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For a world immersed in the latest technological trends and devices, there one thing that technology has yet to conquer, paper. You'd think with the amount of online documents and computerisation in the homes and workplace, that we'd have less books and paper documents, however that seem to be the case. Well Amazon might change all that with the launch of its very own E-reader the Kindle.
The Kindle is a portable reader that
wirelessly downloads books, blogs, magazines and newspapers to a
crisp, high-resolution electronic paper display that looks and reads
like real paper, even in bright sunlight. More than 90,000 books are
now available in the Kindle Store, including 101 of 112 current New
York Times Best Sellers and New Releases, which are US$9.99, unless
marked otherwise.
However those of us here might want to hold of on getting it at the moment because of the delivery system it uses to get the E-books uses EVDO on the US Sprint network. Yes it sucks but hopefully Amazon will look into opening up the Kindle to other E-delivery technologies like say WiFi or 3G. The Kindle is going at US$399.
Read on for more on the Kindle.
The Kindle Store currently offers more than 90,000 books, as well
as hundreds of newspapers, magazines and blogs. Customers can search,
browse, buy, and download from this wide selection wirelessly from
their Kindle. The same Amazon shopping experience customers are
accustomed to is offered in the Kindle Store, including customer
reviews, personalized recommendations, 1-Click purchasing, and
everyday low prices. Additionally, Kindle customers can download and
read the first chapter of most Kindle books for free.
Kindle customers can select from the most recognized U.S.
newspapers, as well as popular magazines and journals, such as The New
York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Atlantic Monthly,
TIME and Fortune. The Kindle Store also includes top international
newspapers from France, Germany, and Ireland, including Le Monde,
Frankfurter Allgemeine and The Irish Times. Subscriptions are
auto-delivered wirelessly to Kindle overnight so that the latest
edition is waiting for customers when they wake up. Monthly Kindle
newspaper subscriptions are US$5.99 to US$14.99 per month, and Kindle
magazines are US$1.25 to US$3.49 per month. All magazines and newspapers
include a free two-week trial.
The Kindle Store has over 300 blogs on topics ranging from
Internet and technology to culture, lifestyle, and humor, to politics
and opinion. Examples include Slashdot, TechCrunch, BoingBoing, The
Onion, The Huffington Post, and ESPN blogs. But here's something most of us Malaysian might not like, you'd have to pay to read the blogs at a rate of US$0.99.
At 10.3 ounces, Kindle is lighter and thinner than a typical
paperback and fits easily in one hand, yet its built-in memory stores
more than 200 titles, and hundreds more with an optional SD memory
card. Additionally, a copy of every book purchased is backed up online
on Amazon.com so that customers have the option to make room for new
titles on their Kindle knowing that Amazon.com is storing their
personal library of purchased content.
Built-In Dictionary and Wikipedia
Kindle has built-in access to The New Oxford American Dictionary,
which contains over 250,000 entries and definitions, so readers can
easily look up the definitions of words within their reading. Kindle
customers also have seamless access to the world's most exhaustive and
up-to-date encyclopedia, Wikipedia.org, and its collection of over
2,000,000 articles.
Long Battery Life
Customers can leave the Kindle wireless connectivity on and
recharge approximately every other day, or turn wireless off and read
for a week or more before recharging. Kindle fully recharges in two
hours.
Search
Kindle has a standard-layout keyboard that makes it possible for
users to search the Kindle Store, their entire library of purchased
content, and Wikipedia.org. Customers simply type in a word or phrase
and Kindle will find every instance.
Annotation and Bookmarks
The Kindle keyboard lets customers add annotations to text, just
as they would write in the margins of a book. Customers can edit,
delete and export these notes, highlight and clip key passages, and
bookmark pages for future use. Additionally, Kindle automatically
bookmarks the last page a customer reads of any content on their
Kindle.
Ergonomic Design
Kindle is designed for long-form reading, so it is as easy to hold
and use as a book. Full-length, vertical page-turning buttons are
located on both sides of Kindle, allowing customers to read and turn
pages comfortably from any position. The page-turning buttons are
located on both the right and left sides of Kindle, which allows both
left and right-handed customers to hold, turn pages, and position
Kindle with one hand.
Adjustable Text Size
Kindle has six adjustable font sizes to suit customers' varying
reading preferences.
Personal Documents
Customers can take their personal documents with them on their
Kindle. Customers and their contacts can e-mail Word documents and
pictures directly to their unique and customizable Kindle e-mail
address for $0.10 each. Kindle supports wireless delivery of
unprotected Microsoft(R) Word, HTML, TXT, JPEG, GIF, PNG, and BMP
files.
Comes Ready To Use
When customers order a Kindle, it arrives from Amazon.com ready to
use. There is no software to load or set up. Customers are immediately
ready to shop, purchase, download and read from Kindle.
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