It seems that the Barnes & Noble Nook outsold the Amazon Kindle in March, which is a surprise by all accounts with the Nook making up 53% of all ebook readers shipped to US vendors last month. Amazon executives probably don’t really mind that news too much, since the Kindle app is already available across a wide range of devices such as the Apple iPad and a whole bevy of other smartphones.

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Tech startup Kakai is said to be working on a new device which will rival the Amazon Kindle for the classroom, and while we do not have any image or photo of said device, it has a very good chance of coming with a dual display, powered by a Linux operating system while supporting gesture-based touch to navigate through its user interface. Positioned as a hybrid e-reader and notepad, that Kakai offering will feature software and web access, relying on LCDs instead of e-paper. Well, we do hope to see something more concrete roll out sometime in the near future.

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Looks like the rumors of Amazon offering its Kindle eBook reader in Target stores was true, as it has been officially confirmed today. With that confirmed, the six-inch version of the Kindle will be hitting Target’s pioneering store in Minneapolis, as well as 102 other stores in southern Florida. The good news is that the pricing at stores will be the same as the online price, which is $259. that move pursues Barnes & Noble offering its Nook eBook reader at Best Buy, and possibly to fend off the challenge from Apple’s popular iPad. Who do you think will emerge as the victor in that battle?

Press release.

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While most folks would use Amazon’s Kindle for reading eBooks, it seems like there is a possibility to get Super Mario Bros running on it too, though whether you’d want to play Super Mario Bros on it is a whole different issue. What the developers by at KLab did is they poped a NES emulator for the Kindle, and in the video (after the jump) it’s running in a Kindle Emulator. Of course, since the Kindle is not a gaming device, you can expect some limitations, such as the lack of color, and refresh issues, since the ePaper display can only refresh so fast. The source cipher has additionally been shared, in case you want to take up that project too.

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It seems that the upcoming Dell Streak (Mini 5) will have a few services from Amazon preinstalled, most notably, the Kindle app. A promo picture for the Streak shows “Kindle book reader applications” amongst the list of Amazon subject matter, as well as Amazon MP3, Amazon Video Streams, and the Amazon Store. The Kindle app is already available for Apple’s iPhone and RIM’s BlackBerry platform, so it shouldn’t be too far fetched to see the Kindle app hitting Google’s Android OS too. Would you want to read your Kindle books on a Dell Streak, or do you think that committed eBook readers such as Amazon’s Kindle are still the best way to read eBooks?

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Do you tend to bring your Amazon Kindle with you wherever you go? Chances are you might want to check out the M-Edge Guardian waterproof case soon after, as that floating case will be able to keep all Kindles equipped with 6? displays nice and dry even when you are at a pool, thanks to its molded, transparent polycarbonate. All navigation buttons and keyboard can be accessed via its flexible, sealed cutouts, while the presence of an anti-reflective film by the screen lets you continue reading even under bright sunlight. The Guardian is good as towering as it does not remain submerged below 1 meter of water, where internal bouyancy chambers help keep it floating upright for handsfree reading.

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Acer, the Taiwanese computing giant, has issued a statement that they will not jump aboard the e-book bandwagon since the market is not big sufficient while the business model isn’t right. Could that be a case of sour grapes, otherwise Amazon wouldn’t be the runaway winner at point of publishing and still turn a profit with their Amazon Kindle? Too poor for Acer next, since it would be a classic case of “less men, more share”, as they wait for the cake to grow bigger before taking a bite.

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Amazon.com joins a expanded list of companies that hand by some money to Microsoft each month while using Linux as part of a patent cross-licensing arrangement. Somehow, that deal with Amazon does comprise of open-source and Linux-based technologies, and that is where the Kindle e-reader falls under as it has Linux running underneath. Guess in a way, Microsoft too wages a proxy war against Apple in that aspect and will probably hope that the iPad won’t adversely affect sales of the Amazon Kindle.

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Barnes & Noble looks set to finally overcome obstacles in their Nook e-book reader’s release, offering it more or less a week before Valentine’s Day hits us. Nice to know that their supply chain troubles are (hopefully) worked out, and we hope to see the Nook pit its wits against the current king of the hill, the Amazon Kindle with a hot competitor close on its heels in due moment – the Apple iPad. Are you going to drop some serious dollars on the Nook or on its competitors?

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Amazon has purchased Touchco recently in order to boost their portfolio and strengthen their position as the top e-book reader seller at that point in instance, as they are certainly feeling threatened with the Apple iPad’s recent announcement. Why Touchco? For starters, that company offers cheap multitouch panels that retail for around $10 per square foot, and is much more versatile compared to most resistive touchscreens as it can reply to pressure. Could that plus open up a whole new door for apps on the Amazon Kindle in order to rival the iPad?

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