Amazon Announces Kindle 2, With Slew of New Features

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Amazon Announces Kindle 2, With Slew of New Features

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday February 9, 2009 @05:30AM from the dr-spatzo-finds-a-new-job dept.

Engadget is reporting that Amazon has announced the new Kindle 2 for release on February 24th at a price point of $359. Thinner than an iPhone and coming standard with "Read-to-me" text-to-speech capability, the new device also has seven times more storage, faster page turning, a 16-level e-ink display, longer battery life, and a new five-way joystick. Looks like life just got a lot more interesting for fans of the original device. Engadget also has live coverage from the Kindle 2 press conference.

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A bargain price, based on that hype. by geekmux · 2009-02-09 05:34 · Score: 5, Funny

Cripes, after reading the post, the only thing missing was the soundtrack from the Six-Million Dollar Man...
Better, stronger, faster than ever before...
Oh, c'mon, what do you mean you've never heard of The Six-Million dollar man? Steve Austin, you know the pilot who...shit, nevermind.
Damn, I'm getting old.
1. Re:A bargain price, based on that hype. by Qzukk · 2009-02-09 05:37 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Having that sound effect play every time you turned the page would get annoying.
  
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2. Re:A bargain price, based on that hype. by willworkforbeer · 2009-02-09 06:18 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  No, you're old when you recall that you HAD a six-million-dollar-man doll... er, action figure, plus his boss Oscar, and Oscar's exploding briefcase. You could look through Steve's head through his bionic eye and see the girls at the playground giggling at your, um, action figure set.
  
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3. Re:A bargain price, based on that hype. by BigZaphod · 2009-02-09 06:32 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  I've heard of The Six-Million Dollar Man: he's a traditional punch line to jokes told by old people, right?
  
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Re:Price point? by Clover_Kicker · 2009-02-09 05:58 · Score: 5, Funny

Verbogeny is one of the pleasurettes of a creatific thinkerizer. (Peter da Silva)
Re:Very tempted to get this by smitty97 · 2009-02-09 06:09 · Score: 4, Funny

No music or games. Less space than a usb stick. Lame.

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Re:Read-to-me by Thornburg · 2009-02-09 06:48 · Score: 5, Funny

Having an e-ink screen and text-to-speech on the same device is an odd match. If you want to read, read. If you want to listen, get an audio book for your mp3 player. Spare yourself the synthetic voice. Unless you enjoy imagining Stephen Hawking is in your car reading to you.
This might good for my copy of "A Brief History of Time"...
Re:Very tempted to get this by TheoMurpse · 2009-02-09 07:18 · Score: 5, Funny

Good God, your
post looks
like an e.
e cummings poem.