing about Amazon&#39;s device is that it includes free wireless access via the cellular data standard known as EVDO so that owners can&#160;download books, magazines, and--yes--blogs, directly to the Kindle. </p> <p>It&#39;s an interesting model for high-speed (or relatively high-speed) data service: don&#39;t charge a monthly fee, just charge for the content (hello, AT&amp;T and Verizon, are you listening?). This is an approach that could work, even if the Kindle isn&#39;t ultimately successful.</p> <p>One high point of the press conference: &quot;The best encyclopedia is Wikipedia,&quot; said Bezos. And he wasn&#39;t joking. Honest, didn&#39;t even crack a smile. And we wonder why all those college papers have such egregious errors of fact in them....</p> <p>For more on the Kindle, and less snarkiness, see &quot;<a href="http://www.j-q.com/pc_articles/Kindle.php3">Amazon&#39;s Kindle</a>.&quot;</p> <p><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)">FOR MORE OF JQ&#39;S NEWS AND REVIEWS, VISIT </span><a class="snap_shots" href="http://www.j-q.com/"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)">J-Q.COM</span></a></p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://j-q.vox.com/library/post/amazons-kindle-launches.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00ccff93e9cad75600e398bf2c0b0001?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> amazon e-book quain bezos kindle