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Amazon’s Widescreen Kindle DX: Winners and Losers – BusinessWeek.

Eh.  Everyone knows by now about Kindle DX.  But there are a few points in here that I didn’t know.

1. They won’t have any advertising.  ”Being good and moral?”  I guess so.  Missing out on a massive revenue stream that would really challenge newspapers?  Uh. Yeah.
2. No discount to existing customers.  Bastards.

Then again, I’ve had a Kindle on my wishlist since v1 came out and no one has bought one for me yet…

Amazon Unveils Slimmer Kindle – WSJ.com

I’m seeing the Kindle readers more and more in all kinds of situations – even in class where classmates will just read a few pages before lecture starts.  It’s nice to see that Amazon continues to work on the product. 

Oh, and if anyone wants to buy one for me, feel free