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San Francisco (AFP) April 11, 2011 US online retail powerhouse Amazon on Monday introduced a cut-price version of its Kindle electronic reader that features on-screen ads. Kindle with Special Offers e-readers priced at $114 each will begin shipping in the United States on May 3, according to Amazon. Amazon charges $139 for the same Kindle without ads or deals displayed as screen savers and on the home page. The e-readers connect to the Internet to download digital books using wireless connections to routers at "hotspots." A version of the e-reader that accesses the Internet using a built-in 3G telecom connection is priced at $189. "We're working hard to make sure that anyone who wants a Kindle can afford one," Amazon founder and chief executive Jeff Bezos said in a release. "Kindle with Special Offers is the same #1 bestselling Kindle -- and it's only $114." Sponsors of Kindle screensaver ads include US car maker Buick, credit card company Visa, and Proctor & Gamble beauty products line Olay, according to Amazon. Launch deals included discounts on audible books, digital music, a Roku Streaming Player, and Amazon.com gift cards.
earlier related report ZTE launched legal action on Monday against Ericsson (China) Communications Co. Ltd for allegedly breaching its Chinese patents on a range of products involving "core networks, GSM infrastructure and 4G infrastructure". "ZTE has asked that Ericsson discontinue any act of infringement and bear legal liability in accordance with the provision of relevant laws," ZTE said in a statement. "ZTE is fully committed to developing its own patent technology and respects reasonable patent requests from other vendors." Ericsson has filed three lawsuits in Europe against ZTE for infringing the Swedish company's patents on mobile phones and infrastructure, an Ericsson spokesman said earlier this month. ZTE and Chinese rival Huawei have in recent years been pushing into overseas markets, eating into the market share of leading Western companies. Ericsson, headquartered in Stockholm, has some 17,848 employees in Sweden and 90,000 worldwide. It is the market leader in mobile network equipment ahead of Finnish-German giant Nokia Siemens, French-based telecom equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent and China's Huawei.
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Apple's iPad to remain top tablet in 2015: GartnerWashington (AFP) April 11, 2011 The tablet computer market is heating up with new entrants all the time, but Apple's iPad will remain the top device over the next few years, according to technology research company Gartner. Gartner, in a forecast released Monday, said mounting competition will see Apple's share of the touchscreen tablet market decline but the iPad will still make up nearly half of all tablets sold in 2015. ... read more |
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