Years ago Amazon.com introduced a new product, developed by Amazon.com itself called the Kindle.
It changed the way people read books, newspapers, weblogs, and more.
The Kindle is an electronic book with wireless access to thousand of books sold by Amazon.com, an audiobook player, and a wireless Web browser.
Kindle uses a cellular data
network to deliver books, newspapers, magazines and weblogs to you immediately.
This network, called "Whispernet", costs nothing to use; Amazon provides data connectivity free of charge as part of Kindle's purchase.
It isn't limited to books that Amazon sells — it can read books in Mobipocket or text formats, it reads Audible.com's protected audiobooks,
HTML and Word documents, and several image formats (through Amazon's email-based conversion service).
It includes very limited MP3 music support, as well.
Kindle gets you access to Amazon's instant wireless bookstore.
Initial manufacturing run sold out in just five hours, and it took Amazon six months to get it back in stock.
Now you can finally buy a Kindle again.
Almost all books are also available on Kindle.
New releases are just $9.99, even when their hardcover versions are $25 or more! Paperbacks mostly cost $4 to $7.
For less than the cost of a paper book, you get an electronic version, with free backup on Amazon, and save trees.
And you can access free content, too, without paying anything: Wikipedia, free books and free and unlimited Internet access.
A Mature Product
Why?
The Kindle 1 received many complaints about the page turning buttons, which were too easy to bump by accident.
The Kindle 2 solves this problem definitively by making the buttons hinge from the outside in, so you have to press them on the inside edge.
That’s easy to do intentionally but hard to do accidentally.
I like that there are duplicate “Next Page” buttons on the left and right sides of the Kindle.
This makes it easy to keep reading while holding the book in either hand.
The New Kindle it's ever better!
* 21% smaller body, same 6" reading area
* 15% lighter
* 50% improved screen contrast
* Most-advanced E Ink Pearl display technology
* Crisper, darker fonts
* Double the storage
* Faster, quieter page turns
* Built-in Wi-Fi
* Enhanced PDF reader
* Soft-touch textured back
* New WebKit-based browser
* Voice Guide read-to-me menus
What I like
Variable Text Size.
A very fast search feature.
You can search through individual books or across all the books in your collection.
Excellent Battery life.
Wireless connection to Amazon.com’s online store
You can make annotations throughout any book you read, and then you can review the annotations later.
This is a useful feature, similar to real life reading.
Kindle and Sony Reader Comparison Chart
There are several products similar to Kindle.
Here you can find a comparison chart between The Kindle and Sony Reader.
It is up to you to judge what is the right product for you.
Product
Product Name
The New Kindle
The Old Kindle
Sony Reader
Display
6" diagonal
6" diagonal
6" diagonal
Resolution
600 x 800 pixels
600 x 800 pixels
600 x 800 pixels
Gray Scale
16-level
16-level
8-level
Size
7.5" x 4.8" x 0.335"
8" x 5.3" x 0.36"
6.9" x 4.8" x 0.4"
Weight
8.7 oz
10.2 oz
10.1 oz
Storage
4GB internal
2GB internal (1500 eBooks) 1.4GB accessible
512 MB internal (350 books) 380MB accessible Expandable up to 16GB
3G Wireless
HSPDA modem (3G) with a fallback to EDGE/GPRS; utilizes Amazon Whispernet to provide wireless coverage via AT&T's 3G high-speed data network in the U.S. and partner networks outside of the U.S.
U.S. & International
No
Text-to-Speech
Yes
Yes
No
Font Sizes
Crisper, darker fonts
6 adjustable font sizes
5 adjustable font sizes
Audio
3.5 mm stereo audio jack, rear-mounted stereo speakers
, It is not a new product,
but now I consider it a mature one.
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