Amazon's loquacious reader.

Read and read out: With the Amazon Kindle 2 provides an e-book reader that in every respect - especially visually - from its predecessor has been improved. Particularly important would be the small speaker of Lesemaschine be.

 

Such enthusiasm is known otherwise only from Apple events. When, on Monday afternoon European time Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, the scene of a New York theater entered, applauding not only the journalists courteously. Around the globe, viewers followed the press conference via a live blog on the Internet. The minute information ploppten bites on the websites of the tech bloggers that every detail about the new reader greedy aufschnappten and online records were scarce.

There were so many new things not to hear and see. Even days before his official presentation of the photos appeared until then only as a rumor through the Web wabernden device on the network. Has also been speculation about its price. Only technical details, the network community does not serve. But Bezos has now personally replaced.

It is obvious that the design now in the current millennium has arrived. Not even an inch thick, the new e-book reader has become so abundant and slimmer than the predecessor. Has managed this trick seems, by the components to simply have less room together. Because light is not the device, still produces almost 300 grams on the scales. Nevertheless, the slimming the Kindle well received. Super flat, bright white with a brushed metal back, it really good.

Faster, sharper text

But outer beauty, which every one knows, of no use if not also the inner values. And as the Kindle 2 has over its predecessors neatly increased. Improvements were made, for example, the display. While the resolution remains at 800 x 600 pixels remains fixed, the number of displayable gray levels of four to 16 increased. This will benefit not only images that are now rich detail can be represented, but also texts, their margins will be sharply drawn. In everyday life, more important, however, should be that the Kindle 2 sides to turn over 20 percent faster than its predecessor.

The fact that the display quality of text is far better than conventional LCD screens, is beyond question. Like all e-book reader, Kindle utilizes the 2 on e-Ink display, so called electronic ink, it creates a picture perfect flicker, just like on paper, depict.

Strong aufgebohrt was also the memory of the device. For the first version has a capacity of around 200 records, which corresponds to approximately 256 MB. The new model, however, is equipped with two GB, it should be around 1500 can store digital books. Compared for example with the readers of Sony is also still puny. Because the Sony devices with memory cards can expand. Whether this is necessary, however, is another question.

Two weeks read

Unquestionably important, however, that the battery life has improved. Up to two weeks, should we now be able to read without the equipment into an outlet to stöpseln promises Bezos. That should take place only once rich. And you want to switch between the reader, for example, because you have a Kindle at home, one office and one in the cottage is, it also works via cellular network das synchronize the devices, so that at each Kindle is always the page aufschlägt the is the last thing you read. What also would clarify that the purchase of books for the new version is well settled as before, namely, via mobile phones.

For European e-book reader Amazon's reader is still unattractive because of Amazon mobile network is used through the entire United States extends, but no meters to Europe urges. This should especially for fans of horror author Stephen King to be bad. Namely, King was the star guest of the evening, entered, armed with a pink Kindle, the stage and spoke about its advantages. Above all, he read a passage from a new book, which he on the Kindle and the Kindle and has written exclusively for the Amazon device on the market.

Read or read

And just as King from his own book, are owners of the Kindle 2 have their digital future will also be able to read aloud. Although not by Stephen King, but by their electric reader. The fact is in the new version, a reader device has become the digital texts also via speakers can give. Even Amazon describes this feature as experimental. But just reading the electric could be to the success of the device contribute, especially in the U.S., where the reading has long had a soft television.

But who will be reading texts with a sprinkle can, you need a little patience. As of February 24, the delivery of the Kindle 2 Begin. Preference will be supplying customers who already have a Kindle 1 and possess the successor to 10 February order. But anyway who just completed a Kindle appointment, you must not grieve, now only the second best, because of outdated equipment to take preference. All currently outstanding orders will be automatically transferred to the Kindle 2 as amended.