A portable e-book device from Amazon.com that provides wireless connectivity to Amazon for e-book downloads as well as Wikipedia and search engines. Using Sprint's EV-DO cellphone network, dubbed WhisperNet, wireless access is free. It also includes a built-in dictionary. With its introduction, Amazon offered 88,000 e-book titles in the Kindle format, including more than a hundred best sellers. Downloads take a minute.
Introduced in November 2007, the Kindle weighs 10 ounces, uses an electronic ink (e-ink) monochrome display and holds more than 200 titles of books, blogs and newspapers. For a fee, newspapers such as The New York Times and Wall Street Journal are downloaded into the Kindle during the night for reading in the morning. Also for a small conversion fee, photos and Word documents can be e-mailed to Amazon and downloaded to the Kindle for viewing.
The Kindle E-Book
Newspapers such as The New York Times can be ordered for overnight delivery to the Kindle and be ready to read at breakfast. (Image courtesy of Amazon.com, www.amazon.com)
Introduced in November 2007, the Kindle weighs 10 ounces, uses an electronic ink (e-ink) monochrome display and holds more than 200 titles of books, blogs and newspapers. For a fee, newspapers such as The New York Times and Wall Street Journal are downloaded into the Kindle during the night for reading in the morning. Also for a small conversion fee, photos and Word documents can be e-mailed to Amazon and downloaded to the Kindle for viewing.
The Kindle E-Book
Newspapers such as The New York Times can be ordered for overnight delivery to the Kindle and be ready to read at breakfast. (Image courtesy of Amazon.com, www.amazon.com)
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