In a move which suggests that Walmart is planning a full-on merchant battle with Amazon sometime in the future, Walmart.com has announced that a select group of third-party merchants will now be allowed to sell their products through the site. All in all, this is a great move by Walmart and something potentially something to worry about for Amazon and ...
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Ed Hardy is Everywhere, Even on Your USB Drives
There’s been a Don Ed Hardy explosion recently. I’ve even seen Hardy rip-off shoes at my local discount designer stores. If you’ve already got Ed Hardy’s name plastered across your body and you’re really digging that new school ink style, Ed Hardy is busting out a collection of USB drives branding the style you’ve learned to love. The drives will ...
Read More »Deals: $350 Playstation 3 on Amazon
If you’ve been holding out for a price cut on the PS3, today is your chance to take advantage of Amazon’s PS3 deal. $350 nets you an 80GB system with a DualShock controller. Sorry, no motion control here, folks. Games? You’ll need to get those on your own, but considering the deals Amazon has on its Marketplace, it shouldn’t be ...
Read More »Amazon Kindling: Burn After Reading
Perfect for those confidential notes that call for being destroyed right after being read. The Amazon Kindling was created using a laser cutter. This reminds me of that famous holiday ditty: Amazon Kindling on an open fire Jeff Bezos nipping at your nose (but mostly your wallet) Link [via]
Read More »It’s Official: The Amazon Kindle DX
After all that hype! 9.7-inches of fury with a $489 price tag. Get ready to witness Amazon’s blitzkrieg on the newspaper and textbook industries. Sporting 4GB of storage and native PDF support doesn’t hurt either. Did we mention EVDO? Oh yeah. Very nice. Look for the Kindle DX to drop this summer. [amazon link=”B0015TCML0″ title=”Link”]
Read More »Screenshots of New Amazon Kindle Leak
While I’m not one to feed the rumors, there’s just too much hype to ignore the upcoming large-screen Kindle from Amazon. Check out these pics of the upcoming “Kindle DX”. It supposedly will have a 9.7-inch display and is geared towards textbook use. I was thinking about the whole textbook strategy and it could really propel Amazon into the stratosphere. ...
Read More »Rumor Me Not: Amazon Working On Large-Format Kindle
Man, today is all about the rumors floating around and I’m not liking it one bit. Know why? Rumors are all hype, little fact and always disappointing. Take for instance the latest one. The Internet is saying that Amazon is preparing a new Kindle with a large screen for newspapers that will drop this Wednesday. Pretty bold, right? Yeah, it’s ...
Read More »Kindle Case Remembers Everything Amazon Forgot
Though widely acclaimed and highly anticipated, Amazon’s Kindle 2 isn’t perfect by any stretch of the imagination. Much like any awesome gadget, there are tons of ways to improve the user’s experience even further than what is already offered by the gadget alone. The Periscope Kindle case is a leather-bound case which offers a host of useful little gadgets which ...
Read More »Amazon Launches Kindle iPhone App
Wow. That was, like, really quick Mr. Bezos. Nice work. Amazon decided to make an incredibly smart business decision and today released an iPhone Kindle app that allows you to download books on the go and read them on your iPhone. It’s a much cheaper way to enjoy the Kindle’s unique features on the device you prefer. Oh, and the ...
Read More »Amazon Kindle 2 Has Hidden SIM Card Slot
We haven’t been talking about the Amazon Kindle 2 a lot. Know why? Because everyone and their mother has been talking about it. Jeff Bezos was even on The Colbert Report shilling his new eBook reader. Interestingly, though, when the boys at iFixIt cracked open a brand new Kindle 2, they found a surprise waiting inside. See that circled area ...
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