What a massive difference the new Kindle 2 makes when it is compared with the old Kindle. Not only does it have smooth sexy round corners but its also so much more thinner. The redesign of its keyboard also makes the new Kindle much more appealing, but I have to say the most attractive feature to me in terms of hardware is its further improved battery life. Yes I know the display is only grey and white, but you can still read four days non stop on it, that’s striking! Check out the hands on gallery after the jump…
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Like it was previously predicted, most of the leaked and rumored were not very far off, except for the much hoped for touchscreen! The below summarises the main features in the latest upated Kindle 2:
New Functions
• “Whispersync” to sync Kindle, Kindle 2 and other devices wirelessly
• Text to speech (yes, it will read to you)Price
• $359 on February 24Form
• 8″ x 5.3″ x 0.36″.
• “25 percent thinner than the iPhone”
• 10.2 ounces
• New 5-way controller
• 3.5mm audio jack
• USB 2.0Display
• 6″ diagonal E-Ink®
• 600 x 800 pixel resolution at 167 ppi
• New E-Ink features 16 shades of greyBattery Life
• Battery life has been increased by 25 percent
• Read for 4 days straight with EVDO on, 2 weeks EVDO offStorage
• 2GB, or 7 times more storage than the first Kindle, or 1,500 booksPerformance
• 20 percent faster page turningFormats supported
• Kindle (AZW), TXT, Audible (formats 4, Audible Enhanced (AAX)), MP3, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively
• PDF, HTML, DOC, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP through conversion
[via Gizmodo]
The thing that strikes me about this is just how thin it is! Does it feel flimsy when you use it?
Damn, it looks so cool! But the only think that pretty make me sad is the lack of Wi-Fi connection!
So I can’t use it out side of US to download new book content.
I also heard that the PDF conversion is suck. Is that true?! But overall, I love this new Kindle 2. So thin like an Alien note book that contain 230,000+ books (via internet)! LOL.