Kindle 2 released by Amazon

The Kindle 2.0 has been compared to a trophy wife, “sleek, Botox-tight and a lot less comfortable than its predecessor”.

The Guardian has had a hands-on testing of the device but says that there a number of niggly functions. Its reporter, Staci D Kramer, describes the text to speech function as “very cool”, adding: “Unfortunately, the first article I picked was from the New York Times Latest News blog about the president's speech to Congress—and the nice man's voice is trained to say O-Bama as in Alabama—not Oh-Bah-Ma as in Bahama. The sound is pretty decent.”

She said that migrating titles onto the device is “as easy as possible”. She said: “Books can be set for download through an owner's Amazon.com archive even before the unit arrives—or they can be managed directly through the device. They can be moved back and forth and so far, multiple copies are working just fine on my multiple Kindles registered to the same account.”

iphone Gamer!

Rumour in today from Apple Insider suggests that a new model of the iPhone could be unveiled in June, the next device set to include more powerful graphics capabilities, designed to further bolster gaming on the phone.

Although only a rumour at present, June would be one year after the iPhone 3G was revealed, various references to the next gadget having already been spied.

Speculation has it that this new iPhone will see Apple completely rebuild the phone's architecture, offering far greater advancements than the previous upgrade.

It seems as if Apple has forged new partnerships with a number of manufacturers, and that this will see the iPhone using 'System on a Chip' components, presumably of the non-edible kind.

ARM processor cores are mooted, while PowerVR/Imagination Technologies hardware looks set to deliver vastly improved graphical capabilities, which should give game designers much more to play with, as well as potentially paving the way for older releases on the iPhone.