Giving a Kindle? Check out these 8 other e-readers first
November 25th, 2009 admin
The Amazon Kindle is on several gadget gift lists this year, and why not? After all, it’s a sleekly thin e-reader, has a nice price (now $259 — with no monthly subscriptions or contracts, thank you very much), its wireless service just went global, and there’s nothing else like it, right? Not so fast. Before you pop that Kindle in your shopping cart, take a look at some of the many other e-readers

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