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Slim:
Just over 1/3 of an inch, as thin as most magazines
Lightweight:
At 10.2 ounces, lighter than a typical paperback
Wireless:
3G wireless lets you download books right from
your Kindle, anytime, anywhere; no monthly fees,
service plans, or hunting for Wi-Fi hotspots
Books
in Under 60 Seconds: Get books delivered
in less than 60 seconds; no PC required
Paper-like
Display: Reads like real paper; now boasts
16 shades of gray for clear text and even crisper
images
Long
Battery Life: 25% longer battery life;
read for days without recharging
Carry
Your Library: Holds over 1,500 books
Read-to-Me:
With the new text-to-speech feature, Kindle
can read every newspaper, magazine, blog, and
book out loud to you, unless the book's rights
holder made the feature unavailable
Content:Users
can download content from Amazon and some other
Kindle content providers in the proprietary Kindle
format (AZW), or load content in various formats
from a computer. Kindle Terms of Use forbid transferring
Amazon e-books to another user or a different
type of device.
Users can select reading material
through the Kindle or through a computer at the
Amazon Kindle store, and can download content
through the Kindle Store, which upon the initial
launch of the Kindle had more than 88,000 digital
titles available for download, steadily increasing
to more than 275,000 as of late 2008. As of July
1, 2009, there are currently over 300,000 books
available for download. New releases and New York
Times bestsellers are offered for approximately
$10, and first chapters of many books are offered
as a free sample. Many titles, including some
classics now in the public domain, are offered
free of charge or at a low price stated to be
related to the cost of adapting the book to the
Kindle format. Newspaper Subscriptions cost between
$5.99 and $14.99 per month, magazines between
$1.25 and $3.49 per month, and blogs for $0.99-$1.99
per month.
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