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NEW AMAZON KINDLE READING DIVICE
How to read what you want, anywhere, any time without having to carry around lots of books or other reading material
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Let’s face it: Reading is the only way to stimulate those aging brain cells and to broaden your views. Besides, reading is fun, exciting and a way for us to pursue our interests. Most of us like learning, and keeping up to date on matters. For most people reading is a hobby.
How do you read? Where do you get your reading matter from? Do you belong to a library? How many books do you carry home? Do you carry a book around with you for in case you need to wait somewhere? Do you forget it at home sometimes? Or leave it there because it is too much of a hassle to remember it and carry it around? How about your home library … does it get too big? Do you need more and more space for your books?
Introducing: Amazon Kindle ™
Now there is a way you can travel around with a whole library of books that weigh only 10.3 ounces. Thinking of a new book you want to read? No problem! There is no going to the bookstore or library. Just pull out your Amazon Kindle and you can buy the book right from wherever you are!
Amazon.com, Inc. is an American electronic e-commerce company situated in Seattle, Washington. Amazon was one of the first major companies to sell goods by Internet, and one of the first online companies that became and remained profitable.
Amazon.com, Inc. was founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994, and was launched online in 1995. Amazon.com started as an on-line bookstore, but soon diversified into more product lines such as DVD’s, music CDs, MP3s, computer software, video games, electronics, apparel, furniture, food, toys, etc. Amazon has established separate websites in Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, China, and Japan. It also provides global shipping to certain countries for some of its products.
Here are the main features and benefits of Amazon Kindle:
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Wireless downloading of books - You can look up a book, read a summary and/or a few reviews and then buy it right away.
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Entire books really do download in just a few seconds.
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Readability – You can read with one hand, the device is small, the text is crisp and you can vary the font size.
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Subscription content is delivered at night, and available first thing in the morning
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You have around 200 books which you can carry around with you at all times –you can also get an additional memory card and have a larger storage capacity
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The kindle is incredibly light
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Not only books are available, but also magazines, blogs, newspapers and you have access to Wikipedia
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It has a paper-like screen which is easy on your eyes
More facts you need to know:
MP3 playing
The Kindle device from Amazon has the ability to play all the MP3 songs which you can download into the internal storage mechanism. Capacity of the internal storage is around 180 MB in space. You could also store these MP3 songs in the allocated SD card slot. You can play the songs in random shuffle and choose to listen to songs in the background while you read the e-book.
DRM support
The Kindle comes with DRM support by means of support for file types of extensions .AZW. It also is compatible with Mobipocket books of the unprotected varieties. Therefore file types like .MOBI, .TXT, .PRC, Word as well as .HTML are all supported by the Kindle. You can transfer files via USB or via email. No more need to print!
Kindle Now Now
This is a new feature introduced by Kindle which enables a powerful search mechanism. By means of a query mechanism you can search for almost anything you wish for absolutely free of cost! This search facility is powered with the help of Mechanical Turn from Amazon which is a distributed system of work.
Blog subscription
You can avail blog subscriptions by paying a meager 2 dollars every month! Besides this, you also get access to a 14 day trial period. For no additional cost, you get to browse the blogs directly via the ‘Basic Web’ which is a browser provided for free. You only pay for access to the RSS feeds but not for surfing the web.
Font types supported
Kindle primarily supports two kinds of fonts namely the Neue Helvetica and the Caecilia. These are provided by Linotype. Book texts are all provided in the default Caecilia font. However, other than reading, you can select from 6 font types.
No scroll keys
If you wish to navigate to the next page or further below, there are no scroll down keys provided in the Kindle. To move across content or even scrolling on the web pages you will need to use the page forward keys and the back button for this.
Audible e-books
You can use the Kindle from Amazon to play out audible e-books. However the ‘whispernet’ service provided by means of the EVDO internet connection does not support downloads of such audible e-books on air. You will need to leverage the Audible Manager for downloading and subsequently copy the file to Kindle via USB port on the PC. This eliminates the need for printing altogether.
Text file download
Kindle allows you to easily download text files for future use. All it takes is just 45 seconds to download even massive text files!
Overall, the Kindle is a life-changing experience and you have a library of material with you at all times in a wonderfully convenient format. Will it replace the book as we know it in time!
You decide!
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