Where to Buy Kindle 2?

OK. So e-book readers have been around a while.  For years, multiple versions have appeared on the horizon but nothing has caught on. Enter the Kindle 2. For the first time (at least in my daughter's lifetime) it's now cool to read.  No one turns their nose up at you for reading in the academia world but now even the kids and techies are "getting it". Old school finally meets up with the 21st century. 

Where to buy Kindle 2?  Whoa!  Let's 'kick the tires' a bit first...

Amazon launched the Kindle 2 digital book reader in February 20009. This 1/3 inch wide wonder not only has nifty features but with its Whispernet network is completely connected. If you can make a cell phone from where you are, you can download a book, get blog updates, or sync with your iPhone. It's basically a cellular eBook reader that not only connects you to the Amazon bookstore, but also allows access to daily newspaper subscription/deliveries, as well as text dominated websites, e.g. Wikipedia, or 100's of blogs.

Slim and light (9.7 oz) it weighs no more than a newspaper or magazine, this next generation Kindle 2 has superior qualities. The button layout on the keyword has been designed for optimal ease of use and is a huge improvement over previous readers. No longer can you hit buttons 'by mistake' or have to open a new window to view a dictionary definition.

I had read about the 'glare free' feature of the screen and to be honest I was a bit skeptical. I have yet to find a cell phone that I can easily read in bright sunlight. Well, Apple should give Amazon a call for a few tips because it truly is glare free. I read three chapters of All Quiet on the Western Front as it's a breeze to see each and every word without suffering from eye strain, but neither the kids' splashing nor the humidity caused the Kindle to hiccup. I cant say the same about the paperback my neighbor was trying to read. Within an hour it was a 'wavy', soggy.

 

I know I touched on it briefly already, but I can't say enough about the wireless operation of this device. Whispernet they call it. Sure, it offers access to the web and to the 100,000's of books, but it also can sync up with other Kindles, or even your iPhone. And the beautiful part is, when you get your Kindle Amazon antes up for your free connectivity for as long you own the Kindle. Just to be clear. You DON'T have to search for any 'wi-fi' network either. This works at the beach (been there, done that), the park, or riding in the car going 60 mph on the way to grandma's house. Imagine not having to try to 'sleep' for those three hour cross country flights ever again!

Now, at a price tag of $349 (Which is what I ponied up in February), I would have liked the books to be free to be honest. But alas they are not, and I have spent a small fortune on paperbacks over the years that end up as wavy, curly, shells of their former selves. I guess nothing free (except Whispernet) in this world.

Where to buy Kindle 2? The easiest question of all. Amazon of course. It is not offered anywhere else on the planet.

Dylan Thomas is a history teacher whose love for reading is only rivaled by his daughter's. Hear what Kindle users have to say about it in these Reviews and find out Where to Buy Kindle?. Buy from the no.1 online store in America, and Give the Gift of Reading.