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What is Amazon Kindle?

Amazon Kindle (http://amazon.com/kindle) is a revolutionary portable reader that wirelessly downloads books, newspapers, magazines and blogs to a crisp, high-resolution electronic paper display that looks and reads like real paper, even in bright sunlight.

Kindle customers, no matter where they are in the U.S., can wirelessly shop the Kindle Store and download new content — all without a PC or a WiFi hot spot. Amazon pays for Kindle’s wireless connectivity so there are no monthly wireless bills and no service commitments for customers. The Kindle Store contains over 90,000 books that can be purchased and delivered wirelessly to Kindle, each in less than a minute. Customers can choose from hundreds of top newspapers, magazines and blogs and have their subscriptions auto-delivered wirelessly. All New York Times Best Sellers and New Releases are $9.99, unless marked otherwise.

At 10.3 ounces, Kindle is lighter and thinner than a paperback book, carries two hundred books, and includes built-in access to The New Oxford American Dictionary and wireless access to the Earth’s biggest encyclopedia, Wikipedia.org.

Product Overview

• Revolutionary electronic-paper display provides a sharp, high-resolution screen that looks and reads like real paper.
• Simple to use: no computer, no cables, no syncing.
• Wireless connectivity enables you to shop the Kindle Store directly from your Kindle—whether you’re in the back of a taxi, at the airport, or in bed.
• Buy a book and it is auto-delivered wirelessly in less than one minute.
• More than 115,000 books available, including more than 100 of 112 current New York Times® Best Sellers.
• New York Times® Best Sellers and New Releases $9.99, unless marked otherwise.
• Free book samples. Download and read first chapters for free before you decide to buy.
• Top U.S. newspapers including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post; top magazines including TIME, Atlantic Monthly, and Forbes—all auto-delivered wirelessly.
• Top international newspapers from France, Germany, and Ireland; Le Monde, Frankfurter Allgemeine, and The Irish Times—all auto-delivered wirelessly.
• More than 300 top blogs from the worlds of business, technology, sports, entertainment, and politics, including BoingBoing, Slashdot, TechCrunch, ESPN's Bill Simmons, The Onion, Michelle Malkin, and The Huffington Post—all updated wirelessly throughout the day.
• Lighter and thinner than a typical paperback; weighs only 10.3 ounces.
• Holds over 200 titles.
• Long battery life. Leave wireless on and recharge approximately every other day. Turn wireless off and read for a week or more before recharging. Fully recharges in 2 hours.
• Unlike WiFi, Kindle utilizes the same high-speed data network (EVDO) as advanced cell phones—so you never have to locate a hotspot.
• No monthly wireless bills, service plans, or commitments—we take care of the wireless delivery so you can simply click, buy, and read.
• Includes free wireless access to the planet's most exhaustive and up-to-date encyclopedia—Wikipedia.org.
• Email your Word documents and pictures (.JPG, .GIF, .BMP, .PNG) to Kindle for easy on-the-go viewing.
• Included in the box: Kindle wireless reader, Book cover, Power adapter, USB 2.0 cable

Customer Reviews

The Good and the Bad and the Ugly

I've owned my Kindle for about 5 months now. Overall, I really like the concept and mostly like the execution. Being a man of few words I'll just get to the points.
The Good:
I can get something to read just about anywhere. Many of the latest best sellers are available for $9.99. No need to drive to the bookstore. I can get a novel while I'm brushing my teeth. I really like the adjustable type size. I'm trying to pretend I don't need reading glasses and I can do this quite easily with the touch of a button on the Kindle. Downloading is quick. Most books I get are loaded in about a minute and it's free. Once you get the hang of where to put your fingers, navigation is easy.
The Bad:
The large page buttons make it easy to quickly turn to the next page, but they cover the entire upper 4/5ths of the side and have smaller buttons on most of the bottom middle. It's very easy to accidently hit a page button and go forward or back several pages in an instant. They should have allowed more space to hold it without hitting buttons. The cover helps with this, but it isn't perfect. As far a material goes, if you're just into books it's great, but anything with pictures seems to be not worth most publisher's effort. Greyscale pics look fine when they are used, but a lot of magazines either skip some articles or print without any graphs, pics or anything other than text. I also have a problem with the availability of content. While we are told that new material is being added all the time I keep getting frustrated. I read the first book of a series in paperback, then bought the second on the Kindle. Even though the third is out it's not available on Kindle. I thought I'd re-read the first and found it's not available either. How can you only have book two when three books have been published?
The Ugly:
I tend to use the Kindle only for brief periods and have not needed to charge the battery all that much. However, I now need to buy a new battery after barely 5 months of light use because it won't hold a charge.
For the most part I'm happy with my Kindle. It could use some design tweaks, a decent battery and more content. The ability to obtain and read a book from anywhere in only a few minutes is awesome.