Amazon Unveils New Ebook With Free Internet Access

NEW YORK — Amazon.com's Jeff Bezos today unveiled another mobile device that can deliver adult content faster and easier: the Kindle, which joins the new and growing ebook market.

Weighing in at 10.3 ounces, the Kindle is thinner than an average paperback novel and about as wide as a standard hardbook novel. At launch, consumers will be able to download and buy 90,000 books, including most New York Times bestsellers.

But the Kindle can surf the Internet, too, which makes it a possible new delivery platform for adult content. Many web-browsing devices require users to find a wi-fi hotspot to log onto the Internet, while others make users pay a monthly fee for wireless access. Amazon is footing the bill to provide access to Kindle users for free.

One drawback for the Kindle is its screen — it's black and white and mostly optimized for reading books.

"People don't read porn, other than Playboy as some may claim, so [the Kindle] won't do much for online porn," web guru Brandon Shalton told XBIZ. Shalton founded the traffic analysis service T3Report.com.

But Booble.com CEO "Booble" Bob Smith told XBIZ that the adult industry is always the first one on board with new technologies — when they're profitable.

"The industry has always been forward-thinking when it comes to technology," he said. "If a new technology comes out and people use it and it's easy to produce content for, then the adult industry will produce content for it."

Smith added, though, that it took mobiles phones 10 years to become useful enough to warrant adult industry attention.

The Kindle's suggested price is $399.

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