Amazon Defeats T-Mobile In HTC HD2 Pricing

We recently posted an article about T-Mobile’s big roll out of HTC HD2 cell phone which was yesterday. Most of you might have bought one or are still debating whether or not to get one due to the hefty price tag. As far as we know T-Mobile is offering this beauty with two types of plans as a way to save you some money.

Plan A: Comes with a 2 year contract and features great phone discounts, so your upfront costs are lower retailing at $449.99 with an instant discount of $250.00 which drops your cost down to $199.99.

Plan B: Has no annual contract and currently provides the best monthly rate plan. So you would pay for your phone upfront, but the lower monthly plan costs save you money over time. Suggested retail $449.99 and you pay $449.99. No discounts offered with this plan.

This device comes with features like downloadable books, TV, and movies. It also has the largest touch screen on the market which is very tempting. This Smartphone also requires a data service. There is more exciting news for those of you who have not fully made up your minds as to whether or not you would like to purchase this device.

A number of stores have discounted the HTC HD2 Smartphone down to a mere $100.00. This is great, despite the fact that this cell phone was released yesterday. Amazon has out done itself by offering the HTC HD2 for $99.99 with a two years contract. You have nothing else to worry about no mail in rebates or any of the other complications that comes with getting a discounted phone. It certainly makes the phone - arguably WinMo 6.5's last real hurrah. This is most definitely a great deal.

We have heard rumors that T-Mobile HTC HD2 was a great hit and was sold out in under four hours in all most all T-Mobile stores.

Kindle App for iPad and Soon Other Tablets

Kindle App for iPad and Soon Other Tablets

As March comes to an end and April approaches, iPad news is becoming the talk of the town. Today everyone got a glimpse at Amazon’s free Kindle app for the iPad. A Barnes & Noble app is also on the way, courtesy of a report in the New York Times. The Kindle app for the iPad has been completely redesigned by a team of 14 developers who have been working on it since January. The developers were working to redefine the core screen and reading experience to allow for custom fonts in multiple colors, slow page turns, and new ways to view your eBook library.

One of the views they worked on, as pictured above, presents your books as large icons against a silhouetted figure under tree, the sun changes position in accordance to the time of day. The app gives you access to the Kindle bookstore (assuming that Apple approves and lets it slide) and saves your reading position so that you can pick up any Kindle app (or device) and continue reading right where you left off.

Amazon’s Kindle App will be targeting all tablets and not just the iPad. We are hearing that Skiff is surely headed to Apple’s tablet as well, and it is suspected that many competitors will also be headed to the iPad. The question that arises from news like this is whether someone will really purchase an eReader dedicated to a single store. What do you think? Share your thoughts and comments below.

Amazon Unleashes Kindle App for Mac

Amazon has quietly unleashed its Kindle app for Mac. The 22MB file is for Intel-based machines only, OS X 10.5 and above.

The app allows you to download Kindle books you already own, and read them at leisure on your Mac; synchronization of your progress through the book is automatic, and will keep track with your Kindle or iPhone reading. It displays your bookmarks and highlights from your Kindle reading sessions, but doesn't let you create new highlights. You can adjust font size and line length to suit your visual acuity; turning pages is accomplished by using the scroll wheel on your mouse, or with the arrow keys.

It's free, but you have to buy the books, of course. It doesn't have multi-touch, like the Windows app, and both PowerPC and Tiger users are left out of the fun.

Kindle Development Kit Now Available In Limited Beta

Amazon announced a few weeks ago that they were opening up the Kindle for development and as of today they have officially started to accept requests for the Development Kit which is in limited beta. You can head over to Amazon to sign up and be a beta developer and to request the KDK. The site also has an updated Kindle Development Kit FAQs and API information for anyone who is interested.

"You're not going to read for 10 hours" - Steve Jobs

When the Kindle was first released Steve Jobs said "people don't read anymore" when talking about why the Kindle would be a failure. Ironically, when Apple released the iPad, Jobs spent much of the time flaunting off how good of a reader it is. When comparing the Kindle to the iPad, in terms of battery life the figures indicate 1 week to 10 hours, a pretty big difference as you can see. Walt Mossberg did a quick interview with Steve Jobs after the unveiling of the device and asked about this , to which Jobs replied "you're not going to read for 10 hours...you just end up pluggin' it in." So apparently Jobs now thinks people do infact read but apparently not long enough without coming close to a wall outlet. When questioned about the difference in prices between the two, Jobs reluctantly states that "publishers are actually withholding books from Amazon because they're not happy," and that "the prices wil be the same." He didn't indicate whether the prices for books will be going up to the rumored $14.99 pricetag or not. The video can be seen below: