Amazon's Kindle 2 e-book reader
Amazon announced the Kindle 2 e-book reader today, which goes on sale February 24 for $359.00. It looks to be thinner and slightly lighter than the original, released in November of 2007. Unfortunately, you still need a cover to hold it like a paperback (as this person is doing with the original Kindle). I’ll start to get excited when it is slightly smaller, a lot cheaper, and has two screens (as demonstrated by my imaginary Kindle 4 below). I’ll really get excited when e-books are a viable option for students looking to save on the cost of textbooks and grad students looking to avoid printing thousands of pages of PDF journal articles.
The imaginary Kindle 4
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