Amazon has unveiled its electronic book reader the Kindle, provoking great debate in the US. The Kindle allows you to purchase and wirelessly download books, newspapers and even blogs in less than a minute straight to the device.
The charges have stirred controversy – new books can be bought for $9.99, newspapers and magazine subscriptions from $1.25-14.99 a month, and blog subscriptions at around a dollar or two a month. So are people really going to pay for blogs that they are used to reading for free? As mentioned earlier this month, only a few newspapers are still operating on a subscription model for their online content.
Beyond the e-book debate TechCrunch among others have joined in with the buzz and enjoyed criticising it’s retro looks. However, there are pro-Kindle camps – The Kindle seems to be a bit of a Marmite product, you either love it or you hate it.
