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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Re:A bargain price, based on that hype. by SupremoMan · 2009-02-09 10:00 · Score: 0, Offtopic

If we replaced all our congressmen with 6-million-dollar men/women, we would save our country Trillions in no time.
You know the joke is that they spend more than... ahhh just forget it.