The Amazon Kindle 6″ device is not only lighter than its predecessors but it’s also one of the lightest ebook readers you can find on the market and at an unbeatable price of $119, owning an ebook reader is no longer a matter of budget.

These are some of the improvements that the New Kindle Graphite brings

• High-Contrast E-Ink Screen , brand new technology – with a 50% better contrast
• No glare – Now you can use your Kindle everywhere
• Better Fonts – Just crisper, darker fonts and newer fonts
• Modern Design –  A lot smaller body (21% smaller) while keeping the same 6″ size screen
• 17% Lighter – Only 8.5 ounces, weighs a lot less than a paperback
• Unbelievable Long lasting Battery Life of Up to One Month – A single charge lasts up to one month (only if wireless is off)
• More e Storage – Double the storage to up to 3,500 Books
• Built-In Wi-Fi – as always you can Shop and download books in less than 60 seconds
• 20% Even Faster Page Turns – no wait until you can read the next page
• Better PDF Reader Compatibility –  Enhanced with dictionary lookup, notes, and highlights
• New WebKit-Based Browser – Now you can browse the web over Wi-Fi in black and white of course!!! (experimental)
• more…

Watch a Video of this Ebook reader

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To be fair the Ipad is in some ways much more than an oversized Iphone, and in other much less. But the may question that concerns us is Ipad’s as an ebook reader device, can it replace Amazon’s Kindle, Sony’s Reader and the long list of black and white ebook readers already available on the market?

Let’s compare both Amazon Kindle’s and the new Apple Ipad

Ipad                                             Kindle
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Screen Size ………9.7 inch                                     6 inch

Resolution ……….1024×768                                    600×800

Battery life ……….10 hours                                    3 weeks turning 3G off

Thickness …………0.5 inch                                     0.36 inch

Wireless …………..WIFI /  3G                                    3G

Memory slot………. No                                                 No

Storage………… 16GB, 32GB, 64GB                        2Gb

Keyboard ………..Virtual                                            Hardware

MP3 Player………. Yes                                                Yes

EInk (no eyes strain) No                                                  Yes

Web Browser ……….Yes                                                  Yes

Video player ………..Yes                                                 No

Aditional Apps ………Yes, Apple store                        Soon to come

Price ………………………$499 non 3G 16GB                  $259 (buy here)

While Ipad’s functionalities seem impressive and in many ways outperform Amazon Kindle’s the truth is that Apple’s Ipad is not an Ebook reader and is missing to main characteristics that would qualify it as an Ebook reader.

The first one is the EInk, while Amazon Kindle does not put any strain in the eyes with the EInk technology, the screen of the Ipad makes your eyes suffer a lot more when reading an Ebook, this may seem like a small sacrifice but for the avid readers this is a major flaw.

Pricing, the price of the Ipad is almost double the price of the Amazon Kindle which makes it less affordable, I’m sure Apple will sell plenty of Ipads but certaibly not as Ebook readers

For those wanting to buy the Amazon Kindle in the US either as a present or for themselves, Amazon is offereing to deliver the ebook reader in two days for free. Just choose the two day shipping option when checking out and the shipping price will be discounted from the total amount

You can be on time for Christmas without having to pay for the express shipping extra cost.

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Stephen R. Covey author of many top selling books among which is “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” and “Principle-Cantered Leadership” which has sold more than 15 million worldwide, has signed an exclusive deal with the ebook retailer to only distribute his books through the Amazon Kindle Store.

A move that will set apart Kindle from its competitors and that may convince many readers to switch from traditional books to electronic books.

This much feared deal will see a change in the book publishing company where authors are searching for a bigger cut of the royalties of the book by skipping the traditional publishers, this will also set Amazon ahead of its fierce competitors Sony and Barnes & Noble.

While many people are still reticent about changing their reading habits and start using the ever so popular ebook readers, Amazon’s Kindle is gaining more and more popularity. User’s cite it’s light weight, small size, access to books library any time and anywhere, subscriptions to newspapers and magazines and the fact that it causes no strain in the eyes, but above all the possibility of buying books on the go through the Whispernet has convinced thousands of users this year to become Kindle addicts.

Acording to Amazon.com’s spoke person Cinthia Portugal :

“For every 100 books we sell in physical, we sell 48 Kindle books,”  ”This is up from 35 books for every 100 in May. Our customers tell us they read more with Kindle because they never have to worry about running out of books.”

