Will the Kindle Fire Kill E-Readers?<\/a>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAmazon's tablet might be so successful it cannibalizes the retailer's e-readers. Analysts are outdoing themselves with forecasts of Amazon's success with the new Kindle Fire. At the same time they are…\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Will the Fire (which sold an amazing number of units this holiday season) kill its eInk Kindle brethren (and associated other dedicated e-readers)? I sure hope not. The eInk screen is ideal for reading (esp. in sunlight), the eInk Kindle battery life is staggering, and I really don't have any great desire to stream movies … Continue reading “Kindle vs. Kindle … Fight!”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,20,65],"tags":[107],"class_list":["post-25289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-hi-tech","category-my-mobile-pda","tag-ddtb"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27374,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/04\/13\/no-more-flashlight-under-the-covers.html","url_meta":{"origin":25289,"position":0},"title":"No more flashlight under the covers","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 13-Apr-12 10:52am","format":false,"excerpt":"Yeah, I used to read books under the covers with a flashlight. 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