(3 votes, average: 4.33 out of 5)
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The Kindle2 introduces by amazon is an “e-book” reader, with free wireless access for browsing and purchasing from a library of 90,000 digitized books (over 230,000 books today), plus dozens of magazines and daily newspapers, hundreds of blogs and more.
The Kindle2, unlike other e-readers, had a store full of current content at reasonable prices. Every major publishing house was on-board, with hardcover top-sellers in Kindle editions and most of the backcatalog for even less — as significant for the book world as Apple’s iTunes Store debut was for the music business.
Kindle2 is not cannibalizing paper book sales, however; CEO says that Kindle owners are buying about the same number of physical books as before while also buying Kindle books at a rate of 1.6 to 1.7 times their paper purchases.
Amazon began shipping its second-generation Kindle a few weeks, heavily restyled to look more contemporary and less like a reject from the 80’s Sharper Image catalog. New software, running on a faster processor and a better screen, builds on the original Kindle foundation while fixing many usability problems and boosting battery life. Kindle 2 can read to you, too — not just Audible.com audiobooks, but actual text-to-speech functionality, a huge win for the disabled.
Hardware Review:
Kindle2 comes with 6″ diagonal E-Ink electronic paper display with 600 x 800 pixel resolution at 167 ppi and 16-level gray scale. The Size of Kindle2 is 8″ x 5.3″ x 0.36″ and weight is 10.2 ounces and having storage capacity of 2GB internal (approximately 1.4GB available for user content). Battery life is up to 4 days with wireless on and up to two weeks with wireless off. Kindle2 supports various formats including TXT, Audible (formats 4, Audible Enhanced (AAX)), MP3, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively; PDF, HTML, DOC, JPEG, GIF, PNG and BMP through conversion. Charging the Kindle2 is accomplished with the included micro USB cable and AC adapter. The adapter is very compact and portable. You can also charge the Kindle through a powered USB port.
Display Review:
The Home screen lists all your books and at the top of the screen, you can see the status of the wireless connection and battery. Using the joystick, you just scroll down to a book title that you want to open and select it by clicking the joystick. Again, the user interface is simple and not cluttered by info that is not necessary. The book title is in the upper Left corner and your location within the book is displayed along the bottom. You can choose text size from six different sizes.
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