The kindle 2 electronic reader is a big leap over the original Kindle e-book reader manufactured by Amazon. The latest Kindle 2 version is equipped with lot more features in comparison to the precursor; here’s a brief review of the Kindle 2 Electronic Reader.
The enhanced features are superior contrast screen, lighter design, slimmer, fast page turning feature and long battery life. The kindle 2 parts aren’t that edgy, and don’t look awkward like the original Kindle. In this Kindle 2 review, let’s cover the features, hardware, software, and the other specs.
Improved Design and Build
Amazon’s effort in manufacturing the kindle 2 e-book reader must be appreciated this time around, as it is sleek, well organized, and it indeed does look like a gadget after all. Most of the exterior portion of kindle 2 electronic reader is covered in white color except the screen and button labels.
Uniform Buttons
Coming to the controls, Kindle 2 features smaller buttons; they are placed perfectly in comparison to the previous model, slider control is gone, which is now replaced by the five-way rocker. So, kindle 2 problems are far lesser than original Kindle problems in terms of scrolling, and flipping pages.
New Keypad in Kindle 2 Electronic Reader
You can now compare the keypad of other e-book readers and kindle 2 as the QWERTY keypad now pretty much looks professional like that of the iPad. The redesigned keypad uses compact round buttons rather than using angular and split-design as opposed to original Kindle keypad.
In addition to the keyboard, Amazon has also replaced the selection tool. Now it is equipped with a tiny joystick that can be moved up, down, right and left.
Additional Features
The additional features of the kindle 2 electronic reader include basic web browser; you can browse Wikipedia in kindle 2 from anywhere. The product works for basic websites very well. There is an inbuilt browser in the reader installed by Amazon.
Kindle 2 Specifications
1. The reader OS is based on Linux platform.
2. The processor used in the reader is – Freescale ARM-11 with 532 MHz.
3. The memory capacity of the reader is 2GB moviNAND with 1.4GB user accessible.
4. TXT, PRC, Audible, Mobipocket, and MP3 are the formats supported by the Kindle 2 Electronic Reader.
5. Size of the Amazon kindle 2 e-book reader is 8 inch x 5.3 inch x 0.36 inches and the weight of the product is 10.2 oz.
When you take a look at kindle and kindle 2 comparison chart, you’ll see that most of the shortcomings of Kindle have been taken care of, in case of Kindle 2. But, at the same time, the lowest price on Kindle 2 initially offered by Amazon was $359, which wasn’t cheap by any means. But, luckily Amazon realized that the price wasn’t too competitive to attract too many Kindle customers, and they’re running massive discount on amazon kindle 2, bringing it down to just $189; that too with free 3G that works globally.
However, apart from the new text-to-speech function, and better layout, the new Amazon Kindle 2 Electronic Reader remains more or less the same as its predecessor, and the books still cost just as much to download, as they did. Most of the folks who review kindle 2 called it the iPod for ebooks!
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