Kindle: Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device
Written by YU53P on 02:24
What is a “Kindle”?
Kindle is Amazon’s New Wireless Reading Device. This allows you to read your books via a 6″ diagonal display screen on the device. Kindle users shop the Kindle store via the reader, and download books and other content without even having to find a Wi-Fi hotspot, according to Amazon. Kindle Customer service was excellent, especially in comparison to Amazon’s normal outsourced foreign customer service. I received four free books from them, which was a $40 value, and was definitely the right thing to do.
Kindle isn’t the first eBook reader, but it’s the first portable bookstore. A book in 60 seconds whenever I want it at used-bookstore prices. Kindle includes a web browser. Unlimited use of this browser over Whispernet is free. Kindle critics have bashed the cost of the subscriptions?$5.99 to $13.99 a month for each newspaper, for example?when the publications are mostly available for free online. But the Kindle allows you to view news on a screen, albeit a black-and-white one, that’s bigger than any smart phone and on a network that’s faster than the sluggish AT&T network the iPhone uses.
How Does Kindle Work?
Kindle uses an electronic paper screen that uses minimal power, since the display is readable with the power off, this results in long battery life. Will this be the device that brings eBooks to the masses, at close to $400 and $10 per book, not likely. Kindle would have to literally knock it out of the park to pass this criteria, not to mention everything I’ve mentioned above. The reality is the mass market of consumes tends to resent most new technology, since it tends to be overly hyped and well-marketed, yet do little more than frustrate and fail to deliver on expectations (much like the Sony Vaio VGN-SZ460N, an utter failure of a laptop). Kindle is the first ebook reader with its own cellular wireless connection to let you get new books anytime, almost anywhere when the mood strikes. It’s not wifi, you don’t need to find hot spots — it’s like a cell phone.
Kindle comes in an off-white color and has a shape with hard edges, much like a hardback. Its mainKindle: Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device controlsare for page turning, and those are wide buttons arranged on the edges so that pages can be turned no matter how a reader is holding the device. Kindle supports a few other formats than its proprietary .azw, but the only way to use it for its main purpose — as a digital reader for popular mainstream books — is via its own proprietary DRM-protected format. I.e., Kindle actually is what ignorant critics have claimed regarding the iPod: a device designed to lock you in to a single provider of both hardware and digital content
How Many Books Are Available for Kindle?
Amazon is offering a large collection of digitized Kindle books — about 90,000 — compared with fewer than 25,000 for Sony. The Kindle also can download newspapers, magazines and blogs directly, and update them automatically.
Amazon’s Kindle eBook reader is becoming more and more popular, and many authors and publishers are looking into what it will take to sell their books on this great eBook device. Amazon has done a good thing here. And while it’s definitely their first generation device, this could indeed be the future of the printed word.
Kindle’s real breakthrough is in its wireless Whispernet network. Kindle offers the ability to buy not only books but also subscribe to digital versions of magazines, newspapers, and blogs that are delivered wirelessly at high speed. Sony Reader users must buy e-books via their computers. With Kindle, avid readers can search for and sample books, blogs and periodicals right from the device, and — with decent coverage — download purchased content in less than a minute. Kindle customers can select from the most recognized U.S. Subscriptions are auto-delivered wirelessly to Kindle overnight so that the latest edition is waiting for customers when they wake up. Kindle customers, no matter where they are in the U.S., can wirelessly shop the Kindle Store and download new content and Amazon pays for Kindle’s wireless connectivity so there are no monthly wireless bills and no service commitments for customers.
Kindle: Amazon's New Wireless Reading DeviceAmazon has, according to Newsweek, already gotten all the major book publishers on board. As with the iPod, there are mutterings from publishers about the low pricing. Amazon bought EVDO data access wholesale from Sprint and is re-marketing it with the Kindle as Whispernet. The high-speed wireless data access comes free with the device. Amazon is currently offering more than 90,000 titles, including 90 percent of the current New York Times bestsellers. The first chapter of most books can be previewed on the Kindle for free.
Kindle’s books, granted, come with more restrictions than do printed books. You can’t trade them with your friends or sell them when you’re done with them (but you can “share” e-books; that is, you and your spouse can tie both your Kindles to the same Amazon account, and any book you buy can be read on either device). Kindle natively supports only a few different file types , however, so I hope that situation improves soon. Sony has a slight edge here with native PDF and RTF support, and possibly a bigger edge with Adobe Systems Digital Editions for the Reader. Kindle is also green! Think of how many trees are cut down to make the paper for books.
Books are going to get much more readable as a new generation of browsers and touchscreens come forward (Apple is not the only company with device-independent resolutions on board). We can forget about proprietary devices, form factors and formats for eBooks. Books can be downloaded to Kindle in less than a minute, while magazines, newspapers and blogs are delivered to subscribers automatically. Amazon pays for the wireless connectivity so there are no monthly wireless bills, data plans or service commitments.
Books can be purchased and downloaded (with the first chapter free) through Amazon’s WhisperNet wireless EVDO data network in most parts of the US (excluding Alaska and Montana). There’s no direct charge for wireless access–but it’s not clear whether there will be charges for using Kindle as a web browser (which is possible).
Book downloads take less than a minute, while newspaper, magazine, and blog subscriptions are downloaded automatically as soon as something new is published. As for reading, you click on the title of a book or article you want to read, then scroll through pages by pressing “next” and “back” buttons on the right and left sides, respectively, of the screen.
Books are more durable, have better feel and air about them, and work well, and there is no real bad side to them. The Kindle is good for portablility, and storage, and makes it so much easier to get he books you need.
How Does Kindle Stack Up With Other E-book Readers?
E-book readers have largely been a failure in the world of publishing and delivery of books. The demand forKindle: Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device the physical book by readers is very strong. E-books undeniably are growing. According to the International Digital Publishing Forum, sales have risen steadily over the past six years, from around $6 million in 2002 to around $33 million in 2007. E-books have made their greatest progress with their first audience: publishers. For years, publishers resisted the product they were supposed to be pushing.
Amazon’s Kindle reader is $399.00, but it acts more like a portable written media device as it allows newspapers, blogs, and more to be connected wirelessly through the same high-speed data network (EVDO) as advanced cell phones.
Kindle is Amazon’s New Wireless Reading Device. This allows you to read your books via a 6″ diagonal display screen on the device. Kindle users shop the Kindle store via the reader, and download books and other content without even having to find a Wi-Fi hotspot, according to Amazon. Kindle Customer service was excellent, especially in comparison to Amazon’s normal outsourced foreign customer service. I received four free books from them, which was a $40 value, and was definitely the right thing to do.
Kindle isn’t the first eBook reader, but it’s the first portable bookstore. A book in 60 seconds whenever I want it at used-bookstore prices. Kindle includes a web browser. Unlimited use of this browser over Whispernet is free. Kindle critics have bashed the cost of the subscriptions?$5.99 to $13.99 a month for each newspaper, for example?when the publications are mostly available for free online. But the Kindle allows you to view news on a screen, albeit a black-and-white one, that’s bigger than any smart phone and on a network that’s faster than the sluggish AT&T network the iPhone uses.
How Does Kindle Work?
Kindle uses an electronic paper screen that uses minimal power, since the display is readable with the power off, this results in long battery life. Will this be the device that brings eBooks to the masses, at close to $400 and $10 per book, not likely. Kindle would have to literally knock it out of the park to pass this criteria, not to mention everything I’ve mentioned above. The reality is the mass market of consumes tends to resent most new technology, since it tends to be overly hyped and well-marketed, yet do little more than frustrate and fail to deliver on expectations (much like the Sony Vaio VGN-SZ460N, an utter failure of a laptop). Kindle is the first ebook reader with its own cellular wireless connection to let you get new books anytime, almost anywhere when the mood strikes. It’s not wifi, you don’t need to find hot spots — it’s like a cell phone.
Kindle comes in an off-white color and has a shape with hard edges, much like a hardback. Its mainKindle: Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device controlsare for page turning, and those are wide buttons arranged on the edges so that pages can be turned no matter how a reader is holding the device. Kindle supports a few other formats than its proprietary .azw, but the only way to use it for its main purpose — as a digital reader for popular mainstream books — is via its own proprietary DRM-protected format. I.e., Kindle actually is what ignorant critics have claimed regarding the iPod: a device designed to lock you in to a single provider of both hardware and digital content
How Many Books Are Available for Kindle?