This shows that though the entry to the book readers market wasn’t easy for the Amazon Kindle or for that matter for any ebook reader device, trends are changing and owning an Amazon Kindle is becoming a household need more than a gadget geek must have.

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One of the reasons Kindle competitor claim their product is better than kindle is their compatibility with the extensive Google Free Ebooks library

While Amazon Kindle is not yet  compatible with the open ePub eBook format which gives Sony Ebook readers access to the entire Google Ebook Publick library, this library is mainly composed of public domain classics such as Jules Verne, Jane Austin and Mark Twain’s books.

But the key here is that these are public domain books which are equally available for Amazon Kindle users through the Amazon store. The problem is that Amazon seems to make it hard for Kindle users to find these books.

Here is a list of the cheapest Ebooks you can find on Amazon:

• Public Domain Books
• Free Kindle Ebooks
• Kindle Ebooks up to $3
• Kindle Ebooks up to $4
• Kindle Ebooks up to $8
• Kindle Ebooks up to $14
• Kindle Ebooks Bestsellers

Still the fact that you can get books through Amazon’s Whispernet gives the Amazon Kindle the advantage over it’s inmediate competitors, such as :

• • Sony Digital Reader Touch Edition – Black (PRS600BC) $290
  • Sony PRS-505 Portable Digital e-Reader System (Silver) $266
  • Bookeen Cybook Opus – eBook reader 400 MHz – RAM: 32 MB 1 GB – monochrome 5 $250
  • Libre eBook Reader Pro. (Black) $177
  • Sony Digital Reader Pocket Edition – Silver (PRS300SC) $195

This is the list of countries where Amazon will be shipping the 6 inch screen version of Amazon Kindle, check the updated list in the official blog of Amazon Kindle here:

• Aland Islands
• Albania
• American Samoa
• Andorra
• Angola
• Anguilla
• Antigua and Barbuda
• Armenia
• Aruba
• Australia
• Austria
• Bahamas
• Barbados
• Belarus
• Belgium
• Belize
• Benin
• Bermuda
• Bhutan
• Bolivia
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Botswana
• Brazil
• Bulgaria
• Burundi
• Cambodia
• Cape Verde
• Cayman Islands
• Central African Republic
• Colombia
• Comoros
• Congo
• Cook Islands
• Costa Rica
• Cote d’Ivoire
• Croatia
• Cyprus
• Czech Republic
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Denmark
• Dominica
• Dominican Republic
• Ecuador
• El Salvador
• Equatorial Guinea
• Estonia
• Ethiopia
• Falkland Islands
• Faroe Islands
• Federated States of Micronesia
• Fiji
• Finland
• France
• French Guiana
• French Polynesia
• Gabon
• Georgia
• Germany
• Ghana
• Gibraltar
• Greece
• Greenland
• Grenada
• Guadeloupe
• Guam
• Guatemala
• Guernsey
• Guinea-Bissau
• Guyana
• Haiti
• Holy See
• Honduras
• Hong Kong
• Hungary
• Iceland
• India
• Ireland
• Italy
• Jamaica
• Japan
• Jersey
• Kenya
• Kiribati
• Lao People’s Democratic Republic
• Latvia
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Liechtenstein
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg
• Macao
• Macedonia
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Malta
• Marshall Islands
• Martinique
• Mauritius
• Mayotte
• Mexico
• Moldova
• Monaco
• Mongolia
• Montenegro
• Montserrat
• Mozambique
• Myanmar
• Namibia
• Nauru
• Nepal
• Netherlands Antilles
• Netherlands
• New Caledonia
• Nicaragua
• Niue
• Norfolk Island
• Northern Mariana Islands
• Norway
• Palau
• Panama
• Papua New Guinea
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Philippines
• Poland
• Portugal
• Puerto Rico
• Reunion
• Romania
• Russia
• Rwanda
• Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Saint Lucia
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Samoa
• San Marino
• Sao Tome and Principe
• Serbia
• Seychelles
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Solomon Islands
• South Africa
• Spain
• Sri Lanka
• Suriname
• Swaziland
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Taiwan
• Tanzania
• Timor-Leste
• Togo
• Tonga
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Turks and Caicos Islands
• Tuvalu
• Uganda
• Ukraine
• United Kingdom
• Uruguay
• Vanuatu
• Venezuela
• Viet Nam
• Virgin Islands, British
• Virgin Islands, U.S.
• Wallis and Futuna
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

The list adds up to 169 countries so the list of countries that won’t benefit from Amazon Kindle is actually much shorter.

