Amazon announced version 2 of the Kindle today, which will ship on February 24, 2009. Kindle 2 has a slew of improvements over the first Kindle such as:
- Just over 1/3″ thick
- Light: 10.2 oz (less than a paperback)
- 3G wireless (and Amazon pays for the wireless bill!)
- Improved e-ink display: 16 shades of gray & easier to read in sunlight without glare
- Greater storage: hold over 1500 books
- Text-to-speech – books to audio
- 25% longer battery life
- Built-in Dictionary
You can pre-order your Kindle 2 right now. You may remember that the 1st Kindle was in such high demand that many people simply did not get theirs. Their orders will be automatically converted to Kindle 2s without any action or additional costs on their part.
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