File 001 · Category Openers
Record 024 · Computing · 2007
07.24.CAmazon Kindle (1st generation)
Amazon
“Whispernet + E Ink that finally made e-books a default habit.”
Books in 60 seconds.
Sold out in 5.5 hours. Always-on 3G bookstore without a PC. Flattened publishing margins and normalized digital reading.
Filed notes
- E Ink + 3G Whispernet
- Amazon catalog as the OS
Units. Tens of millions of Kindles; e-books a major revenue line
SIC
3577
Computer Peripheral Equipment, NEC
NAICS
334118
Computer Terminal and Other Computer Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing
