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Amazon's Kindle DX now available for pre-order
The DX's screen orientation changes automatically, allowing you to turn it to widescreen for website viewing. At $489, it's quite a bit pricier than the regular Kindle, but its storage space is also more than twice that of the smaller device. No announcement on the textbook angle we were hearing about, but we'll wait and see what happens. We'll also wait and see what the DX does for newspaper readership. Can it boost the newspaper business in a way that the original Kindle couldn't, just by having a screen that might be big enough to do justice to newspaper layouts? Time will tell.
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lilykudrow said 2:03AM on 5-07-2009
I waited so long for this.
# Display -9.7" diagonal e-ink
# Size -10.4" x 7.2" x 0.38"
# Storage -3,500 books
# PDF Support -native PDF reader
# Rotating Display -Yes
# 3G Wireless -Yes
# Books in Under 60 Seconds -Yes
# Text-to-Speech -Yes
# Whispersync -Yes
Read here:
http://www.techunits.com/content/2242/amazon_plans_to_sell_the_kindle_dx_later_this_summer_for_$489
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chrishigh said 1:56AM on 5-12-2009
Really? iPod Touch:
# Kindle application, free
# full Kindle library
# bright full color screen
# fits in your pocket so you can take your reading with you and not look like an ass
# up to 32 Gigabytes of storage
# thousands of apps for when you're not reading
# $90 less
I mean I hope they continue selling them just to push the e-ink technology forward, I look forward to a full color paper-like screen (it's when I'll finally be willing to buy a digital photo frame) bu otherwise, meh.