Kindle: Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device

Books have not died, they have just gone digital...the shape of things to come and it uses the same frequency used by cell phones, so it can always be connected so you can read your favorite newspaper or medical journal . It will be able to hold up to 200 books and would certainly be much easier to carry around than 200 books! No computer required for reading books and newspapers, and you can keep up to date on your favorite blog, such as this one. But, if you have a Tablet PC, all of this is readily available now without having to carry and additional device if you utilize a cell phone carrier connection via 3G. BD

A Revolutionary electronic-paper display provides a sharp, high-resolution screen that looks and reads like real paper. # Simple to use: no computer, no cables, no syncing. # Wireless connectivity enables you to shop the Kindle Store directly from your Kindlewhether your e in the back of a taxi, at the airport, or in bed. # Buy a book and it is auto-delivered wirelessly in less than one minute. # More than 88,000 books available, including 100 of 112 current New York Times® Best Sellers. # New York Times® Best Sellers and all New Releases $9.99, unless marked otherwise. # Free book samples. Download and read first chapters for free before you decide to buy. # Top U.S. newspapers including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post; top magazines including TIME, Atlantic Monthly, and Forbesall auto-delivered wirelessly.

Long battery life. Leave wireless on and recharge approximately every other day. Turn wireless off and read for a week or more before recharging. Fully recharges in 2 hours.

Unlike WiFi, Kindle utilizes the same high-speed data network (EVDO) as advanced cell phones—so you never have to locate a hotspot.