Amazon Kindle

AMAZON KINDLE

First I have to be really honest.... I don't read a lot of books!

My main interests are reading articles, "geeky magazines" etc...........

But i am mighty impressed behind the technology of the Amazon Kindle.

I have spoken to a lot of people who love to read a LOT of books, but hated caring them around with them because of there size and weight.  At the same time though the hated the thought of losing the paper of books for the electronic ink of the Kindles.

Once they tried it though, they are blown away with the look, feel, weight and most importantly the text on screen, even under the brightest of skies.  

I have to say the same you can't help but be impressed with the ink technology, having to look twice even on opening it up and taking it out of the box.  Why? Well when you take the transparent plastic seal of the front to protect it, you also think you will be taking the instructions on the screen off with it (about plugging it into a computer), only to find out this is actually on the Amazons Kindle Screen!

So if you are a book lover and want a new way of reading I would highly recommend you checking the Kindle out.  Please find below the tech specs and unboxing video.

Display Amazon's 6" diagonal electronic paper display, optimised with proprietary waveform and font technology, 600 x 800 pixel resolution at 167 ppi, 16-level grey scale. Size 166 mm x 114 mm x 8.7 mm Weight 170 grams System Requirements None, because it's wireless and doesn't require a computer to download content. Storage Up to 1,400 books or 2GB internal (approximately 1.25GB available for user content). Cloud Storage Free cloud storage for all Amazon content. Battery Life A single charge lasts up to one month with wireless off based upon a half-hour of daily reading time. Keep wireless always on and it lasts for up to three weeks. Battery life will vary based on wireless usage, such as shopping the Kindle Store, web browsing, and downloading content. Charge Time Fully charges in approximately 3 hours via the included USB 2.0 cable. UK power adapter sold separately. Wi-Fi Connectivity Supports public and private Wi-Fi networks or hotspots that use the 802.11b, 802.11g, or 802.11n standard with support for WEP, WPA and WPA2 security using password authentication or Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS); does not connect to WPA and WPA2 secured networks using 802.1X authentication methods; does not support connecting to ad-hoc (or peer-to-peer) Wi-Fi networks. USB Port USB 2.0 (micro-B connector) Content Formats Supported Kindle (AZW), TXT, PDF, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively; HTML, DOC, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP through conversion.