Slim and Lightweight: Just over 1/3 of an inch, as thin as most magazines. 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 hotspot Books in Under 60 Seconds: Get books delivered in less than 60 seconds; no PC required Improved Display: Reads like real paper; now boasts 16 shades of gray for clear text and even crisper images Longer Battery Life: 25% longer battery life; read for days without recharging
With Kindle , you are able to download and enjoy more than 60,000 audio titles from Audible.com (http://www.audible.com), including bestselling audio books, radio programs, audio newspapers and magazines. Due to their file size, audio books are downloaded to your PC over your existing Internet connection and then transferred to kindle using the included USB 2.0 cable. Listen via Kindle's speaker or plug in your headphones for private listening.
First offering of Kindle in November
2007 sold out in five and a half hours and the device remained out of
stock for five months until late April 2008. The original Kindle device,
featuring a 6-inch (diagonal) 4-level grayscale display, retailed for US$399.
Amazon subsequently lowered the price to $359. The 250 MB of
internal memory in the Amazon Kindle 1 can hold approximately 200 non-illustrated
titles, and the memory is expandable with an SD
memory card
