It’s official. Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) has introduced the much larger version of its Kindle e-book reader. The Amazon Kindle DX offers Kindle’s revolutionary wireless delivery and content with a large 9.7-inch electronic paper display and is just over one-third of an inch thick.
The DX version comes with a built-in PDF reader, auto-rotate capability, and storage for up to 3,500 books. Amazon also noted that more than 275,000 books are now available in the Kindle Store, including 107 of 112 current New York Times Best Sellers.
New York Times Bestsellers and new releases are $9.99 unless marked otherwise. Top U.S. and international magazines and newspapers plus more than 1,500 blogs are also available. Kindle DX is available for pre-order starting today for $489 at http://amazon.com/kindleDX and will ship this summer.
It has 2.5 times the surface area of Kindle’s 6-inch display with 16 shades of gray. Kindle is supposed to read like printed words on paper because the screen works using real ink and doesn’t use a backlight, eliminating the eyestrain and glare associated with other electronic displays.
With the auto-rotate feature, readers can immediately see full-width landscape views of maps, graphs, tables, images, and Web pages. Its 3,500-book capacity is based upon a 3.3 GB of available memory.
It looks like even the geezers might be able to read e-books now.
JON C. OGG
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