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Amazon's Latest Electronic Book Readers are Even More Amazing
When the electronic book readers
first appeared, many people
wrote them off as another fad gadget, but as more people
have discovered how easy they are to use, this fad has become a
stalwart of the electronic industry.
Every day, more and more of the world's book lovers have turned
away from the old paper versions of their favorite books
and picked up the electronic book reader as the way to read
everything from the local paper to the latest novels.
The Emperor of eBook readers is certainly Amazon's Kindle, which
is the most widely recognized device
(especially after Oprah gave it a huge endorsement on her show).
Now Amazon has released the newest electronic book reader:
Kindle 3, which arrives with an even trimmer line
than the earlier models. The Kindle 3, as many people like to
refer to this new eBook, arrives with a vastly improved
e-ink screen, even less weight than the already light Kindle 2,
a choice of traditional white or modern graphite case colors,
and an impressive memory capacity of 3,500 books - nearly double
that of the old Kindle 2 versions.
So should you pick up a new Kindle 3
? For many people who
haven't tested these new electronic book readers,
it's probably hard to understand why anyone would even care much
less spend time talking about it - who wants
to look at a boring screen when you can have the feel and look
of paper? True, you won't get that paper smell or
feel with an e-reader, but the e-ink technology does a wonderful
job of reproducing the look of a book page - which
is one of the reasons that so many people have made the switch
to eBooks.
But most users will tell you that the real reason they love
their ereader is the sheer volume of books it can hold.
You can download every book by your favorite author and take it
with you wherever you go. Maybe you're on
vacation and you finish the book you started on the plane, so
instead of trying to track down the sequel in a
book store, you can download it right then and there (in less
than a minute thanks to the built-in Wi-Fi) and you never
have to leave your chair.
And imagine how much all those books would weigh, even in
paperback - the Kindle is only 8.5 ounces and is so
thin you can pop it a small handbag when you've finished. (Of
course, if you do carry it around in a bag of any sort,
you should buy a protective cover for it so it won't get
scratched up by keys, cell phone, or any of that other
mysterious
stuff that always seems to collect in bags.)
Ah, but that's not even the best part about the Kindle. The
really good news - it's now cheaper! Kindles can now
be had for just under $200, a drop of nearly one hundred dollars
for earlier models, so just about everyone can afford
the pleasures of a good electronic book reader
.
My
Review:The New Kindle 2010 From
Amazon - Next Generation Reader
Kindle DX Wireless Reading Device (Global Edition)
- If you travel or live outside the US this is the Wireless e-reader you
want to have. Download ebooks in more than 100 countries.
Kindle Wireless Reading Device (U.S.A.)
For US Residents. You can use to read your favorite ebooks with
this one
anywhere in the world, but if you also want to download ebooks
abroad you need to have the global edition from Amazon.
How do the 3G and WiFi
versions differ?
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