Amazon: Kindle is the most selling electronic device in 2008 – Literature – a device for reading e-books

January 12, 2009 – 9:30 pm

the online store Amazon announced yesterday that the device for reading electronic books became a Kindle gadget sold in 2008.

In addition, Kindle – still the most popular and Present in the category «Electronics»; device is most often appears in the list of desired gifts customers Amazon. Amazon-only rating, which Kindle Do not try at the top – this chart products that have received maximum marks from customers in 2008. That honor belongs to the LCD TV «Samsung» with 46-inch diagonal.

Kindle has received more than great advertising support in last October, when the leading sverhpopulyarnogo in America talk show Opra Uinfri live admitted that it is «favorite new gadget».

main competitor Kindle is Sony Reader. Both devices have an average size of a paper book, and using technology the company E Ink, which enables you to read the display even in bright sunlight. The main difference – in the scheme of distribution of books: content for the Sony Reader is necessary to download to your computer first, and the Kindle can download books directly from Amazon.

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