| Is anyone actually buying the Amazon Kindle? According to that Amazon website, the Kindle is a revolutionary portable reader that wirelessly downloads books, newspapers, magazines and blogs to a crisp, high-resolution electronic paper display that looks and reads like real paper, even in bright sunlight.The thing that is bugging me is that I have never actually seen one. None of my gadget buddies have one (that I know of). Where are these things? I should be tripping over them in the streets. |
According to their site, Kindle customers, no matter where they are in the U.S., can wirelessly shop the Kindle Store and download new content — all without a PC or a WiFi hot spot. Apparently Amazon pays for Kindle’s wireless connectivity so there are no monthly wireless bills and no service commitments for customers. I understand that the the Kindle Store contains over 90,000 books that can be purchased and delivered wirelessly to Kindle, each in less than a minute. Customers can choose from hundreds of top newspapers, magazines and blogs and have their subscriptions auto-delivered wirelessly. All New York Times Best Sellers and New Releases are $9.99, unless marked otherwise.
Check it out and let me know what you think. The Kindle weighs 10.3 ounces and is lighter and thinner than a paperback book, carries two hundred books, and includes built-in access to The New Oxford American Dictionary and wireless access to Wikipedia.org.
