SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced it is shipping Amazon Kindle 2. Already the No. 1 seller in Electronics on the Amazon.com Web site in just 15 days since it was introduced on Feb. 9, Kindle 2 offers revolutionary wireless delivery of content in a new slim design with longer battery life, faster page turns, over seven times more storage, sharper images and a new read-to-me feature. Kindle 2 began shipping today to customers who were in line for the original Kindle and customers who pre-ordered beginning Feb. 9. New orders placed today will be released for immediate shipping.
“The response from customers to Kindle 2 has been tremendous. In order to ensure we ship Kindle 2 by the original ship day of Feb. 24, we started shipping one day early,” said Ian Freed, vice president, Amazon Kindle. “We’re excited about the new design and features of Kindle 2, and we think our customers will be too.”
Kindle 2 builds on everything customers love about the original Kindle and extends the experience to a slimmer and sleeker design.
- Pencil-thin and lighter than a typical paperback at just over 10 ounces and 0.36 inches
- 25 percent longer battery life
- Pages turn an average 20 percent faster
- Holds more than 1,500 books with 2 GB of memory
- Sharper images and crisp text with 16 shades of gray
- “Text-to-Speech” read-to-me feature converts words on a page to spoken word
- “Whispersync” technology saves and synchronizes reading location across Kindle devices
With more selection than ever before, the Kindle Store — Earth’s biggest e-bookstore — gives customers access to more than 240,000 books and top U.S. and international magazines and newspapers, plus more than 1,200 different blogs.
For more details or to purchase Kindle 2 for $359, visit Kindle 2: Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device (Latest Generation)
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It’s a nice piece of technology, but I still prefer books. I just like the feeling of picking up the book, opening it, and flipping through the pages. This does have its benefits for people who travel a lot though.
If the Kindle 2’s price is too steep, the original Kindle’s new discounted price might be a nice option at $220. The original Kindle continues to impress me. I look forward to trying Kindle 2.
Its future technology may current people not accept so fast but its awesome piece of technology with handsome look and great features.
It looks a great gadget, but I find it hard to see book sales dropping much. But you never know and if it, and future devices, can cut down on the number of books and (particularly) newspapers sold then that would be a good thing.
I have wanted one of these for awhile now. It is still too expensive for my taste at the moment, I think I will add it to my my X-man list!