Amazon is offering a large collection of digitized Kindle books — about 90,000 — compared with fewer than 25,000 for Sony. The Kindle also can download newspapers, magazines and blogs directly, and update them automatically.
Amazon’s Kindle eBook reader is becoming more and more popular, and many authors and publishers are looking into what it will take to sell their books on this great eBook device. Amazon has done a good thing here. And while it’s definitely their first generation device, this could indeed be the future of the printed word.
Kindle’s real breakthrough is in its wireless Whispernet network. Kindle offers the ability to buy not only books but also subscribe to digital versions of magazines, newspapers, and blogs that are delivered wirelessly at high speed. Sony Reader users must buy e-books via their computers. With Kindle, avid readers can search for and sample books, blogs and periodicals right from the device, and — with decent coverage — download purchased content in less than a minute. Kindle customers can select from the most recognized U.S. Subscriptions are auto-delivered wirelessly to Kindle overnight so that the latest edition is waiting for customers when they wake up. Kindle customers, no matter where they are in the U.S., can wirelessly shop the Kindle Store and download new content and Amazon pays for Kindle’s wireless connectivity so there are no monthly wireless bills and no service commitments for customers.
Kindle: Amazon's New Wireless Reading DeviceAmazon has, according to Newsweek, already gotten all the major book publishers on board. As with the iPod, there are mutterings from publishers about the low pricing. Amazon bought EVDO data access wholesale from Sprint and is re-marketing it with the Kindle as Whispernet. The high-speed wireless data access comes free with the device. Amazon is currently offering more than 90,000 titles, including 90 percent of the current New York Times bestsellers. The first chapter of most books can be previewed on the Kindle for free.
Kindle’s books, granted, come with more restrictions than do printed books. You can’t trade them with your friends or sell them when you’re done with them (but you can “share” e-books; that is, you and your spouse can tie both your Kindles to the same Amazon account, and any book you buy can be read on either device). Kindle natively supports only a few different file types , however, so I hope that situation improves soon. Sony has a slight edge here with native PDF and RTF support, and possibly a bigger edge with Adobe Systems Digital Editions for the Reader. Kindle is also green! Think of how many trees are cut down to make the paper for books.
Books are going to get much more readable as a new generation of browsers and touchscreens come forward (Apple is not the only company with device-independent resolutions on board). We can forget about proprietary devices, form factors and formats for eBooks. Books can be downloaded to Kindle in less than a minute, while magazines, newspapers and blogs are delivered to subscribers automatically. Amazon pays for the wireless connectivity so there are no monthly wireless bills, data plans or service commitments.
Books can be purchased and downloaded (with the first chapter free) through Amazon’s WhisperNet wireless EVDO data network in most parts of the US (excluding Alaska and Montana). There’s no direct charge for wireless access–but it’s not clear whether there will be charges for using Kindle as a web browser (which is possible).
Book downloads take less than a minute, while newspaper, magazine, and blog subscriptions are downloaded automatically as soon as something new is published. As for reading, you click on the title of a book or article you want to read, then scroll through pages by pressing “next” and “back” buttons on the right and left sides, respectively, of the screen.
Books are more durable, have better feel and air about them, and work well, and there is no real bad side to them. The Kindle is good for portablility, and storage, and makes it so much easier to get he books you need.
How Does Kindle Stack Up With Other E-book Readers?
E-book readers have largely been a failure in the world of publishing and delivery of books. The demand forKindle: Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device the physical book by readers is very strong. E-books undeniably are growing. According to the International Digital Publishing Forum, sales have risen steadily over the past six years, from around $6 million in 2002 to around $33 million in 2007. E-books have made their greatest progress with their first audience: publishers. For years, publishers resisted the product they were supposed to be pushing.
Amazon’s Kindle reader is $399.00, but it acts more like a portable written media device as it allows newspapers, blogs, and more to be connected wirelessly through the same high-speed data network (EVDO) as advanced cell phones.
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