Amazon Kindle 2: A full review
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There's been a lot of anticipation about what Amazon would do for an encore to its much-hyped e-book reader, the Kindle, and now that it's finally here we can say that the Kindle 2 is about what we expected it to be. Talk of it being a huge leap forward or going from generation one to generation five in one fell swoop was really, well, just talk.
In reality, the Kindle 2 is a nice upgrade over the original Kindle; yes, it leaves off a couple of key items--most importantly removable memory and a protective carrying case--but it makes up for it with a slicker design, improved performance, increased internal memory, built-in speakers, and a new feature, Text-to-Speech audio reading.
That's all you need to know in a nutshell. But I did write about 2,500 more words on the device if you want the full skinny on Amazon's Kindle 2.
Hunkered down in New York City, Executive Editor David Carnoy covers the gamut of gadgets and writes his Fully Equipped column, which carries the tag line "The electronics you lust for." He's also the author of "Knife Music," a novel. E-mail David. Follow David on Twitter. 
- by TiVoJoe February 25, 2009 8:52 AM PST
- I won't receive my Kindle until later today but from my reading of the user guide it seems that your statement that you have to pay to have a document converted to Kindle format is not entirely correct. The user guide reads "You can have the converted files sent wirelessly to your Kindle for a small fee or to the e-mail address associated with your Amazon account for free." Once you receive the converted file you can then download it to the Kindle from your computer.
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