Kindle 3 rumors – thin, black, no touchscreen « Kindle Review – There are 2 sets of Kindle 3 rumors fighting each other today. Kindle 3 is thin with no touchscreen – Bloomberg Bloomberg says that Amazon is ready to introduce Kindle 3 in August - Amazon.com Inc. plans to introduce the next version of its Kindle electronic-book reader in August, according to two people familiar with its plans.The device will be thinner and have a more responsive screen with a sharper picture … The new Kindle won’t include a touch screen or color, Really? A Kindle 3 with faster screen refreshes and better screen contrast and that’s it. Well, neither color nor touchscreen are absolutely essential to reading – However, it would be really nice to get one of them. The added benefit is the flexibility which if ready in time for Kindle 3 would make Kindle screens tough to break. Probability of being Correct: Depressingly High if there aren’t killer features like unbreakable screens.
Kindle DX 2 (or Kindle 3) is black and might not have a keyboard – CrunchGear. Predicting Nook 2, Kindle 3 « Kindle Review – Kindle 3 Review, i. The two biggest dedicated eReader releases this year will probably be Kindle 3 and Nook 2. Now that ‘the device that shall kill everything else’ has been unveiled its worth making predictions on what Amazon and B&N will conjure up to compete. Disclaimer: This is all speculation. Please DO NOT take any of this as confirmed or official – it’s all predictions and analysis. Let’s start with B&N and what they might have in store for Nook 2. Predicting Nook 2 What have Barnes & Noble hinted at? There are a few things that are pretty clear - B&N will target between July and October of 2010. What are Nook owners asking for? Reading the B&N Nook forum reveals some rather basic requests - Fixes for lots of the bugs.
Also high on Nook owners’ wishlist – David Pogue stop writing about the Nook. You could also look at Nook reviews from owners yourself. The top 3 issues were clearly - Fixes for the common issues. Personal Nook 2 wishlist Here are the things I’d most like to see the Nook improve on - Guessing the Amazon Kindle 3 release date. | Best Ereaders. Customer Discussions: Kindle 3 vs IPAD. Kindle Review – Kindle 3 Review, iPad Review. Kindle 3. Amazon “Kindle 3” to defy multifunction and target heavy readers. The Kindle 2 has seen good success with heavy readers, namely because of its E Ink screen, which claims that the experience is just like reading paper. In contrast the glow that emanates from a backlit LED screen like the Apple iPad’s can cause more eyestrain as the eye adjusts to looking at a constantly bright light.
Still, the iPad provides a host of other (potential) productivity tools in the form of its vast app store and Amazon is bound to feel some pressure there. Despite that pressure, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos recently shared that the company’s next generation Kindle 3 will continue to target heavy readers with its E Ink screen.
It will, however, likely provide that specialized reading experience in a slimmer form factor. Prompted by a shareholder’s question regarding the Apple iPad, Bezos responded, “the Kindle will compete with these LCD devices like the iPad by being a very focused product.