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Whoops! That $15 Ereader Is Actually $70
Have you been eagerly awaiting the arrival of txtr’s $US13 ereader and rationalising its lack of fancy features with the fact that it will cost next to nothing? Too bad, suckers!
Let’s Just Assume Amazon Has Sold, Like, Eight Kindles
There’s no doubt that Amazon sells a lot of Kindles; it’s the most popular product on a site that sells many very popular things. But we’re five years into the Kindle Age, and we still don’t have a single firm sales number to pin on them. Come on, guys! Let us quantify how impressed we are!
The Kindle Turns 5 Today, And It’s Come A Ridiculously Long Way
Today the Kindle turns five and it’s come a long, long way in that past half-decade. In case you don’t remember, in 2007 the first generation Kindle had an 800×600 screen, 250MB internal memory and was the only model to ever have a microSD slot. And it launched for the low, low price of $US400. Despite the price tag, the device was wildly popular, selling out in the first few hours, and remaining out of stock until April 2008.
