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Filed under: Digital Media | Tags: amazon, Digital Media, kindle, kindle 2
Tech Flash:
Amazon.com unveiled its much-anticipated Kindle 2 today. It’s available for pre-order on Amazon now and retains the same price as the first version, $359. Amazon says the Kindle 2 will be released Feb. 24. The site says if you’ve previously placed an order for the first version Kindle and haven’t yet received yet, you’ll be automatically upgraded to Kindle 2. The new Kindle sports a variety of new features. At just over 1/3 of an inch and a little more than 10 ounces, it’s “pencil thin and lighter than a typical paperback,” according to Amazon. The device has an “improved” display and now “boasts 16 shades of gray for clear text and even crisper images,” as well as new buttons and a 5-way controller that allows for “more precise note-taking and highlighting both up and down and side to side in lines of text.”
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Kindle is a big step forward for tree-saving since it’s more practical than carrying around a stack of books.
Comment by Joe February 23, 2009 @ 7:32 pm