A Portable Ebook Reader: The Amazon Kindle
Amazon Kindle: Portable ebook reader
If you haven’t heard, portable ebook readers have allowed thousands of people to do their “fireside” reading without dragging their laptop with them. They allow you to buy ebooks online and read the ebooks anywhere.
The Amazon Kindle, the smaller brother of the Amazon Kindle DX, is one of the most well known of these electronic ebook readers. Weighing in at just under $260 US dollars, it has several features that make it something worth considering.
Ebook Software Versions Available
You can even get it as ebook software that will run on your PC and Iphone with versions for the Mac and Black Berry on the way.
Some of the highlights are that it’s slim, in fact it’s about as thin as many magazines. It’s also very lightweight, lighter than a typical paperback book.
With 3G Wireless you can download books right from your Kindle; no pc, no annual contracts, no monthly fees, and no hunting for Wi-Fi hotspots. You can download the ebooks in around 60 seconds.
The 3G wireless allows you to download electronic books at home or abroad in over 100 countries and it has a paper-like display so it reads like real paper meaning without glare, even in bright sunlight.
The long battery life means you can read your 1,500 book collection for one week straight on a single charge, even with the wireless turned on. And you can rotate the screen if that’s more to your comfort.
Easily view PDF ebooks
The Kindle can display PDF documents natively, no conversion software needed. This native PDF support allows you to read all of your personal and professional documents on the go.
Do you like books on tape? It even has an experimental Text-to-Speech feature so Kindle can read newspapers, magazines, blogs, and books out loud to you, unless the book’s rights holder made the feature unavailable.
You can even download and read first chapters of books online for free before you decide to buy the book.
Lots of Kindel ebooks available
With over 390,000 online books, plus U.S. and international newspapers, magazines, and blogs you shouldn’t run out of things to read anytime soon. For non-U.S. customers, content availability and pricing will vary.
Electronic Book Prices are quite low. $9.99 for New York Times Best Sellers and New Releases, unless marked otherwise. When traveling abroad, you can download books wirelessly from the Amazon Kindle Store or your Archived Items.
Here’s a quick summary of The Amazon Kindle Portable Ebook Reader:
Kindle(Global Wireless)
Display: 6″ diagonal E Ink®
Size: 8″ x 5.3″ x 0.36″
Storage: 1,500 books
Download Books in Under 60 Seconds
3G Wireless Coverage: Global
Native PDF Support
Text-to-Speech
Whispersync
Manual Rotating Display
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