Kindle
Amazon’s Kindle has been making a lot of headlines lately, and now the company has introduced a new generation of Kindle devices. The new Kindle is smaller, lighter, faster, and has 50% better contrast than any other e-reader on the market, according to Amazon.
It has a new electronic-ink screen and a new design with a 21% smaller body, while keeping the 6 inch screen of the old Kindle. It’s 15% lighter at 8.7 ounces. Amazon claims it has 20% faster page turns, up to a month of battery life, built-in Wi-Fi, a graphite color option, and double the storage, holding 3,500 books. The price is $189, and still comes with free 3G wireless.
Amazon has also introduced the Kindle Wi-Fi, which doesn’t come with 3G, but is only $139.
“Kindle is the best-selling product on Amazon for two years running. We lowered the price to $189 and sales growth tripled,” says Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. Readers are going to do a double take when they see Kindle’s bright new screen and feel how remarkably light the smaller 8.7 ounce design feels in one hand.”
Now that so many other companies from abroad are flooding the electronics market with different types of reading devices, Kindle is happy to be the one left standing on top!
You’d think that with the amount of influence abroad, the competition would have something better to offer… NOT SO!
The competitors added more colors, more sizes, more shapes, and various features that sounded good initially, but the Kindle still reigns the best quality, best value and best overall!
Check out the details-
* 6″ Display or over 9.7″ display, Global Wireless, Latest Generation.
* Slim: Just over 1/3 of an inch, as thin as most magazines
* Lightweight: At 10.2 ounces, lighter than a typical paperback
* Books in Under 60 Seconds: Get books delivered wirelessly in less than 60 seconds; no PC required
* 3G Wireless: 3G wireless lets you download books right from your Kindle; no annual contracts, no monthly fees, and no hunting for Wi-Fi hotspots!
* Paper-Like Display: Reads like real paper without glare, even in bright sunlight
* Global Coverage: Enjoy 3G wireless coverage at home or abroad in over 100 countries.
* Carry Your Library: Holds up to 1,500 books
* Long Battery Life: Read for 1 week with wireless on without recharging, or for 2 weeks with wireless off.
* Read-to-Me: With the experimental Text-to-Speech feature, Kindle can read newspapers, magazines, blogs, and books out loud to you, unless the book’s rights holder made the feature unavailable
** Social Networking- Now you can post to Twitter and Facebook directly from your Kindle!
* Free Book Samples: Download and read first chapters for free before you decide to buy
* Large Selection: Over 600,000 books, including 109 of 112 New York Times® Best Sellers, plus U.S. and international newspapers, magazines, and blogs. For non-U.S. customers, content availability and pricing will vary. Check your country.
* Low Book Prices: New York Times Best Sellers and New Releases are $9.99, unless marked otherwise. When traveling abroad, you can download books wirelessly from the Kindle Store or your Archived Items. U.S. customers will be charged a fee of $1.99 for international downloads.
Meet the Amazon Kindle”!, a wireless portable reading device with instant access to more than 600,000 books, blogs, newspapers and magazines. Whether you’re in bed or on the train, Kindle lets you think of a book and get it in less than a minute.
The way I look at it, it’s an environmentally friendly investment. The books are much cheaper, and you’re saving paper. Before you know it the world will be frowning upon wasting paper that you read once and throw away!
New York Times Bestsellers and New Releases are $9.99 or less, unless otherwise marked.
THE WAY WE SEE IT
As technology enters into our lives at the speed of lightning, all we can do is try to keep up with the ever changing information found on every TV station, Web address and advertising e-mail! I’m sure you’ve all felt at one time or another that some new gadget is just that- a gadget being thrown in our face for someone to earn bragging rights!. Well, read on cause here’s the surprise.
I want you to take a look further. After all, where does a convenience become a can’t-live-with-out-it necessity? When I first heard about Ebook Reader I really didn’t think it was something that would fall into the latter category, so we started exploring. To be perfectly honest, when something claims to have the ability to replace the infamous daily newspaper, it brings out the skeptic in many of us! This is no dissapointment!
I’ve included many customer reviews to provide a variety of opinions so that you can decide for yourself whether it would be useful to you. But truthfully this is an item that you MUST experience for yourself with your own hands on test!
Modern electronics are presenting new ways of living every day, and sometimes many of us wait too long to step up and learn to take advantage of the convenience and luxury they can provide. This is one of those MUST HAVE items that I feel will definitely change the way we start each day eventually! After visiting this website, hopefully you will be able to make the correct decision on which Ebook Reader to purchase.
Expert Reviews: See What the Experts Have to Say About Kindle
“If you think there’s no way you could ever get used to curling up with an electronic reader, you haven’t given the Kindle a chance. Load up a good book and you’ll soon forget you’re reading plastic rather than paper. You’ll also wonder how you ever did without it. The Kindle makes buying, storing, and organizing your favorite books and magazines effortless. You can take your entire library with you wherever you go and switch from reading the latest New Yorker to the latest best-seller without rolling out of bed. In my few days using it, I was won over: The Kindle is the future of publishing.” — Farhad Manjoo, Slate
“The best e-reading system on the market. I welcome these improvements to aesthetics, more functional industrial design, better graphics and longer battery life. Sleeker than the original: A third of an inch thick and 10 ounces.” — Steven Levy, Wired
“Bottom line: The Kindle is easier to use and more versatile, thanks to its wireless coverage.” — Consumer Reports
“Overall, this is a great platform for reading a novel or anything where you just want to be able to pick it up and put it back down at a moment’s notice — the wireless delivery of books you order on Amazon’s website is still just about perfect.” — Christopher Null, Yahoo! Tech
“It reads very easily without any eyestrain whatsoever. I felt like I was reading a book whereas reading on an iPhone or a computer is just a gimmick. The Kindle is indeed a genuine alternative to a print edition and not just a toy.” — Michael Glitz, Huffington Post
“With a slimmer, sleeker design, a crisper display and 25 percent longer battery life, the Kindle 2 is fast becoming a must-have for avid readers who don’t want to schlep a ton of books.” — Star Magazine
