Amazon Kindle ebook reader set for UK release by Christmas?
Amazon is in the final stages of discussions with a UK mobile operator and could launch the Kindle ebook reader here by Christmas.
Agreements with book publishers are already reportedly in place while Amazon is also thought to be discussing deals with newspapers and magazine publishers.
A deal with a mobile operator is necessary to make use of the Kindle's always-on internet connection.
Deals with Orange, Vodafone and 3 are thought to have broken down. Vodafone has launched its own ebook reader in Germany and Orange is working on its own model in France.
With those networks apparently ruled out, could O2, which has already snaffled the iPhone and Palm Pre, be set to bring the Amazon Kindle to the UK?
Currently, you've got the Sony Reader and the Coolreaders Cool-er to choose from. Would the Amazon Kindle convert you to ebooks?
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(via Mobile Today)
Comments
Jonprevans
2 years ago
Getting pretty fed up with O2 snaffling all the exclusives.
Fraser Macdonald
2 years ago
Hey, don't forget the touchscreen, bulky, Iliad. Or the multi-format-supporting BeBook. Or that there's a test of ebook readers in the Oct issue of Stuff, out August 3.
Fraser
DanielPrice
2 years ago
O2 would be a brill network. After all every other gadget I own has to be networked to O2.
I would definitely buy the kindle. It might take a while before the papers start to jump on the idea though.
I really hope stuff magazine will be available on it. Although their publishers might not like it. Haymarket come on.