Amazon sells 240,000 Kindles

Courtesy DaniWeb IT Discussion Community (Featured Entries)  Sat, 08/02/2008 - 10:20

Wow! That's a lot of e-book reader hardware units. I mean, everyone knew these things were popular after selling out so quickly straight off the bat.

But 240,000 units? Who would have thought there would be such a hug demand for this kind of technology. Especially since every e-book reader I have tried, including those which incorporate the admittedly really quite gob-smackingly good e-ink display technology, has been let down by one crucial factor: content.

Sure, it is great to...


 

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