Amazon Announces Kindle 2, With Slew of New Features 451
Engadget is reporting that Amazon has announced the new Kindle 2 for release on February 24th at a price point of $359. Thinner than an iPhone and coming standard with "Read-to-me" text-to-speech capability, the new device also has seven times more storage, faster page turning, a 16-level e-ink display, longer battery life, and a new five-way joystick. Looks like life just got a lot more interesting for fans of the original device. Engadget also has live coverage from the Kindle 2 press conference.
A bargain price, based on that hype. (Score:5, Funny)
Cripes, after reading the post, the only thing missing was the soundtrack from the Six-Million Dollar Man...
Better, stronger, faster than ever before...
Oh, c'mon, what do you mean you've never heard of The Six-Million dollar man? Steve Austin, you know the pilot who...shit, nevermind.
Damn, I'm getting old.
Re:A bargain price, based on that hype. (Score:5, Funny)
Having that sound effect play every time you turned the page would get annoying.
I have to ask (Score:2, Funny)
Will it blend?
Also, what will happen to DRM on the device? Is it still going to be essentially rentals, since they don't like to let people own what they buy?
corrrection (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Price point? (Score:5, Funny)
Verbogeny is one of the pleasurettes of a creatific thinkerizer. (Peter da Silva)
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Re:Very tempted to get this (Score:5, Funny)
No music or games. Less space than a usb stick. Lame.
Re:A bargain price, based on that hype. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:A bargain price, based on that hype. (Score:5, Funny)
I've heard of The Six-Million Dollar Man: he's a traditional punch line to jokes told by old people, right?
Re:Read-to-me (Score:5, Funny)
Having an e-ink screen and text-to-speech on the same device is an odd match. If you want to read, read. If you want to listen, get an audio book for your mp3 player. Spare yourself the synthetic voice. Unless you enjoy imagining Stephen Hawking is in your car reading to you.
This might good for my copy of "A Brief History of Time"...
Re:Very tempted to get this (Score:5, Funny)
Good God, your
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Re:A bargain price, based on that hype. (Score:3, Funny)
Actually you're old enough when you had bought a six million dollar man action figure for your eight year old son.
Re:Very tempted to get this (Score:1, Funny)
>Convince me not to.
You know what, if you've got $400 to burn on a device that'll let you read glorified txt documents of stuff you could get on paper for half the price on AbeBooks... knock yourself out.
You know what, if you've got $400 to burn on a device that'll let you listen to glorified analog recordings of stuff you could get on vinyl for half the price on Craigslist... knock yourself out. And then get the hell out of my yard.