Amazon Kindle

My long awaited Kindle has finally arrived. Shipping was only three days from when I ordered the electronic reader, but I say long awaited because I've thought about purchasing a Kindle since the first day that the generation one Kindle debuted. Amazon now has a second generation of this device and that is the model I purchased. It's only been out a few weeks and although it isn't all that different from the first offering, it does have improved graphics and the system has been tweaked to make it even more competitive with a similar product from Sony. The new Amazon Kindle does add a new dimension for an electronic reader - text to speech. It's not like an audio book voice, in fact it's not even close to that format, but it's usable and a nice upgrade from the first generation Kindle.

I can't say that I ever considered the Sony version of electronic readers. It seemed to lack some of the features that I felt were important in such a device. Price wise the Amazon Kindle is a little on the high side of what I think an electronic reader should cost, but when you download a best seller in less than sixty seconds, from anywhere that you have a 3G wireless connection, and for less than ten dollars, the price doesn't seem unreasonable.

I'll do an update on my new Kimble after I become more familiar with all the features of this new electronic reader. I can say that the out of the box experience has been good - two thumbs up at this point. We'll just have to see if there are any glaring deficiencies to be found during the next week or two. I've posted a picture of my new Kimble to the right and at the bottom of the blog page.