Review of Amazon Kindle Reading Device

Amazon is one of the first companies to introduce online bookstore to the public. Now, the same company brings to us the Amazon Kindle, a complete wireless reading device that allows you to store and read your e-books. For the avid readers, the Amazon Kindle is a welcome idea that takes the place of big bags of heavy books. Imagine bringing to the coffee shop, park or just about anywhere hundreds of books, magazines and reading materials in a portable reading device lighter than a standard paper back novel.

This technological innovation was known to be sold out less than 6 hours after its first offering in 2007. Why is this so? Let's check out the features of the Amazon Kindle.

With the 250 MB internal memory of the Amazon Kindle, you can download and store around 200 non-illustrated titles, newspapers, blogs and magazines. If you need more memory, you can add up to 2GB through Kindle's SD memory card. Also, you can hook up and enable file exchanges from Amazon Kindle to your laptop or any computer through a USB port.

Amazon Kindle takes into consideration usability factors and came up with an ergonomically designed tablet that both right handers and south paws can operate easily. It is less than an inch thick and weighs only 10 oz, you can bring it anywhere without any hassle.

Another excellent feature of the Amazon Kindle is its high-resolution display. This device uses the electronic display brand E ink with no backlighting. This technology is responsible for making the screen as crisp as a black and white display, no wonder it's called "electronic paper". Because of its paper-like display reading books, newspapers and magazines in your Amazon Kindle are light in the eyes. You can even increase or decrease the text size in the electronic display depending on your preference.

Amazon teamed up with the telecommunications company Sprint to create Amazon Kindle's wireless network called Amazon Whispernet. Through Sprint's EVDO network, you need not look for an internet connection to search and download e-books to your Amazon Kindle. Internet search, media flow and synchronization are made possible through 3G technology.

Furthermore, with Amazon Kindle, you need not worry about any bill for the internet connection because the tab for browsing and downloading in Whispernet is taken cared for by Amazon. Upon purchase of the Amazon Kindle, Whispernet is already installed, so all you have to do is open the box, plug it in and start downloading your favorite e-books.

Searching your library for phrases, words and titles is done an instant through Amazon Kindle's search function. If you want to browse or download more e-books, you can definitely do that through the Kindle Store. Shopping for books is quite easy. Just type in the author and title of the book and it generates a list of books that fit your search. Buying a book is so fast and easy.

With its QWERTY keyboard, searching, shopping or simply writing notes in Amazon Kindle is made efficient.

Electronic reading has been revolutionized by Amazon Kindle. Its high demand in the market paved the way for Amazon Kindle 2 and now Kindle DX to be developed. Log on to Amazon and pre-order your unit today.

Source: Amazon Kindle Reading Device - Our Review 2009