New kid on the block Amazon Kindle 2, the next generation digital reading platform from Amazon is in town. The Kindle design team has managed to outdo what most product developers wouldn't do - maintain everything that its users want and like about the original product; yet, addressing the user concerns that make the product more user friendly.
This new gadget still maintains the original's concept but now will come with a new sleek design, great portability, increased battery life, easier connectivity, 750% more storage space and supported by over 200,000 book titles, magazine, blogs and newspapers has been designed to cater for any everyone's taste this time around.
The new kindle has been truly designed with the end user in mind. The new generation kindle only 0.36 inches thick is lighter than most paperbacks weighing in at 10.2 ounces (abt 300g). This makes the device not only sleek but highly portable if you like reading on the go. The kindle also comes with an improved display which gives an enhanced paper view to the reader making the reading experience more real as if you are reading from your paperback.
Despite the portability, the new feature that will make every reader fall in love with this reader its connectivity. You can now download stuff in less than 60 seconds. For me the best part is not the download speed but the new wireless technology which has been inbuilt into this beauty. Using the same 3G technology as most mobile phones, you will be able to download whatever material - books, magazines, blog direct right from your Kindle, anytime, anywhere with absolutely zero monthly fees or service plans. Gone are the days of kindle 1 where one had to hunt for wi-fi hotspots or fiddle around with a link cable, similar to the way users add songs to an iPod in order to move materials around.
One of the biggest enhancement to the Kindle has been the battery life. In its previous life, the kindle was notorious for draining off its power quite quickly but now you can expect to have 25% more battery life. With such massive battery power you can literally manage to read for days on end without recharging your unit.
The storage space has also been increased to 2GB, allowing you to store 750% more stuff on your kindle. One would expect that with such massive storage memory things like page loading will be compromised. Well the truth is that the pages now even load 20% faster than they did on the old version.
To support the increased storage space, the Kindle store has been populated with over 230000 titles which include over 90% of New York Time's bestsellers most of which are only priced just under $10. You can also populate the massive storage space with kindle blogs, kindle magazines and kindle newspapers to include bestsellers such as The New York Times, USA Today and wall Street Journal, Financial times, The Times and The Independent via subscription. You can also pick a 14day free trial at Amazon for these titles...
A totally new feature of Kindle 2 is its ability to read out loud to you thanks to the new "message to text feature" that has been bundled into the new design. You also now have an enhanced instant dictionary plus a new controller system which makes it easier to shift or "jump" between articles and sections of newspapers.
All in all, everything about the Kindle 2 is just cutting edge.
Terry Richards is a technology blogger. He owns the Kindle 1 among his priced possessions and has a passion for technology that automates the day to day tasks. His blog is found at [http://www.tizhere.com]
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