Amazon.com Inc.’s Kindle e-reader is getting access to Facebook and Twitter, along with several other enhancements, as part of a software update being sent wirelessly to the devices.
In a posting on Amazon’s site, the company says the new software will let users share book passages on their Twitter and Facebook accounts. The update will also let people sort books and documents into collections and lock their Kindle with a password. There also will be larger font options and the ability to zoom in on PDF documents.
The update comes shortly after Apple released its iPad tablet, which could be the Kindle’s biggest competition. Both can wirelessly download books.
Amazon said it has released the software to some Kindle owners and expects to send it to all users in late May.
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Apple unveils iPad tablet with onscreen keyboard
Apple CEO Steve Jobs has unveiled the iPad, a tablet-style computer that resembles the iPhone, but larger.
“It's so much more intimate than a laptop and so much more capable than a smart phone,” Mr. Jobs said on Wednesday at the device's highly anticipated debut in San Francisco.
Mr. Jobs demonstrated how the iPad is used for surfing the Web with Apple's Safari browser. He typed an e-mail using an on-screen keyboard and flipped through photo albums by flicking his finger across the screen.
The CEO says the iPad will also be better for reading books, playing games and watching video than either a laptop or a smart phone.
Now Apple will have to convince consumers, many of whom already have Internet-connected phones, computers and TVs, that that's the case. Tablet computers have existed for a decade, with little success. No price or information on availability was immediately announced.
“It's so much more intimate than a laptop and so much more capable than a smart phone,” Mr. Jobs said on Wednesday at the device's highly anticipated debut in San Francisco.
Mr. Jobs demonstrated how the iPad is used for surfing the Web with Apple's Safari browser. He typed an e-mail using an on-screen keyboard and flipped through photo albums by flicking his finger across the screen.
The CEO says the iPad will also be better for reading books, playing games and watching video than either a laptop or a smart phone.
Now Apple will have to convince consumers, many of whom already have Internet-connected phones, computers and TVs, that that's the case. Tablet computers have existed for a decade, with little success. No price or information on availability was immediately announced.
