Amazon has slammed the brakes on increasing speculation that an upgrade to the Kindle e-book reader is coming soon.
Despite [high anticipation of a "Kindle 2.0,"](https://more-deals.info/gadgets/2008/07/kindle-20-arriv.html "high anticipation of a "Kindle 2.0,"") Amazon spokesman Craig Berman told Guardian writer Jack Schofield that a revision to the popular Kindle device would not be arriving in 2008.
"Don't believe everything you read -- there's a lot of rumor and speculation out there about Kindle," Berman told Schofield. "One thing I can tell you for sure is that there will be no new version of Kindle this year. A new version will come out sometime next year at the earliest."
That's somewhat of a disappointment, but it'll give Amazon more time to tweak the next Kindle -- and hopefully make it less hideous and more appealing than the current one, as Wired.com's Charlie Sorrel kindly suggests.
Sorry, no new Kindle this year....[Guardian]
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