Comments on: Live blog: Amazon unveils Kindle 2

The second generation of the Kindle e-reader is announced in New York, and CNET News is on site to live-blog the launch.

[searayman]

hasnt started yet?

[jeffnewfeld]

Not seeing any updates yet...

[brett_royal]

anybody here?

[molotov]

Where is the toy?

[BoManiac]

cool, decent text to speech

[chrkeller]

I checked Amazon faqs, so those who ordered a Kindle and haven't received one yet will be getting upgraded to a Kindle 2.

[BoManiac]

My 2.0 is scheduled to arrive Feb. 27th.

[HlLLARY CLITON]

I want the pink one

[reddogco]

3G connectivity only? How is that going to work outside of the USA without data plans etc??

[jonlew]

WHat happens to people who ordered the Kindle in December or January. Do they get 1.0 or 2.0?

[chrkeller]

Read a few posts up, that has been covered already.

[The_happy_switcher]

For what it does this is WAY overpriced by a factor of about 3.5x.

[pc2macandluvinit]

It looks like someone forgot to mention to them we are in a recession at $359 for a reader is not going to energize a new customer base?

For that price I'll buy a solid netbook and have far more functionality. I'll just have to pass on UR.

[sting7k]

$359 for that?

[mandie59]

when are the e-books gonig to be available to use in the schools mainly the colleges but the high schools and elementary schools could use them as well. it would save a big strain on everyones back
starting with the munchkins and going up to the colleges. thanx for letting me comment on your site

[jeepunlimited]

I think they already have textbooks. I am glad they did not use a touch screen for the interface the last thing anyone needs is to have finger smudges on something they are going to be reading off of for hours. It would not bother me on a phone but it would be pretty annoying an an e book reader.