Kindle Wireless Reading Device (6" Display - Global Wireless - Latest Generation)
Say Hello to the Newest Kindle 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 International Coverage: Enjoy 3G wireless coverage at home or abroad in over 100 countries. Paper-like Display: Reads like real paper with no glare, even in bright sunlight Carry Your Library: Holds up to 1,500 books Long Battery Life: Read for days without recharging 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 Free Book Samples: Download and read the beginning of books for free before you decide to buy Large Selection: Over 350,000 books, including 104 of 112 New York Times® Best Sellers, plus U.S. and international newspapers, magazines, and blogs Low Book Prices: New York Times Best Sellers and New Releases are $9.99, unless marked otherwise
Kindle Wireless Reading Device (6" Display - Global Wireless - Latest Generation) Features
- Improved Display: Reads like real paper. now boasts 16 shades of gray for clear text and even crisper images
- Books in Under 60 Seconds: Get books delivered in less than 60 seconds. no PC required
- Wireless: 3G wireless lets you download books right from your Kindle, anytime, anywhere. no monthly fees, service plans, or hunting for Wi-Fi hotspots
- Slim and Lightweight: Just over 1/3 of an inch, as thin as most magazines. At 10.2 ounces, lighter than a typical paperback
$259.00
The Kindle 2 is very easy to use.I love that I do not have to plug in to my computer to download books.Books do load within a minute or less.All features are easy to figure out how to use.I thought the screen would not be large enough but it actually is plenty big enough.Many free books that you can load to the Kindle.I love my new Kindle. -- Kindle 2
Living in Europe and working in China, Kindle solved all my problems of overweight luggages. Instead of carrying a lot of books, I simply have to put my Kindle in the luggage and I'm ready to take my flights. Even if I still love very much the feeling of a real book, I have to say that reading on Kindle is quite pleasant. Unfortunately there are no books for China yet. So when I finish my Kindle books stock, I can only wait to fly back to Europe to download new books.
A frequent travellers ... -- For frequent travellers
Generaly I like this device, screen is great, battery is great, reading is great. But I was upset by some features that are a bit unusable.
1) I read many books with non-english characters and such books must be in UTF8. All my books are in another encoding, and setting cannot be changed in Kindle, so I have to recode all my books (dont now how at this moment)
2) books in UTF8 are sometimes not viewed properly (UTF8 is broken), I am still trying to find out what is causing this behaviour, as one paragraph in book is ok but another one is broken.
3) global wireless for my books is too expensive so practicaly unusable, i have switch it off
4) picture viewer is buggy and slow, so reading comics is not possible, at least not sufficiently comfort (reading is very comfortable)
the last thing - buttons, there are for me a bit though and "clicky" but I guess that it will improve with usage time. -- Kindle - nice device, but could be done better
The Kindle is a wonderful device. It literally melts in the backgrownd and lets you enjoy the reading. The controls are easy and intuitive, and the reading screen is very comfortaable. The switch at the top could have been a little more visible from the front, but that is a very small detail. Also I would have prefered the page-up button to be at the left, but that is probaly a matter of personal taste.
Downloading is within 60 seconds so you never have to wait long for your new book. There are still many books not available in e-book format, but hopefully the selection continues to grow.
Some of the e-books have better navigation than others and the table of contents varies a bit, but these should be small adjustments and future books should be much better.
Accessing the Kindle store is easy and there is a great selection of books. You can try a sample and decide whether to buy the book or not which is a very attractive feature.
One of the great things is that you can read many books simultaneously, as you can cross-refernce ideas and compare views. You can immediately download a reference book and read the relevant parts before going back to the main book you are reading. You can always come back to the last place you read in any of the multiple books.
The service at Amazon is excellent. One of the best things of the Kindle experience is access to the store and the friendly support you get.
Thanks, Amazon for a great product. -- The Kindle experience
The best product I have owned so far. I now read during breaks while watching TV while waiting for my dinner while dining out. On the bus or with my bible in church. I have all my reading at the tip of my finger. -- Kindle's answer for books like Ipod is to music
