Amazon is huge eBook before.

Amazon's e-book reader get tremendous growth: With the Kindle, the online DX-mailers a model, which its predecessors and competitors in every way surpasses - even what the price.

 

Bigger is better? And if so, how much? Amazon's Kindle DX in any case is much larger than the others and is likely to be plenty of discussion material for lovers of electronic reading care. While the previous models, at least in coat pockets and Jack could be accommodated, is the DX model for much too large: Almost on DIN A4 format brings to the new reader.

This triggers the Kindle not only into a new dimension of size, but the price also reaches new heights. $ 489 cost of the device on Amazon's website. That's $ 13 surcharge for each additional inch diagonal screen, the DX to keep the Kindle 2. While the modest 6-inch screen (15 inches) measures, it brings his big brother on impressive 9.7 inches, then 25 centimeters.

A color, as expected by some media, is it not, however, has given: The display is monochrome, image shows how the Kindle 2, with 16 gray of. Therefore, the screen resolution strongly increased. Instead of 800 x 600 pixels at the predecessors are now 1200 x 824 pixels, representing a doubling of the smooth resolution.

Twice as much memory, just as thin as previously

Since it's no wonder that the new Amazon with the slogan "Wireless Reading just got bigger" job. It affects the DX at first glance like a Kindle 2, the man has inflated. But this impression is deceptive. At least he is not thicker become. Despite the light screen is the new Kindle is still only about an inch thick, or rather thin. This could, however, stability problems will finally be the case now Verwindungskräfte more manageable than its predecessor.

But not only the screen, even the memory has Amazon aufgebohrt force. 3.3 gigabytes are now available for books. According to the manufacturer enough books for 3500. The Kindle 2 was not even half as much to bring reading material.

New to Kindle DX is the operating software in the integrated PDF representation. So you can without cumbersome pre-transform your own PDF documents on the device. The presentation showed Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, the PDF versions of something that we unfortunately could not decipher - the live recording of Bezos Kindle in hand blogsverkehrt was thrown against the wall. Bezos strives to several pages, then commented, according to Engadget dry: "You can see how well the screen looks even blogsverkehrt."

Large share of digital books

275,000 digitalized books now Amazon has on offer, announced company founder Jeff Bezos at the presentation of the giant Kindle in New York. That's almost three times as many as at the launch of the Kindle at the end of 2007. The sales figures of digital versions noticed Engadget Bezos, according to the Reporter on the ground in a marginal note: The titles with Kindle-edition make the digital versions are now 35 percent of sales overall.

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So far, however, is the Kindle DX as he is now the press was shown a single piece, and a prototype demonstrator. Anyone who wants to purchase the device, you must still bring a little patience. Apple will have already been approved, a specific delivery date but not yet known. Sometime in the summer as far as it was, but it's long.

One problem remains

Other hand, there waiting prospective buyers the opportunity ever for a suitable receptacle around. Maybe a backpack or laptop bag - or one of the perennial blue plastic bags, with a Swedish furniture store where customers send back home.

German e-book, however, must be interested not in Amazon's DX waiting list even backpacks or bags to buy. So far, the sale of the Kindle, whether small or large, not provided here. Moreover, when the change could silence the German branch of the online giant persistent.

AMAZON KINDL DX: DETAILS OF THE GIANTS reader

Display Memory Interface Dimensions Price

26.3 x 18.3 x 0.97 cm
560 grams of hard

1200 x 824 pixel resolution
16 Grays with E-Ink Technology
24.64 cm screen diagonal

4 gigabytes (3.3 of which is still available for books)

SD slot for memory cards
Mini-USB connector
Headphone Jack
W-Lan

489 U.S. Dollar (approx. 370 Euro)

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