Amazon Kindle
For the ones of you that don’t know yet, Amazon Kindle represents a revolutionary hardware and software platform developed by Amazon in order to ease the access to ebooks and other forms of digital media. Until this moment, three models were released in this family of electronic products: the Kindle, the Kindle 2 and the Kindle DX, but because it currently is the best selling and in our opinion the best balanced out of the three, we are going to present you the Kindle 2.
After the large scale success recorded with the original Kindle, Amazon released the second generation in February 2009. Compared to the first device from the family, the Kindle 2 came with a 16 level grayscale display compared to only 4, a much improved battery life and better performance. Of course, the dimensions were greatly reduced so that the Kindle 2 is way easier to use. In addition, we consider that the truly revolutionary addition is represented by the “text to speech” function that can be of great use for a lot of persons. The original Kindle came with a storage capacity of only 256 MB and a SD memory card slot, which was considered enough by the large majority of users. However, the producer increased the internal memory for the Kindle 2 up to 2 GB, but instead dropped the sometimes useful SD card slot.
When it was launched, the Amazon Kindle 2 was priced at 9, but as the Kindle DX was released, the price continued to drop and you can now purchase one at a great price of only 9. And in case you are not from the United States, be advised that an international version of the Kindle 2 was launched in October 2009.
