Making good on last week’s rumors, Amazon on Monday officially released Amazon Kindle, its new portable reader that wirelessly downloads books, magazines, newspapers and blogs to a crisp, high-resolution electronic paper display. Priced at $399, Kindle features electronic paper that looks and reads like real paper, even in bright sunlight, Amazon says. Its wireless delivery system, known as “Amazon Whispernet,” uses the same nationwide EVDO high-speed data network as advanced cell phones.
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Will Amazon’s Kindle Spark an E-Reading Revolution?
Posted by: Katherine Noyes November 20, 2007 04:00 AMMaking good on last week’s rumors, Amazon on Monday officially released Amazon Kindle, its new portable reader that wirelessly downloads books, magazines, newspapers and blogs to a crisp, high-resolution electronic paper display. Priced at $399, Kindle features electronic paper that looks and reads like real paper, even in bright sunlight, Amazon says. Its wireless delivery system, known as “Amazon Whispernet,” uses the same nationwide EVDO high-speed data network as advanced cell phones.