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Amazon Kindle Coming Too Late to UK

by Jay Garrett on October 1, 2009

kindle22 years.

That’s almost half a century in tech years.

But that’s how long it’s taken for Amazon to spring their eBook reader over to the UK.

Yup – it sounds like we might finally be graced by the presence of Kindle 2 – but do we need it now?

It’s not like we’ve all been forced to keep dragging real paper books with us – personally I’ve been using my iPhone and Stanza :)

The Bookseller has been tipped the wink from an anonymous source that Amazon will make the announcement next week, having tied up a raft of non-disclosure agreements with publishers.

Let’s face it – an announcement isn’t the same as product on shelf is it? With less than 2 months before Santa drops shiny tech in our gadgety stockings Amazon is cutting it fine to say they’ve had a coupla years to plan it ;)

Why has it taken all this time? Well it’s apparently down to mobile network protocols, which differ between the US and Europe. According to the Bookseller again, ‘key things’ have now been tied up.

Qualcomm is reportedly working on providing the UK Kindle’s wireless service, which allows users to download ebooks, magazines and newspapers from pretty much anywhere.

Could this be too late for the Amazon slab? We have the lovely Apple iTablet and Microsoft Courier on the horizon that will be able to handle simple eBook stuff and a whole lot more.

Not only those 2 possibles we have the Interead Cool-eR soon getting a refresh and the dual-screened Asus EeeBook or EeeReader penciled in for Crimbo.

What would your choice be?

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Windows Marketplace for Mobile Open For Business For All 6.0 and 6.1 Users

by Jay Garrett on July 15, 2009

windows-marketplace-mobile-2-225x300At this year’s Worldwide Partner Conference, Microsoft announced that Windows Marketplace for Mobile will support Windows Mobile 6.0 and 6.1 by the end of 2009 (Windows Mobile 6.5 support will be immediately available).

This is noteworthy as it will allow developers to push applications to existing Windows Mobile customers, of which Microsoft estimates there are about 30 million.

Not only that, it also means that Windows Marketplace for Mobile will begin accepting mobile application submissions on July 27th and will begin testing and certifying the third-party apps soon after.

The store will open simultaneously with the release of the first Windows phones (Microsoft’s new term for mobile devices running Windows Mobile), which are set to arrive around Autumn-time.

In February, Microsoft officially announced Windows Mobile 6.5, Microsoft My Phone, and Windows Marketplace for Mobile. In March, Microsoft gave developers details on Windows Marketplace for Mobile.

One announcement said that there would be 29 supported countries at launch, though Microsoft didn’t specify which ones…..

Well, here’s the official list :) : Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong SAR, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, New Zealand, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, the UK, and the US.

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3G iPhone – Haves and Have Nots

June 9, 2008 Click to read more →

Ok people – here’s a quick once over of the latest iPhone:

It’s tri-band 3G. This same phone will ship worldwide.
WiFi is still 802.11b/g, no support for n yet.
The GPS is A-GPS
Geotagging photos is a yes.
The screen looks exactly the same
The camera is identical to the first – yup, that puny 2 megapixels. No front-facing camera [...]