Woot have the previous gen Kindle on sale today for merely $90. But be aware that this is the one with the older Vizplex screen, which has not the high contrast of the new Pearl screen of the Kindle 3. Nevertheless it is a real good reading device as long as it does not get too dark around you and of today only the Kindle 3, the DX Graphite and the newer Sony readers have better screens. For only $90 it also provides free 3G. The units are refurbished, but have Amazon’s guarentee.

The Kindle 2 has only 1.4GB of storage, and I’m not sure that wbut I guess it will be enough for most users.

It is no longer a secret – Amazon is working on a Kindle Tablet. You can find solid evidence throughout the whole blogosphere. Still Amazon has not officially confirmed anything, not to mention giving any details on what we can expect.

Most rumors refer to the allegedly order of touch screens by Amazon. New rumors say, we can expect multiple tablet sizes and possibly a smartphone or iPod Touch-like pocketable device.

Also recent news indicates that Android 3.0 will be the OS in favor for these possible devices. It might even be possible, that Amazon is working directly with Google to some extent.

The display type is still in question. Some say it might be a Mirasol display or a Pixel Qi display, since Amazon is eager to bring the experience of outdoor reading to a new level.

But there is no doubt about it, if Amazon throws some decent devices at a reasonable price on the market, there will be a hard time for Apple

So Amazon targets real books as competitors to their Kindle reading device instead of the recent iPad mockeries. Well since at the moment it is hard to get enough LC-Screens anyway…

Amazon announced a special deal on the Kindle 3G and Kindle DX for Mother’s Day coming up.

With every purchase of either the 3G or DX, you can get a $25 Amazon Gift Card along with it.  If you go to the product page for either item, Amazon includes details on how to include the $25 Gift Card.

Amazon said the promotion will run while supplies last.

Kindle owners will be able to borrow Kindle books from over 11,000 US libraries.

The books can be read on Kindle and free Kindle reading apps. Furthermore, Amazon enables notes, highlights and sync via whispernet, so when you check out a book again or maybe buy it, your notes and highlights will be available to you.

The lending function is available to all Kindle generations as to all free Kindle apps for Android, iPad, iPod touch, iPhone, PC, Mac, BlackBerry or Windows Phone.

Amazon is working with OverDrive, which is the leading provider of digital content solutions for over 11,000 public and educational libraries in the United States.

So finally Amazon erases one big disadvantage to the EPUB-eReaders out there.

In a Gizmodo article they say that you will lose your Kindle back issues of a magazine if you cancel your subscription. This is just plain wrong!

Back-issues on a Kindle are not deleted to cancellation of a subscription. They will reside on the device until you manually delete them. But they might vanish if the issue is more then seven issues old. If you want to keep older issues you have to secure them manually.

Here is the specific part of the Kindle help page:
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Get an Amazon Kindle DX Graphite for $299 only!

“Amazon Introduces New Kindle Family Member: Kindle with Special Offers for $114”
That is $25 less for the #1 bestselling latest-generation Kindle plus special offers and sponsored screensavers.

Special offers in the initial weeks include:
. $10 for $20 Amazon.com Gift Card,
. $1 for an album in the Amazon MP3 Store, and
. a $100 Gift Card with a new Amazon Rewards Visa Card

There is no $25 lower price for the Kindle 3G model, that still costs $189. The use of the 3G wireless for updating the screensavers and the ads may be just to expensive. That way the difference between the lowest-priced Kindle and the 3G model will be $75 now rather than $50.

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Amazon have updated the Kindle4Mac reading app.
Some of the improvements in the latest update:

Use the built-in dictionary to seamlessly look up the definitions of English words without interrupting your reading.
Real page numbers for thousands of books in the Kindle Store. Now you can easily reference and cite passages, and read alongside others in a book club or class.
If several other readers have highlighted a particular passage, then that passage will be highlighted in your book.
Choose whether you’d like to browse your library in a tile view or in a list view.
You can download the app from Amazon or from the Mac App Store.

Amazon has updated its website to include a new section for apps, games, and other active content “Kindle Games & Active Content“. So far there are only 23 titles in this section right now, but that will obviously increase.

The other new category “Kindle Editions with Audio/Video” is for enhanced Kindle ebooks. It contains up to 250 at the moment.