The Kindle Reader is ideal for those who travel or are constantly on the go. Its portability and ease of use means you can take a library of books, newspapers and magazines with you wherever you go. The small size and light weight construction makes this the perfect way for those with arthritis to read for hours with less discomfort than holding a physical book. Children also love Kindle!
Amazon has recently slashed the price of the Kindle 2 ebook reader, making it much more affordable just before Christmas. The Kindle 2, Kindle 3 ebooks and the Kindle dx readers are worth every cent,and you can be assured that they are green products and made to exact specifications to make them one hundred percent recyclable, while saving literally thousands of trees with its paperless qualities. These devices can save whole forests of trees, by storing the books and printed periodicals electronically.
Amazon Electronic Book Reader Service
The one of a kind service allows the user full access to the Whispernet wireless network. This keeps the user in full contact with the Amazon Marketplace at all times. Through the Whispersync network you can easily stay in touch with other linked devices. Unlike other ereaders, the Kindle ebook reader is a full-fledged standalone device and download is direct without the need of a computer. Other transactions and exchanges can also be completed.
Free trial subscriptions to newspapers, magazines, and blogs are among the freebees that are available on the Kindle 2. Other free features include web browsing, wireless service, and document conversion. Complimentary content sampling of Kindle books gives you the opportunity to read the first few chapters of any eBook for free.
The huge selection of over 600,000 Kindle books and the ability to download as many as 1,500 books to store at one time in the Kindle 2 makes this a phenomenal ereader. Digital books are never out of stock, so you don't have to worry about going from store to store looking for the book you want to read. Students will find the advantage of downloading textbooks onto their Kindle 2 to be much more convenient than carrying all those heavy books from class to class. Students will also find the built-in dictionary and the Ask Now feature very handy while writing assigned papers or looking up unfamiliar words. Twenty percent faster page turns means that you will have seamless reading without waiting for the page to download.
My Kindle ebook Reader Features
The ebook reader weighs only 8 ½ ounces and is only one third of an inch thick (about the same width of a #2 pencil). The full-sized keyboard is easy to use and with built-in Twitter and Facebook access, you can share passages of the book you are reading with friends.
With an extensive battery life you will not have to recharge the ebook reader very often. The battery will usually need charging about once or twice per month (with the wireless turned off); which would be very convenient for extended trips. With wireless left on, the battery life drops to approximately ten days.
The experimental new 3-G wireless is available for free. There are no contracts or monthly payments to worry about and you can connect to WiFi hotspots.
Whispersync technology allows you to link your Kindle Books across all your devices so you can pick up where you left off no matter if you are using your Electronic Book Reader, Blackberry, P.C., Mac, iPad, iPod, Android, or iPhone. With Whispersync technology, you can access any eBook, newspaper, document, magazine, or any other written document easily from your Kindle Electronic Book Reader, P.C., Mac, IPod, IPad, Blackberry, and Windows 7 IPhone. No matter where you stop reading, you can pick up right where you left off, even if you are reading from a different device.
The Kindle 2 is simple to use and will work right out of the box without any set-up, or download of any software. The new improved PDF reader allows dictionary look-up, notes and highlights, and support for password protected the Kindle PDF. You can quickly and easily store all your documents on the Kindle 2.
The massive selection of Kindle books, magazines, newspapers, audio books, periodicals, and blogs, and New York Times Best Sellers, are all at your fingertips. The availability for some of these services may vary for users outside of the United States.
Kindle Has Revolutionized Reading
When you are reading and holding a physical book in your hands, the story the author is telling you seems to magically come to life. The book itself disappears. You don’t notice the binding, the glue, or the pages themselves. You see the action the author is conveying via the printed word. The same is true with an ereader. It disappears from view and becomes merely the device that holds the printed word.
The new high contrast e-ink screen gives fifty percent better, sharper, clearer images. You will be able to read comfortably even in direct sunlight without glare or reflection. The LCD screen looks more like real paper than a computer screen and you will not suffer from eye fatigue as much as with other eBook readers.
With three new fonts available, the standard Caecilia font, Caecilia condensed version, and Sans Serif, the on-screen image is sharper and clearer. You can easily change the font size to accommodate your personal preference. If you have trouble seeing the print on most books and usually buy the large print books, you have the option to make the print as large as your needs require. Support for non-Latin characters such as Korean, Russian, and Chinese, means that you can send your document via e-mail and can be downloaded into the language of the recipient’s choice onto their device.
The screen features sixteen shades of gray that improves contrast. Read your morning newspaper on your new Amazon e reader and quickly flip through the sections of the paper with ease. By turning the screen you can quickly go from portrait to landscape. This makes viewing graphs, maps, tables and web pages easier to read. Full page zoom allows you to see the fine print much easier.
The precise five way controller allows on screen navigation for selecting text to highlight and dictionary access. Simply place the curser over the word and the definition will appear at the bottom of the screen. The Amazon eReader also has direct access to Wikipedia, the world’s largest on-line encyclopedia. Looking up people, places, and events just got a whole lot easier!
Kindle Electronic Book Reader Stores Your Personal Documents
With the improved Kindle PDF ereader you can carry and read all your personal documents on the ebook reader. You can send all your documents to your device via Amazon's Whispernet service. Once you set up your free email on Whispernet you will be able to send and receive files over the secure, password protected 3-G network. You will never have to print a document again.
Kindle ebook reader Experimental Features
The following features are still in the experimental phase, and are available to all users in the United States. Some have not yet been introduced into other countries.
- Read-to-me can read text to speech in any document, book, newspaper, blog, magazine that is printed in English, unless the holder of the book rights (e.g. publisher or author) has refused to make this feature available. You can choose either a female or male voice, and the text can be sped up or slowed down according to your preference. The read-to-me feature can be utilized in many ways. The person who is visually impaired can enjoy the great works of some of the world’s most distinguished authors. If you are busy, or driving, allowing the Kindle to read to you means that you don’t have to lay down the book to complete necessary tasks. This feature is also extremely convenient for reading to children
- Voice Guide allows text to speech to read menus and icons to the user. A user who has trouble reading drop down menus can utilize this feature to browse through ebooks they want to read, or surf the web. The voice guide can be turned on and off as needed.
- WebKit-Based Browser with 3-G or WiFi technology makes it possible to surf the web from your ereader.
- With Podcasts and Music, you can now download the music from your MP3 files and play music while you read.
Kindle ebooks
The extensive Kindle library consists of some of the best Kindle books published, and the ability to store as many as three thousand Kindle books on the Kindle book reader means you will have a vast array of Kindle books available to you at all times. You will also love the free out of copyright books that are available. A whole library of free eBooks copyrighted before 1923 can be downloaded in less than one minute.
