IPhone Steals Lead Over Kindle


	IPhone Steals Lead Over Kindle

rmowery

10-5-2008 8:23 PM

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iphone, book reader, ebook, amazon, stanza

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10-5-2008 9:40 PM

Antara

wild, i will have to check this out

10-5-2008 9:54 PM

BartendingBear

It works great on my iPod Touch, too.

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