Amazon announced today that the Amazon Kindle is Novembers best selling item at their online store. They are also not just talking about best selling item in the Electronics category either… they mean it was the best selling product across all categories.
Amazon mentioned in a press release that the Kindle was the most gifted and most wished for item along side being the number 1 selling product.
For Amazon this must be fantastic news. There are no actual numbers provided in the press release, but considering it’s the best selling item for November we can assume that a good amount of units were shifted. Sales will have been helped by a number of factors including the Christmas season as well as the launch of the new Kindle that can be shipped and used internationally. [Read more…]
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ASUS are launching a number of 1201 range netbooks with the next being the ASUS Eee 1201T. The ASUS 1201T differs from the 1201N (ION) and 1201HA (GMA) powered netbooks by offering an AMD Congo MV40 processor inside.
MSI have launched a new notebook computer called the MSI Wind U230. The MSI U230 has a 12.1 inch LCD display that can display 1366 x 768 pixels. Powering the notebook is an AMD Congo MV40 processor. For RAM you have the option of up to 4GB of DDR2.
Rogers Wireless announced yesterday that they will be bringing the Nokia 6750 on to their network. The Nokia 6750 is a mobile designed for those who want access to social networking on the go.
The ZipShot is a fold up tripod that can collapse to just 15 inches. To get that small it uses tent style poles that push together to build up the tripod and pull apart to fold up and collapse the tripod for storage. When opened up the tripod stands 44 inches tall and takes just seconds to open up.
Orange have announced that it will be shipping the ASUS Eee 1005HGO netbook along with an embedded SIM card for on the move broadband access. The netbook will come with the Windows 7 operating system installed.
This gadget falls in to the category of crazy gadgets due to me not quite understanding why it’s really needed. The Kingjim Pomera is a note taking device that has a full sized keyboard along with a 5 inch VGA screen. What it does is allows you to take notes and send emails if connected to a mobile phone.
AT&T are about to launch the HP iPaq Glisten on to their network. The phone runs the Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system and has a 2.0 inch AMOLED screen along with a full QWERTY keyboard on the front of the device.
Wired came across an old beat up Sega Mega Drive and decided to tear it down to see what was exactly inside. Not surprisingly there isn’t that much… just a circuit board with a few chips on and that’s about that. The picture shows the Japanese model if my memory serves me correctly. The Japanese model had the cartridge lock (a flimsy bit of plastic that just bent if a UK/US cartridge was put in) and had the reddish highlight around the power LED.
If you are looking for a media PC at a decent price then perhaps this SATA HDD HDMI TV Player might work for you. The device is small measuring just 11cm x 4.4cm x 3.4cm and weighs just 530g. It accepts any 2.5″ or 3.5″ drive connected to it and is capable of pushing out audio at 5.1 surround as well as video at up to 1080i.
