Filed under: Computers, eBay, Green Tech, Gift News, Holiday Gift Guide

Forget past passions of online bidding for hard-to-get holiday gifts. This year the hot items you can’t find are (of course) the Nintendo Wii and (surprise!) Amazon’s new Kindle wireless electronic reader, which is garnering final bids of $1,000 and up on Ebay.

Kindle is sparking a new fury of interest ever since Amazon sold out of all units and isn’t able to deliver any more until after Christmas.

The idea of e-book book readers isn’t new. (Does anyone remember the Rocket eBook? One of our early favorites, indeed.) Our question: are the people bidding on Kindle going to give it as a gift or do they just want one for themselves? It is better to give than to receive….

From BetaNews

Related Links:

• Is the Amazon Kindle Really the iPod of Books?
• Amazon Kindle Hacked, Leading to More E-Books for Readers
• Amazon’s New Kindle Displays eBooks and Newspapers
• Earth-Friendly Tech

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