Kindle readers The first version of the Kindle is on the left, and the newer version (distributed beginning February 2009) on the right. The newer version has better keys for turning pages. The keyboard is also better. Both appear from these screen savers to be good for illustrations, but that’s actually a weakness of the […]

Just yesterday at lunch, two friends brought their Kindles to compare. One had the first Kindle, and the other had the new Kindle. As we compared the modifications in the Kindle, we also discussed if the Kindle would become the Web 2.0 college textbook. Then today I read in the Wall Street Journal that Amazon.com […]