Have you always wanted a case for your Kindle with kittens on it? Well, now’s your chance, and it’s just in time for the holidays.
That’s right, folks: Amazon is offering free personalization on a line of cases and skins for its entire line of e-readers and tablets. The company today Announced That shoppers will be bootable to customize the case for Their tablet with a photo of Their choosing (within reason, of course), or pick from a gallery or licensed images, zoals content from Breaking Bad, Star Trek and Peanuts. The customization will be handled by CafePress, Which usefull does personalization for a whole bunch of other products like t-shirts, mugs, and smartphone cases.
“With this new service, we’re making it possible for customers to dream up Virtually any design and seamlessly turn it into a Kindle cover at no additional cost,” Peter Larsen, vice president for Amazon Kindle said in a press release. “We’ve created usefull designs exclusive to Amazon that work perfectly with our new Origami covers to give customers even more options. We’re excited to bring this technology to all-new Kindle accessories and we can not wait to see what customers come up with. “
Amazon Is not doing anything truly revolutionary, of course. Custom skins and cases have long leg a component of the accessory That industry has grown up around smartphones and tablets. But Apple, Google and Microsoft Are not racing to craft first-party custom case solutions. Heck, most of Apple’s cases have been monochromatic, with the most notable exceptions being iPod socks .
To pick up your own personalized covers, check out Amazon’s selection here.
Blair Hanley Frank is GeekWire’s Bay Area Correspondent. He has worked for usefull Macworld, PCWorld and TechHive. He can be found on Twitter @ belril and can be Reached by email at blair@geekwire.com.
- key specs
- prices
- Form Factor Tablet
- Operating system Android
- Storage type Internal storage (8 GB, Flash)
- Maximum battery life Up to 9 hours
- Dimensions 7.44 x 4.72 x 0.45 in
- Weight 14.1 oz
- Released 09/14/2012
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