Amazon Kindle Ebook Reader

Amazon Kindle eReader was a big hit when first launched in November 2007. It's first wave of offering at Amazon.com with a price tag of $399 sold out within just 5.5 hours. Wireless connectivity allows you to browse the Kindle Store directly without having to connect through a computer, and have eBooks delivered under 1 minute. Wireless delivery is taken care of that Kindle owners don't have to pay separate wireless bills.

Books in available format can be selected from a list of more than 100,000 titles plus more than 90 current New York Times bestsellers. Bestsellers and New releases are available to download for a price of $9.99 (unless stated differently). Top newspapers and magazines are also available such as The New York Times, Washington Post, TIME, Forbes, and other international newspapers. HTML-capapbility allows readers to subscribe to more than 250 top blogs. Internal capacity allows for a storage of more than 200 titles. Other standard document formats (DOC, JPG, GIF, BMP, PNG) can be easily emailed to Kindle to be converted to Kindle-friendly format.

Kindle features search capability, built-in dictionary, bookmarking and annotation. The text size are easily adjustable The advanced ePaper display feels and looks just like real paper, with extremely sharp text-background contrast.

Amazon Kindle Product Specification:

• Price: $399.
  
• Size: 5.3" x 5.3" x 0.7".
• Display: 6" diagonal display screen, 600 x 800 pixel resolution (167 dpi), 4-level grayscale, E-ink electronic paper technology.
• System: Linux 2.6.10 Kernel, QWERTY keyboard.
• CPU: 64 MB RAM, 256 MB overall internal storage, 180 MB storage for user content (can hold 200+ contents), extension of up to 4 GB through SD memory card.
• Battery: Approximately 1 week without wireless before recharging, 2 days with wireless on, 2-hour recharge time.
• Connection: EVDO modem, uses Amazon Whispernet via Sprint high-speed data network to provide U.S. wireless coverage.
• Port: USB 2.0 port for PC data transfer.
• Audio: Rear-mounted mono speaker and 3.5 mm stereo headphone jack.
• Format: Supporting Kindle (AZW), TXT, Audible, MP3, unprotected MOBI, PRC. Other formats can be easily converted for Kindle-friendly viewing.

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