The New York Times reported today that Amazon has called a press conference on February 2nd, not its home town of Seattle, but in the media and financial center of the United States, New York. The NYT further determined that Jeff Bezos will host the event and on that basis, the NYT announced that the Kindle 2 will be unveiled that day. And the price will be the same as the current price for the Kindle 1, $359. I have been told by several sources that they have placed orders for the Kindle at that price “Expected to ship in 4 to 6 weeks.”
On October 3rd the Boy Genius Report had published what were said to be pictures of the new beast. It was then rumored that new Kindle would be released in early November. On October 23, however, Oprah endorsed the Kindle on her program and sales skyrocketed, apparently leaving Amazon with too few Kindle 1s or 2s for the stocking.
The announcement is being held in a location that Steve Jobs would love. The Morgan Library & Museum in New York houses one of the world’s greatest collections of artistic, literary, and musical works, from ancient times to the medieval and Renaissance periods to the present day.
Kind of like what the Kindle might become some day.
Peter B. Hayward
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Joe // February 23, 2009 at 11:41 pm |
The Kindle does as well as can be expected without it being a touchscreen