November 22nd, 2007
Despite Skepticism, Amazon’s Kindle Already Sold Out
By Michael Santo
Executive Editor, RealTechNews
Amazon.com unveiled the Kindle on Monday, and despite understandable skepticism, it’s already sold out.
The Kindle is Amazon’s e-book reader, which uses cellular (specifically, EVDO) to download the books to the device. You can also subscribe and get automatic delivery of newspapers and magazines.
It’s 7.5″ x 5.3″ x 0.7″, smaller than a folded-up newspaper. Understandably, however, with the lack of success of prior e-book readers, such as Sony’s Reader, there’s been a lot of doubt about its potential for success.
Still, if you go to its sales page today, you’ll see it’s sold out, with a (at the time of this writing) availability date of Dec. 5. Strangely, it’s fluctuated a few times today, with the date being Dec. 7th and Dec. 3rd earlier today.
We Say: One final tidbit: it’s impossible to know how many Kindle’s have sold, so we really don’t know if it’s really been that successful.
djahna says:
Are the customers satisfied with what they got so far? Will they be releasing more stocks?,,
November 23rd, 2007 at 3:39 am
Lewie says:
Hmm. No color, which means the magazine downloads will look less than stellar, and at $400 still a bit on the pricey side. Still, a pretty nice feature set. I hope they sell enough to warrant continued development. If so, maybe, just maybe, they’ll eventually make one I’ll buy.
November 26th, 2007 at 1:17 pm
degustibus says:
someone bought both of them?
November 26th, 2007 at 3:48 pm