UK Gets Very Own Kindles in Grey Business Suits

by Jay Garrett on July 29, 2010

The Kindle is coming to the UK – it’s official!

Amazon is treating us with brand spanking new versions of the ebook reader.

The pair of Kindles aren’t that scary pricewise either. If you opt for the one loaded with 3G and Wi-Fi it’ll cost you £149 and the Wi-Fi only version will hit you for a reasonable £109.

The free 3G connection taken care of by Vodafone and should you take your Brit Kindle (UKindle?) on a trip to foreign parts you’ll be able to instantly browse and download ebooks as long as they have 3G. I reckon that it’s worth that extra £40 compared to the Wi-Fi only version.

Especially as the Amazon Web site for pre-ordering states that the new Wi-Fi browsing is “experimental”!

Both of these new Kindles wear stylish graphite coloured suits and sport a higher contrast eInk screen, 4GB of memory which is said to equate to “up to 3,500″ eBooks and a claimed battery life of up to one month even when frequently used.

For you social networkers – you’ll love that you can highlight sentences and passages and then bounce them off to Facebook and Twitter to share with all :)

Click here to pre-order the Kindle with Free 3G + Wi-Fi or here for the Kindle Wi-Fi only version.

Both will ship on 27 August along with a UK specific ebook store featuring over 400,000 titles, newspapers, magazines and over 1 million free books.

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Sky 3D Launches in October – 3D Christmas Movies

by Jay Garrett on July 29, 2010

If you’ve got yourself a 3D TV but are looking for more variety in your viewing – you’re in luck!

Sky is set to become the first company in Europe to pipe lovely TV into our living rooms in all three gorgeous dimensions as of Friday 1 October.

Sky 3D will kick off with more of a sport bias along with a smattering of the latest movies – so, now you wont have to nip down the local to get your 3D sports fix ;)

This will start by showing live coverage of the Ryder Cup golf broken up with the first 3D TV showings of Bolt and Monsters vs Aliens.

Between its launch and Christmas Sky plans to expand the number of films it shows partnered with grabbing as many of the largest sporting, arts and entertainment events it can – so expect a load of Premier League football matches. There’s been tell of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince getting a 3D airing for those of you that don’t know your Arsenal from your Everton.

The best news is that if you already have Sky+HD you’ll get the 3D service and it will work with both passive and active technology. You’ll need a suitable 3D ready tele box and the specs though.

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