Amazon's Kindle DX now available for order
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Kindle Dx is now available in Amazon web Store, At $359, it's quite a bit pricier than the regular Kindle but it has many new features. let's see features on the fly.
Features at glance:
- Just over 1/3 of an inch, as thin as most magazines
- Lightweight At 10.2 ounces, lighter than a typical paperback
- 3G wireless lets you download books right from your Kindle, anytime, anywhere; no monthly fees, service plans, or hunting for Wi-Fi hotspots
- Get books delivered in less than 60 seconds; no PC required
- Reads like real paper; now boasts 16 shades of gray for clear text and even crisper images
- 25% longer battery life; read for days without recharging
- Take your library with you; holds over 1,500 books
- With the new text-to-speech feature, Kindle can read every newspaper, magazine, blog, and book out loud to you, unless the book is disabled by the rights holder
Kindle's Basic Web browser works well to read simple, text-centric Web sites such as Google and Wikipedia plus Transfer MP3 files to Kindle to play as background music while you read. You can quickly and easily transfer MP3 files via USB by connecting Kindle to your computer & after connecting Kindle will appear as a removable mass storage device.
Kindle also provides Large selection in over 275,000 books plus U.S. and international newspapers, magazines, and blogs available you can get New York Times Best Sellers and New Releases $9.99
Kindle supporting formats like Kindle (AZW), TXT, Audible (formats 4, Audible Enhanced (AAX)), MP3, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively; PDF, HTML, DOC, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP through conversion. Conversion is a very good feature from kindle DX where you can convert documents like unprotected Microsoft Word, PDF, HTML, TXT, RTF, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, PRC and MOBI files.
If you would like to download your personal documents for free, or if you are not in a wireless area, you can send attachments to "name"@free.kindle.com to be converted and e-mailed to your computer at the e-mail address associated with your Amazon.com account login. You can then transfer the document to your Kindle using your USB connection. For example, if your Kindle email address is xyz@Kindle.com, send your attachments to xyz@free.kindle.com
Or to read Kindle books on your iPhone or iPod touch, simply download free Kindle for iPhone application.& with Whispersync technology saves and synchronizes your reading location across your Kindles and your iPhone so if you read few pages on your iPhone then start reading right where you left off when you return to your Kindle.
Some rumors seem to suggest that Apple is working on a Mac Tablet or a large-screen iPod Touch.If these are true and the price of Apple tablet is somewhere close to the Kindle DX, you may prefer the Apple device over Amazon since iPod Touch has a colored touch screen, Wi-Fi support, a full functional web browser and you can get beyond reading like podcast, Tv shows.
