But it's not like any Kindle you've seen before.
Recipients can redeem the gift in the Kindle Store to read on any Kindle or free Kindle app.
Customers will be able to check out a Kindle book from their local library and start reading on any Kindle device or free Kindle app for Android, iPad, iPod touch, iPhone, PC, Mac, BlackBerry, or Windows Phone.
You can read any Kindle-compatible book you've purchased from Amazon's catalog, read the first chapter of other books for free, adjust text size, bookmark pages, and view notations made on the Kindle.
With the recent release of the Kindle DX and the Kindle 2 only a few months before it, the financial success of the device is still very much a mystery, especially since Amazon has long been tightlipped about releasing any Kindle sales figures.
It looks like ebook readers are the hot item this year, eh? It's kind of ironic that I found this TechFlash story minutes after I stated at the bottom of the latest Nook story that we haven't heard of any Kindle shipping issues.
There are a couple of times when any Kindle device -- not just the Oasis -- will outshine Amazon's Kindle app on your phone: When you are reading in direct sunlight and when you are reading before bed.
Wal-Mart will not order any more Kindles after its stock runs out, and Kindles will no longer be available at its Sam's Club and walmart.com divisions along with Walmart stores, said Sarah Spencer, a spokeswoman.
The Voyage looks like almost the same as any other Kindle but for the screen, which is now flush with the e-reader's body, which makes it look more like a tablet and stops dirt and dust from getting caught in the edges.
Not finding any available Kindles, searches for "Sony Reader" are picking up as well, although the clear preference is still the elusive Kindle by nearly two to one.
