iPhone vs. Kindle vs. Droid vs. BlackBerry and Beatles on USB

0Daniel Ionescu • 8th Nov 2009 • PC World

Verizon’s Motorola Droid kept on making headlines this week, but Apple might just have found a way to maintain the iPhone’s lead. Here are my stories this week on Today@PCWorld:

iPhone as an eBook Reader Threatens Kindle, Says Report
Apple’s iPhone is quickly becoming the ebook reader of choice for many, and could steal market share from Amazon’s Kindle, according to a report from market research firm Flurry.

Best Buy, CinemaNow Partner on Movie Download Service
Best Buy will partner with Sonic Solutions’ Roxio CinemaNow to offer a movie download service that will pipe movies to a range of electronic gear from televisions, DVD players, computers and phones sold at the retail giant’s stores. The move is seen as a sign of the times for the leading retail seller of DVD movies, Best Buy, who is seeing its retail sales of DVD discs shrink as more people opt to rent movies via digital distribution.

Beatles Due Soon on USB — But Not From Apple
EMI will release next month a collection of remastered Beatles albums on a special edition USB drive, to the joy of fans and geeks alike. The apple-shaped 16GB USB drive will be loaded with the remastered audio tracks from the Beatles’ 14 albums, and will set you back a cool $330 (£200).

Motorola Droid Steals BlackBerry’s Limelight
Motorola’s upcoming Droid smartphone is grabbing plenty of attention — so much attention, in fact, that news of two new BlackBerry devices is getting lost in the shuffle. In recent weeks, Research In Motion announced two new smartphones, the revamped BlackBerry Storm 2, and the Bold 9700. Both are impressive phones in their own right, but neither is garnering the buzz that surrounds the Motorola Droid.

A $99 8GB iPhone 3GS to Kill the Motorola Droid?
AT&T and Apple are preparing a cheaper iPhone 3GS just in time for the holidays to distract from the popularity of the Motorola Droid, according to sources quoted by a BoyGenius report. A cheaper version of the iPhone 3GS would come with only 8GB of storage and $100 off the original price tag, replacing the current $99 8GB iPhone 3G.