Amazon Kindle 2 Arrived and Google Books on Cell Phones

February 10th, 2009|Category: Google| Topics: , , , , ,

Amazon has released Kindle 2, the new Kindle e-book reader.

Kindle 2, the latest wireless reading device, weighing about 290 grams, which is lighter than a typical paperback and as thin as most magazines. Kindle has a new 5-way controller, enabling precise on-screen navigation for selecting text to highlight or looking up words. Kindle is completely wireless and ready to use right out of the box, with no other setup needed. Kindle also features a new Text-to-Speech feature that can read out text for the user.

Kindle 2 holds over 1,500 books. The Kindle 2 is pried at $359 (approx Rs. 17400), and will be released on February 24.

Amazon had recently announced that it is working on making Kindle e-books available on a range of cell phones also, the details of when and which phones are not yet available yet.

Google also announced recently that 1.5 million books titles available from Google Book Search service can now be read on Apple iPhone and the phones running Google’s Android operating system. For now that is G1 by T-Mobile.

One Response to “Amazon Kindle 2 Arrived and Google Books on Cell Phones”

  1. John McCall says:

    Amazon is set to disable the speech to text function its new Kindle 2 ebook reader.
    Amazon will probably not sell as many units since it has announced its intention to disable the speech to text function its new Kindle 2 ebook reader.
    Isn’t this is a bad move on their part..
    Publishers and writers can disable Kindle 2′s read aloud feature.
    Whats up with that?
    http://www.net-ebooks.com
    http://www.ebooks-downloads.com

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