Week in review: Kindle 2 frenzy and climate change edition - Ars Technica
Sat, Feb 14th, 2009
As the week comes to a close, it's time to look back at some of the biggest stories to hit Ars Technica.
At the top of the list was the announcement of the long-anticipated Kindle 2 at an event in New York. It's thinner and features a redesigned interface as well, but the biggest difference is arguably the new E-Ink display. We were able to get some hands-on time with the Kindle 2 and found ourselves impressed with its crispness and readability. Amazon says they'll ship on February 24.
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Related stories from top sites:
- With most business trends heading south, Apple continues to get recognition from customers and the press. Today, Fast Company Magazine put Apple in 4th place among the top 50 most innovative companies.
- Time for a quick look at the stuff that caught our eyes today but didn't quite make the front page cut: The Presidents of the United States of America offer iPhone appMillions of peaches, peaches for $3.
- A new, experimental version of Gmail was showcased today by Vic Gundotra, VP of engineering at Google, and the folks from iPhone Buzz posted a video from the presentation.
- Fast Company Magazine ranks Apple #4 of 50 innovative companies
- Emerging iPhone contenders charted, compared by RBC
- How Much Will 'Good Enough' iPhone Rivals Hurt Apple?
- SAP Buys PaaS Vendor's Intellectual Property
- What Missed the Cut
- Intel to chase clouds with custom mobo
- Company Demos Development of Turn-by-turn IPhone GPS App
- Sprint CEO: Google Phone Coming, Will Launch Palm Pre When Ready
- Google shows offline Gmail app running on iPhone
- HTML5 Enabled Gmail: What Does it Mean
