Acording to this article in Mobile magazine, Amazon are close to launching Kindle in the UK – the hope is to have it here this side of Christmas.

Launching the Kindle over here isn’t just a matter of shipping the hardware – the thing that differentiates Kindle from other ebook readers is its ability to download books and newspaper content automatically using a mobile phone network. For that to work, Amazon need to get into bed with a network provider so that users don’t need to fork out for their own separate contract.

It’s a really cool idea in theory – the idea of waking up to have your customised news headlines already on your kindle ready for you to read on the way to work is very appealing.

Before you get too excited though, you might want to read this CNET story about how much control they have over your content – the irony is almost too much to bear.