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Amazon Announces New Kindle Reader

Feb 9th, 2009

Photo: Amazon.com

Photo: Amazon.com

Amazon.com announced today a new version of its Kindle reader. I’ve occasionally seen people using a Kindle on the NYC subway. It’s a beautiful device and I want one. The Kindle2 will ship later this month. You can order it from Amazon.com for $359.

The Kindle2 looks to offer major improvements over the current device. It’s lighter (10.2 oz,) slimmer, faster, has more storage (up to 1500 titles,) longer battery life (up to 4 days with the WIFI on; 2 weeks without) and improved controls. Some other features that excite me:

  • It can read text through built in speakers or stereo headphones
  • No WIFI contract needed — Amazon pays for Sprint‘s 3G network
  • More than a dozen file formats supported
  • The battery can be recharged from a USB port

Of course, there are still some things to complain about:

First, it’s a gray scale device, and with only 16 shades of gray at that. It somewhat makes up for this with higher resolution (167 ppi) but still, I read many more documents than just books and color is important.

Secondly, it’s too expensive. Cut the price in half and it could revolutionize education in this country and especially abroad, where the cost of physically acquiring and moving textbooks is prohibitive.

I’m hoping that Amazon realizes the potential in the Kindle line and does something truly innovative in marketing it. Otherwise, it’s just a matter of time before Apple comes out with a large format iPod-Touch and eats Amazon’s lunch.

— Larry

Tags: amazon, apple, kindle, reader, WIFI

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