It’s an electronic book, finally one that has a lot of thought put into how it works and feels. It’s not just a handheld computer that you can read on, it has been design by Amazon to just get out of the way and let you comfortably read.
One of the big appeals is you can carry your entire library with you, and just about anywhere there’s cellphone service and buy more books to read (in addition to read newspapers, websites, etc).
It uses Electronic Paper instead of a typical computer screen, so reading on it is just like reading printed paper.
6 responses so far ↓
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EJ
// Apr 29, 2008 at 6:23 pm
The Johnson Blog on the Kindle.
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Anonymous Communist
// Apr 29, 2008 at 9:55 pm
So can that use wi-fi to download text, or do you have to connect it to a puter?
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EJ
// Apr 29, 2008 at 9:59 pm
It actually uses a cellular connection to let you buy/download books, newspapers, blogs, etc. so you’re not tied to wi-fi hotspots.
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shoo
// Apr 30, 2008 at 12:20 am
Flippn’ sweet!
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Jan (aka...Aunt Jan)
// Apr 30, 2008 at 1:24 pm
What’s a kindle?….(yes, as you well know I live in the dark ages so you can dispense with any of your cute and witty comments!!)
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EJ
// Apr 30, 2008 at 1:27 pm
It’s an electronic book, finally one that has a lot of thought put into how it works and feels. It’s not just a handheld computer that you can read on, it has been design by Amazon to just get out of the way and let you comfortably read.
One of the big appeals is you can carry your entire library with you, and just about anywhere there’s cellphone service and buy more books to read (in addition to read newspapers, websites, etc).
It uses Electronic Paper instead of a typical computer screen, so reading on it is just like reading printed paper.