News Corp Launched their much anticipated e-newspaper ‘The Daily‘ that will be available exclusively on the iPad

In a 4th quarter earnings press release published today by the largest online retailer, Amazon.com, the company reports that they have sold “millions” of their 3rd generation Kindles in the last fiscal quarter. CEO Jeff Bezos released this statement:

“Thanks to our customers, we achieved two big milestones,” said Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com. “We had our first $10 billion quarter, and after selling millions of third-generation Kindles with the new Pearl e-ink display during the quarter, Kindle books have now overtaken paperback books as the most popular format on Amazon.com. Last July we announced that Kindle books had passed hardcovers and predicted that Kindle would surpass paperbacks in the second quarter of this year, so this milestone has come even sooner than we expected – and it’s on top of continued growth in paperback sales.”

Amazon is notoriously tight-lipped about their Kindle sales numbers. Estimates are all over the place, but all appear to be above the 5 million mark for 2010.

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As much as I love Apple and my iPad, I’m not impressed with iBooks. I’ve been putting the ebook reading app through it’s paces by reading Elin Hilderbrand’s

After owning the iPad for over a month now, I’m not surprised that iPad sales are so high. What I am a little surprised at is that more iPad owners are buying their ebooks from Amazon than Apple’s own iBooks. Publishers Weekly reported on a survey recently taken by the Codex Group.

I’ve been using the Kindle app and I will admit, it’s pretty impressive. Combined with the sheer volume of ebooks that Amazon offers, it’s a force to be reckoned with.

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I’ve had my iPad for a month now and put it through its paces, including a trip across the country. I can only say one thing: I’m loving it! The device is versatile, has a decent battery life and the display is crisp and clear. Furthermore, compared to my 1st gen iPhone, the iPad is speedy. It’s just an all around great device.

But I haven’t forgotten about dismissing the iPad, especially as an ebook reader in an earlier post. My views have evolved since then as they usually do when it comes to cool tech toys. However, in my own defense, I did mention in that post that I would love to have an iPad.

Here are the 3 reasons why I love the iPad:

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Christmas came early. I’m now the proud owner of a shiny new 16GB, WiFi-only iPad, courtesy of my loving wife (she’s the best!). I’ve only had a few days to play around with it, but I’m already really impressed.

I’m not going to do a full-blown review because the iPad has been out long enough that reviews are a dime a dozen. Instead, I’ll give a few of my own impressions/opinions.

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It’s been about 3 years since I bought my 1st generation iPhone 2G and I’m still using it. The device has held up remarkably well over the years. Yes, it’s a little slower now and no longer receiving any updates from Apple (not compatible with OS 4), but I can still make/receive calls, surf the web and everything else the iPhone is capable of.

I thought the iPhone was the perfect device when I brought it home from the Apple Store. It’s still a great phone. Then, less than a year later, the App Store was unveiled and suddenly the iPhone became even more powerful. A whole new world of possibilities opened up.

One of the first apps I downloaded was eReader from Fictionwise. Shortly thereafter, I did some traveling and read two entire books just on my iPhone while on the plane. Great times!

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Sony will be rolling out an eReader app for iPhones and Android-based phones. According to the Sony website, the app will be available this December. The new mobile app is nothing special, doing what all the other eReader apps can do. It will be able to:

• Get bestsellers and new releases from Reader Store.
• Access books purchased at Reader Store on your Reader, PC, iPhone or Android phone.
• Make bookmarks, notes and highlights, and adjust font size as you read.

I’m thinking with the release of this ebook app that those of us with the Sony eReader will soon be able to purchase and download our ebooks directly from their online ebookstore, rather than using their clunky, bug-riddled software.

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Barnes & Noble has released it’s latest eReading baby out into the world. The NookColor is now shipping and demo units should be at most of the B&N stores. This means that reviews of the new device are hitting the blogosphere. Unfortunately, I don’t have access to a NookColor (yet) so I’ll have to rely on the reviews of other bloggers.

For this post I’m using the NookColor review posted on CrunchGear. Instead of trying to rehash everything they say or copy/paste their entire review, I’m just going to pick out the highlights. Here we go:

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The nation’s largest bookseller introduced a long-anticipated new ereader to the market today called the Nookcolor. Rumors have been buzzing around the internet after B&N announced they were going to have a press event today. According to Barnes & Noble’s website, the Nookcolor sports the following features:

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