My Thoughts on the Amazon Kindle DX
May 7, 2009 by Rico Mossesgeld
Filed under Handhelds
So yes, Amazon launched yesterday a 9.7″ version of the Kindle, named the Kindle DX. I think:
Geeks would want to hear about the specs – The Kindle DX features a 9.7″ display, with a resolution of 1200 x 824 pixels, and an estimated 4.5GB (3,500 books) of internal storage. The DX is the first Kindle with an accelerometer; pages will rotate between landscape and portrait automatically depending on the device is held.
Kindle 2 vs. Kindle DX
Newspapers must be praying that the Kindle DX is a success – The Boston Globe, The New York Times, and The Washington Post must be thinking: Oh wow! A potential way to revive our dropping revenues! Could turn out to be a wise move actually. At least less trees die!
If Amazon is serious about pushing the Kindle DX as an educational device… – Then they should cut the price a bit. $489 for a gadget that can display only 16 shades of gray!? Speaking of which…
The textbook-on-a-Kindle pilot program is a good move – 50 lucky(?) students at an American university will receive 50 units to use as textbooks. Their academic performance will be compared to other students using traditional books. If this little exercise goes in favor of Amazon, they will have a strong case study to sell the Kindle DX to more clients! Specifically the educational ones.
Amazon could’ve chosen a better name. I don’t know if DX stands for anything, but any time I think of those two letters, Triple H and Shawn Michaels come to mind. How educational indeed!
That’s all I’ve got on the Kindle DX. What about you?
Now here’s a much cheaper alternative
“http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=280342213861″
The guy does ship worldwide, you just need to ask.
Even better than an eBook and psp