Amazon Wins First Kindle Patent; Bigger Screen Expected Soon

Posted by timothy on Tuesday May 5, 2009 @04:55AM from the would-you-like-some-e-coffee-with-that? dept.

An anonymous reader writes "One day before Amazon is scheduled to unveil its widescreen Kindle aimed at newspaper readers, the e-commerce giant has been awarded its first US patent for an e-book reader. The new patent, D591,741, is a design patent which protects the look and feel of the Kindle shell, not for fundamental technologies. Those patents are mostly held by E Ink Corp., which makes the 'liquidless paper' display. Sony, IBM, and the Discovery cable TV network also have e-book patents. Amazon, though the leading e-book seller, has none, but the patent award indicates they've applied for at least four recently." Also in Kindle news, PC World has a brief article up on the larger-screen Kindle DX (expected to launch Wednesday), including pictures first spotted on Engadget.

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As if there's a lesson in there trying to get out by Trailer+Trash · 2009-05-05 04:57 · Score: 0, Redundant

" Amazon, though the leading e-book seller, has none"

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Kindle DX to be announced by caywen · 2009-05-05 05:40 · Score: -1, Redundant

Somewhat off-topic, but Amazon's about to announce the Kindle DX with a 9.7" screen, maybe tomorrow: http://www.slashgear.com/amazon-kindle-dx-images-leak-97-inch-e-ink-screen-0542772/ This is almost the size of the printable part of an 8.5x11 page, so this is pretty cool. I hope the resolution and refresh speed are up to par.