Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: amazon, kindle, roaming, international, ebook | Themes: Digital Entertainment, Display Panels and Monitors, Business
Amazon has cut the price of its Kindle ereader and announced that starting next week, a new international version will be available in 100 countries worldwide.
The Kindle today got itself a new price and a new title. Now known as the Kindle U.S. Wireless, the device's price tag now sits at a nice $259. For those of you who aren't up to scratch on your Kindle knowledge, that's forty bucks off the old $299 price.
Of course the bigger news is that Amazon and AT&T are taking the Kindle abroad with the unveiling of a Kindle U.S. and International Wireless for $279. Aside from ponying up $20 more for the international model, users can expect roaming charges for using the device abroad (Engadget highlights the fine print that reads, ""When traveling abroad, you can download books wirelessly from the Kindle Store or your Archived Items for a fee of $1.99.") and the ability to download books in 100 countries.
“We have millions of customers in countries all over the world who read English-language books,” said Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com Founder and CEO. “Kindle enables these customers to think of a book and download it wirelessly in less than 60 seconds.”
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Still too much money
Cool device.
Expensive device.
I'd rather use a smartphone, those can use e-readers and the Internet too, plus they can do more useful things for a similar price.
I would rather buy the 30 books I could get for the cost of this device. Way overpriced.
Seem good but I remember bad feedback from students and teachers.
The device is slow...
$250 for a glorified 1980's monochrome LCD screen..., yea right.
Until theres page bookmarking for multiple e-books, page selection, actual savings for all e-books as opposed to buying the actual book (your "saving" the environment after all), a search option like ctrr+f and the capability to input notes, I will forever consider these far behind what we should expect for near or above $300 US
ctrl+f ^
Right now the only reason for me to get a Kindle instead of using my Smart Phone is the battery life difference. I hope Palm/Apple/RIM/etc get the idea and use a blended LED/OLED and e-paper screens for future phones. I don't need a full color display to view my email and 90% of the other stuff I use it for.
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Kindle has page bookmarking for multiple e-books, page selection, actual savings for most books and if there isn't you can email Amazon and they may adjust prices accordingly (my wife has done it). You can search on any text and you can input notes.
Anything else?
Its not simply a B&W display. Its a very modern B&W for very sharp text reading that works under sunlight as well. It includes wireless transmission without needing additional hardware or paying for a service.
When it comes down to $150-$200 I would consider, but at this point that is way to expensive for such a device.
Still a little too expensive.
Dunno, my Sony PRS 505 serves me well.
Its not simply a B&W display. Its a very modern B&W for very sharp text reading that works under sunlight as well.
Nah, it's not "sharp" in any way. It might be a bit better than bad quality newspaper, but it's nowhere near books. Still, it's quite comfortable to read in well it rooms.
Amazon is pre-ordering the Kindle 2 International version for $279. The Kindle 2 US version is available new for $259 or refurbished from $219.