The Kindle DX

The Kindle DX is now available within the UK. Amazon has made this product available for purchase via Amazon.com. It has additional features to the Kindle with the main one being the size of screen is 9.7 inches therefore giving its customers a further option to suit their needs.

The Kindle DX is one third of an inch thin, weighs in at 18.9 ounces and has the capacity to hold 3,500 books a somewhat larger capacity than the Kindle, again it is super fast to download books from anywhere without a computer in under one minute via 3G.

Iphone Application

The larger display e-ink screen has 16 shades of grey for clearer text and a huge screen of 9.7 inches which ensures far sharper images are achievable. With over 450,000 books available to purchase including international newspapers, magazines and blogs.

The battery life has been improved and you are able to read for up to one week on a single charge, this will depend upon the wireless activity you complete but in any event is far superior to previous. This makes the Kindle DX the ultimate electronic book reader, Amazon have also built in a rotating screen which will rotate portrait to landscape as you turn the device, this will be beneficial for graphs, maps and webpages.

The benefits of the Kindle DX are as follows:

· No monthly contract, portability.
· No PC requirements
· PDF reader.
· Low purchase price of the books.
· Free book samples.
· Basic web browser.
· Wikipedia.
· PC/iPhone syncing.
· Global coverage.

The Kindle DX is therefore a further expansion of a digital e-book reader, electronic book reader and quite possibly the iPod for books. Amazon have built-in a QWERTY keyboard for ease of use which is operated by a five way controller with the additional benefits of being able to highlight and bookmark pages for future use.

This benefit is also applicable when reading newspapers, if you wish to read an article later all you have to do is simply click and save the entire article to file. It is fast and easy to browse the paper using the five way controller.

The Kindle DX