Out of the 169 countries about a 100 of them also will benefit from the wireless capabilities of the Amazon Kindle

Ebooks are gaining on popularity

When a book goes on sale in two formats, paper and digital, 48% of Amazon’s North American buyers opt for the digital version. “Kindle has grown very rapidly,” said Bezos.

With this release of Amazon Kindle to the international market , competing with other offers Kindle electronic book such as Sony Ebook Reader Touch Edition or iRex iLiad Ebook reader, will be at an international scale. China Mobile has also announced its intention to market various types of electronic book.

In the U.S., the Amazon Kindle costs $ 279, after Amazon cut its initial price of $ 359  spurred by competition. The Sony Ebook Reader Touch Edition costs $299.  The Kindle DX Ebook Reader which is the big screen version , for e-journals is only sold in the US and it costs $ 489.

The catalog of English books available for Kindle recently reached the 200,000 titles. According to Amazon, this catalog will be adapted in each country where they’ll sell Kindle.

Forrester estimates that this year Kindle sales will reach the three million mark of electronic books sold in the world, a figure higher than its initial forecasts of two million.

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A new version of the Amazon Kindle was announced recently, after the recent release of the popular ebook reader Amazon Kindle 2, a newer and improved version of the revolutionary Amazon Kindle. The Amazon Kindle DX is a bigger version of the Amazon Kindle 2, same features just more space to read.

Amazon Kindle DX features a screen 2,5 times the size of the it’s brother Amazon Kindle 2 and with it’s revolutionary E-Ink® electronic paper display and a resolution of 1200 x 824 pixel at 150 ppi and 16-level gray scale, this device won’t tire your eyes. It’s just like reading a paperback version of a book, though thinner and lighter.

Reading from Amazon Kindle DX means that you can flip through the pages of your book, have more than 3,500 at hand or read the latest newspapers and blogs in a just 18.9 ounces device that you can bring anywhere with you.

Buy Amazon Kindle DX HERE

Amazon Kindle DX Technical Details

Amazon Kindle DX Display: 9.7″ diagonal E-Ink® electronic paper display,

Resolution: 1200 x 824 pixel resolution at 150 ppi, 16-level gray scale.

Size : 10.4″ x 7.2″ x 0.38″.

Kindle DX Weight: 18.9 ounces.

Device Battery Life: Up to 4 days with wireless on, up to two weeks when wireless is off.

Accessories Included: Power adapter, USB 2.0 cable, battery. Leather book cover sold separately

System requirements: This device doesn’t require a computer.

Audio: 3.5mm stereo audio jack, built-in stereo speakers.

Amazon Kindle DX Capacity Storage: 4GB internal (approximately 3.3GB available for user content).

Amazon Kindle DX Charge Time: Fully charges in 4 hours and supports charging from computer via USB 2.0 cable.

Amazon Kindle DX Connectivity: EVDO modem with fallback to 1xRTT; utilizes Amazon Whispernet to provide U.S wireless coverage via Sprint’s 3G high-speed data network (check wireless coverage). See Wireless Terms and Conditions.

USB Port: USB 2.0 (micro-USB connector) for connecting to any windows or mac powered computer

Content document Formats that Amazon Kindle 2 supports: Kindle (AZW), PDF, TXT, Audible (formats 4, Audible Enhanced (AAX)), MP3, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively; HTML, DOC, RTF, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP through conversion.

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These feaures make Amazon Kindle DX the best Ebook reader device on the market. Watch this Youtube video presentation of the New Amazon Kindle DX

And since they are already at it, they took advantage of the Kindle  2 that they had just received to take it apart and see how it is inside. Apart from realizing that the E-Ink screen has no protection whatsoever they also found a slot for a SIM card, which could mean that they are ready to launch the Kindle 2 internationally.

As you may know, the Kindle 2 has a wireless data connection via CDMA. The emergence of the SIM card slot brings the launch of the Amazon Kindle 2 to countries with GSM networks such as Latin America and Europe.

You can see the complete gallery here.

This is the first look to Amazon Kindle’s motherboard.