New Amazon Kindle Available on August 27
Amazon has just announced its latest generation of Kindle, which is slated to be released on August 27. The 3G and Wi-Fi version will cost $189 while the Wi-Fi version $139. This time, the Kindle will come in two colors – white and graphite.
The followings are how the new Kindle is different from the Kindle of 2nd generation:
- 50% higher contrast
- 21% smaller (but same screen size)
- 15% lighter (it weighs 8.7 ounces only)
- Double battery life
- Additional 2GB built-in memory (total 4GB)
- 20% faster page-turn
- Different design of buttons and keypad
- Better browser
- Improved PDF reader
- More text-to-speech options
In addition, Amazon will be selling two new covers for the latest Kindle, with one of them having an attached reading light.
Amazon has started taking pre-orders for both versions of the Kindle. For those of you who have purchased a Kindle in the past 30 days, you can return it and get the new Kindle when it ships on August 27.
We will do a full review of the new Kindle when we get our hands on it. Stay tuned!
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