Amazon released the?
Kindle 2.0?, the ultimate wireless book reading device in the world, on?February?23rd, 2009. The new Kindle 2.0 is way better than its?predecessor not only in looks but also an array of features that has made Kindle the choice of many to carry books and novels.
Kindle 2.0 features
Amazon Kindle 1.0 created a cult following of book readers because it gave them freedom to carry their favorite books wherever they went minus the weight. Now
kindle 2.0 carries over that legacy along with a rich set of features that makes the Kindle 2.0 THE choice for book lovers.
Incredibly Thin:
The Kindle 2.0 is incredibly thin. It is just 1/3rd of an inch. Roughly it is just as wide as your pencil. If you get it as a gift for your birthday you can even cut your cake with it. It is the Apple Macbook Air for book readers!
Light-Weight : The Kindle 2.0 is very light to carry. At just 10.2 ounces it is lighter than majority of the paperback books out there! Carrying a
Kindle is better than carrying books!
Longer battery life: The
new Kindle 2 comes with 25% increased battery life so that you finish the whole book before the battery is dead.
More storage than you will ever need : Store more than 1500 books on your Kindle. I am sure that most of you will NEVER reach that limit anytime soon!
Text to Speech: The new Kindle has the new Text-to-Speech feature so that you can carry on your work without having to worry. So the next time you go to the gym remember to
carry the Kindle with you.
Don’t just read books, Jack : With Kindle you can not only read books but also magazines, newspapers and also your favorite blogs!
Large collection : Select from over 240,000 US and International books, magazines, novels and newspapers.
Low Prices than “Real” books : The prices for most of the books available through the
Amazon Kindle store is less than if you order it physically.
Almost Instant Delivery: You get your ordered book within 60 seconds without requiring PC, Wi-Fi hotspot – the 3G wireless technology also makes sure that you don’t pay unnecessary monthly fees! Yes, that means its completely free to download your stuff and also surf Wikipedia!
Amazon.com uses its Whispernet technology to deliver the content on your Kindle which is just like downloading the content from your mobile network. This means that you don’t have to have a PC or an Internet connection if you want to buy a book from Amazon.com for Kindle 2.0. It is delivered using 3G network and you don’t pay any fees for accessing the Kindle bookstore – so no monthly bills to pay and no hassle way to purchase your book.
When you lose a book at the coffee shop or in the bus you don’t get another copy from Amazon (or any other book seller) but with the Kindle Amazon also backs up all the books you’ve purchased so that you can download them all whenever you want! How cool can it get?
And because the new Kindle is equipped with wireless paper technology, it eliminates the eye-strain cause by reading on a PC. It just feels like your holding a book and reading.
You can also clip or bookmark certain passages or pages and it’ll all be stored on Amazon.com for your future reference – now writing on the margins of the book!
So, why wait?